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===President===
[[File:Deidre Palmer UCA 2020-02-23.png|thumb|Deidre Palmer was UCA President from 2018 to 2021]]
The current president is Reverend [[Charissa Suli]] since she was installed as president in the meeting of the 17th Assembly on 11 July 2024. She replaced Reverend [[Sharon Hollis]], who had succeeded Dr [[Deidre Palmer]] at the start of the 16th Assembly in July 2021.<ref name="president">{{cite news |url=https://www.insights.uca.org.au/news/dr-deidre-palmer-gods-abundant-grace-shapes-and-reshapes-us |title=Dr Deidre Palmer: God's abundant grace shapes and reshapes us |newspaper=Insights Magazine |date=9 July 2018 |access-date=9 July 2018}}</ref> Palmer was the second woman in the role, following [[Jill Tabart]] (1994-1997).<ref name="p-e_2015">[http://assembly2015.uca.org.au/president-elect-announced/ President-Elect announced], Uniting Church in Australia, 16 July 2015</ref> Palmer was the moderator of the [[Uniting Church in Australia, Synod of South Australia|Presbytery and Synod of South Australia]] from November 2013 to November 2016.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://assembly2015.uca.org.au/president-elect-announced/ |title=President-Elect announced |date=16 July 2015 |access-date=18 July 2015 |publisher=Uniting Church in Australia}}</ref> Hollis was moderator of the [[Synod of Victoria and Tasmania]] at the time of her election in 2018 as the president-elect and became president at the beginning of the sixteenth assembly, which was to be held in Queensland in 2021.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://uniting.church/sharon-hollis-named-as-uca-president-elect/ |title=Sharon Hollis named as UCA President-elect |publisher=Uniting Church in Australia |access-date=12 July 2018 |date=12 July 2018}}</ref> As a result of the [[COVID-19 pandemic in Australia|COVID-19 pandemic]], the meeting was moved to a shorter, online form.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.eternitynews.com.au/australia/is-the-uca-ready-for-a-president-of-colour/ |title=Is the UCA ready for a President of colour? |newspaper=[[Eternity News]] |first=Matt |last=Pulford |date=15 July 2021 |access-date=16 July 2021}}</ref>