Permanent Representatives of Italy to the Organization of Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE), with the title and rank of Ambassador:
Mario SICA …………………………………… 26 November 1993
Carlo CIVILETTI …………………………… 24 March 1997
Guido LENZI ………………………………… 1 October 2000
Francesco BASCONE ……………………… 23 August 2004
Gianfranco VARVESI …………………….. 20 December 2008
Giulio TONINI ……………………………… 1 June 2011
Vittorio ROCCO di TORREPADULA .. 8 July 2013
Alessandro AZZONI ………………………. 8 July 2016
Stefano BALDI ………………………………. 4 January 2021
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Born in Rome on 4 December 1936. University of Florence: Degree in Political Science obtained on 4 July 1959.
Upon passing the competition, appointed Volunteer in the diplomatic-consular career on 10 September 1962. On leave to fulfil military obligations from 13 September 1962 until 11 February 1964. At the Dir. Gen. Cultural Relations, Uff. III, 12 February 1964. Attaché of Legation, 10 September 1964. Third Secretary of Legation, 3 November 1964. At the Dir. Gen. Political Affairs, Secretariat Alto Adige, 15 December 1964. Second Secretary in Saigon, 1 February 1966. Second Secretary of Legation, 3 November 1966. First Secretary of Legation, 5 February 1968. First Secretary in Saigon, 14 January 1969. Consul in Paris, 18 April 1969. Appointed in the same office (elevated to 1st class Consulate General) as Consul, 15 January 1970. Counsellor of Legation, 1 May 1972. Counsellor in Canberra, 1 May 1972. At the Directorate General Emigration and Social Affairs, Uff. IV, 13 November 1974. In charge of the Office IV of the same Directorate General, 2 December 1974. Counsellor of Embassy, 1 July 1977. Head of Office IV of the same Directorate General, 1 July 1977. First Counsellor for Emigration and Social Affairs in Bern, 15 January 1978. Minister Counsellor in Moscow, 3 November 1982. Extraordinary Envoy and 2nd class Minister Plenipotentiary, 10 January 1985. Reporting to the Director General for Emigration and Social Affairs, 21 March 1986. Deputy Director General of Emigration and Social Affairs, 11 November 1986. Serving as Secretary General of the Second National Emigration Conference, 3 January 1988. Head of the Italian Delegation in Windhoek (Namibia), 19 October 1989. Ambassador in Mogadishu, 20 March 1990. Extraordinary Envoy and 1st class Minister Plenipotentiary, 27 June 1990. Reporting to the Director General for Political Affairs, 26 May 1992. Head of the Permanent Mission to the CSCE in Vienna, with the title and rank of Ambassador, 26 November 1993. Reporting to the Director General for Political Affairs, 24 March 1997. Head of the Chemical Weapons Convention Implementation Office of the Dir. Gen. of Political Affairs, 12 September 1997. Reporting to the Director General for Political Affairs, 1 October 1998. In charge of the coordination activity for the countries of Asia, Oceania, the Pacific and Antarctica, envisaged within the framework of the General Secretariat, 4 May 1999. Director General for Asia, Oceania, the Pacific and Antarctica, 1 January 2000. Ambassador, 9 June 2000. Ambassador in Cairo, 10 February 2001. Reporting directly to the Director General for Mediterranean and Middle East Countries, to follow the Global Plan for the reconstruction and development of the economy of the countries in the area, 27 June 2003.
He retired on 1 January 2004.
Born in Florence on 7 May 1936. University of Rome: Law Degree obtained on 5 March 1960.
Upon passing the competition, appointed Volunteer in the diplomatic-consular career on 10 September 1963. At the Dir. Gen. Personnel, Uff. III, 25 November 1963. Attaché of Legation, 10 September 1964. At the Secretariat, 1 December 1964. Third Secretary of Legation, 23 November 1965. Second Secretary in Vienna, 26 July 1966. First Secretary of Legation, 21 December 1967. First Commercial Secretary in Quito, 5 May 1969. First Secretary of Legation, 8 May 1969. At the Dir. Gen. Political Affairs, Uff. VI, 22 May 1972. At the Office III of the same Directorate General, 18 November 1972. Counsellor of Legation, 1 May 1973. At the Diplomatic Institute, professional development course, 1 November 1973-31 October 1974. He resumes his duties at the Dir. Gen. Political Affairs, Uff. III, on 1 November 1974. Counsellor in London, 20 May 1975. Counsellor of Embassy, 1 January 1979. First Counsellor in Belgrade, 4 November 1979. Head of Office II of the Dir. Gen. Political Affairs, 8 September 1983. Head of Office VI of the same Directorate General, 30 January 1984. Extraordinary Envoy and 2nd class Minister Plenipotentiary, 10 January 1985. On leave to serve in the Presidency of the Council of Ministers, 5 March 1986. Ambassador in Havana, 12 January 1989. Reporting directly to the Director General of Political Affairs, 2 November 1992. Ambassador in Caracas and accredited, with ambassadorial credentials, in Port of Spain (Trinidad and Tobago), Bridgetown (Barbados), St. Georges (Grenada), Castries (St. Lucia), Kingstown (St. Vincent) and Roseau (Dominica), 25 September 1993. Extraordinary Envoy and 1st class Minister Plenipotentiary, 2 May 1996. Head of the Permanent Mission to the OSCE in Vienna, with the title and rank of Ambassador, 24 March 1997. Minister Plenipotentiary (Legislative Decree No. 85 of 24 March 2000, n.85). Reporting directly to the Director General for European Countries, 2 October 2000.
He retired on 10 January 2001.
Born in Bucharest (Romania) on 10 January 1941. University of Florence: Law Degree obtained on 6 November 1963.
Upon passing the competition, appointed Volunteer in the diplomatic-consular career on 1 September 1964. At the Dir. Gen. Cultural Relations, 30 November 1964. Attaché of Legation, 1 September 1965. Third Secretary of Legation, 3 November 1966. Second Secretary of Legation, 21 December 1967. Second Secretary in Algeri, 15 February 1968. First Secretary of Legation, 30 December 1969. Consul in Lausanne, 23 June 1970. At the Dir. Gen. Political Affairs, Uff. XI, 10 July 1972. Capo Segreteria della stessa Direzione Generale, 1 October 1973. Counsellor of Legation, 1 May 1974. At the Diplomatic Institute, professional development course, 24 November 1974-28 November 1975. He resumes his duties at the Dir. Gen. Political Affairs as Head of the Secretariat, 29 November 1975. Counsellor in London, 8 May 1976. Counsellor of Embassy, 1 July 1979. First Counsellor in Moscow, 22 August 1980. Head of Office IV of Dir. Gen. Political Affairs, 4 August 1983. Extraordinary Envoy and 2nd class Minister Plenipotentiary, 7 August 1987. Off duty to serve in the Ministry of Defense, 15 September 1987. Minister Counsellor at the Permanent Mission of Italy to the UN in New York, 1 July 1989. At the Cabinet of the Minister with vicarious functions of the Chief of the Cabinet., 1 July 1993. Commanded to the Senate of the Republic as a direct aide to the President of the Senate on international affairs, 2 May 1994. At the Ministry, 6 October 1994. Reporting directly to the Director General of Political Affairs, 24 January 1995. On leave to serve at the WEU (Western European Union) as Director of the Institute for Security Studies, 1 October 1995. xtraordinary Envoy and 1st class Minister Plenipotentiary, 6 August 1998. Reporting directly to the Director General of Political Affairs, 1 October 1999. Reporting directly to the Director General for Multilateral Political Affairs and Human Rights, in charge of overseeing issues on Security and Defense, 1 January 2000. Minister Plenipotentiary (Legislative Decree No. 85 of 24 March 2000). Reporting directly to the Director General for European Countries, 1 April 2000. Head of the Permanent Mission to the OSCE in Vienna, with the title and rank of Ambassador, 1 October 2000. At the Ministry, 23 August 2004. Reporting directly to the Director General for Multilateral Political Affairs and Human Rights as Coordinator of OSCE-related issues, 18 October 2004. Off duty to serve in the Ministry of the Interior as Diplomatic Advisor to the Minister, 6 October 2005. Appointed , due to change of government, to an off-duty position in the same Department with the same assignment, 18 May 2006.
He retired on 1 February 2008, with the honorary rank of Ambassador.
Born in Sofia (Bulgaria) on 6 April 1942. University of Pisa: Degree in Political Science obtained on 9 February 1965.
Upon passing the competition, appointed Volunteer in the diplomatic career on 2 September 1968. At the Diplomatic Insitute, cprofessional training course, 23 September 1968-22 January 1969. At the Dir. Gen. Cultural Relations, Uff. VII, 24 January 1969. At the Dir. Gen. Political Affairs, Uff. VI, 11 August 1969. Attaché of Legation, 2 September 1969. Secretary of Legation, 1 July 1970. Second Secretary in Bonn, 20 May 1971. First Secretary of Legation, 2 March 1973. Appointed in the same office as First Secretary, 1 January 1974. First Commercial Secretary in Pretoria, 15 November 1974. Cabinet of the Minister, 30 January 1977. Counsellor of Legation, 1 May 1978. At the Diplomatic Institute, professional development course, 28 June 1978-29 June 1979. At the Dir. Gen. Political Affairs, Uff. X, 29 June 1979. Consul General in Salisbury, 24 January 1980. Counsellor in Harare (former Salisbury), 18 April 1980. Counsellor in The Hague, 11 July 1981. Counsellor of Embassy, 1 July 1983. Appointed in the same position as First Counsellor, 1 April 1984. First Counsellor in Tel Aviv, 11 April 1985. Head of Office Research, Study and Programming of the Dir. Gen. Political Affairs, 26 July 1988. Head of the Secretariat of the Under Secretary of State, 28 May 1991. Extraordinary Envoy and 2nd class Minister Plenipotentiary, 2 August 1991. Reappointed, by change of Government, Head of the Under-Secretary of State’s Private Secretariat, 30 June 1992. Reporting to the Director General for Political Affairs, 26 January 1994. Minister Counsellor in Belgrade, 28 December 1994. Ambassador in Belgrade, 3 June 1996. Ambassador in Nicosia, 5 July 1997. Minister Plenipotentiary (Legislative Decree No. 85 of 24 March 2000). At the Ministry, 9 July 2001. Deputy Director General for European Countries, 10 September 2001. Reporting to the Director General for European countries, 15 May 2004. Head of the Permanent Mission to the OSCE in Vienna, with the title and rank of Ambassador, 23 August 2004. Reporting to the Director General for European Countries, 16 December 2008.
He retired on 1 May 2009, with the honorary rank of Ambassador.
Born in Rome on 27 May 1944. University of Naples: Law Degree obtained on 4 March 1968.
Upon passing the competition, appointed Volunteer in the diplomatic career on 28 March 1969. At the Diplomatic Insitute, cprofessional training course, April-July 1969. At the Dir. Gen. Political Affairs, Uff. XIV, 11 August 1969. Attaché of Legation, 28 March 1970. Serving in the General Secretariat of the Presidency of the Republic, 1 April 1970. Secretary of Legation, 1 July 1970. Second Secretary in Washington D.C., 4 March 1972. First Secretary of Legation, 28 September 1973. Appointed in the same office as First Secretary, 1 July 1974. First Commercial Secretary in Nairobi, 17 May 1975. At the Special Secretariat of the Undersecretary of State, 6 May 1978. Counsellor of Legation, 1 May 1979. At the Diplomatic Insitute, professional development course, 30 June 1979-30 June 1980. Resumes at the Special Secretariat of the Undersecretary of State, 30 June 1980. Reggente il Consolato Generale in Tripoli, 30 September 1980. Consul General in the same office, 1 September 1982. Counsellor in London, 15 June 1983. Counsellor of Embassy, 1 July 1984. Appointed in the same office as First Counsellor, 2 January 1985. Head of Office IX at the Dir. Gen. Economic Affairs, 1 August 1988. Envoy extraordinary and 2nd class Minister Plenipotentiary, 2 August 1991. Head of Office XV at the Dir. Gen. Development Cooperation and Senior Officer at the Central Technical Unit, 18 January 1993. Deputy Director General for Development Cooperation, 11 January 1996 and, until 14 October 1996, Head of Office XV and Senior Officer at the Central Technical Unit. Reporting directly to the Director General for Economic Affairs, 16 December 1998. Head of UAMA (Unit for the Authorizations of Armament Materials) of Dir. Gen. Economic Affairs, 1 April 1999. Political Counsellor AFOR-NATO in Albania, 25 May 1999. Reporting directly to the Director General for Economic Affairs, 3 September 1999. Deputy Director General for European Countries, 1 January 2000. Minister Plenipotentiary (Legislative Degree No. 85 of 24 March 2000). Temporary leave to serve at the European University Institute as Secretary General, 5 March 2001. Reporting to the Director General for Multilateral Economic and Financial Cooperation, responsible for intellectual property issues and Italian Delegate for Intellectual Property, 4 January 2006. Temporary secondment to serve at the Ministry of Cultural Heritage and Activities as Diplomatic Counsellor to the Minister, 10 November 2006. Appointed, due to a change of Government, as a temporary secondee to the same Ministry with the same post, 8 May 2008. At the Ministry, 9 June 2008. Reporting to the Director General for Multilateral Political Cooperation and Human Rights, 8 September 2008.
Minister Counsellor at the Permanent Mission to the International Organizations in Vienna, accredited, as Permanent Representative, to the Permanent Mission of Italy to the Organzation for Security and Co-operation in Europe, with the title and rank of Ambassador, 20 December 2008.
He retired on 1 June 2013.
Born in Bari on 26 June 1948. University of Rome: Law Degree obtained on 14 December 1970.
Upon passing the competition, appointed Volunteer in the diplomatic career on 29 August 1975. At the Diplomatic Institute, professional training course, 9 October 1975-8 April 1976. Secretary of Legation, 9 April 1976. At the Dir. Gen. Political Affairs, Uff. IX, 10 April 1976. Second Commercial Secretary in Beirut, 4 July 1978. First Secretary of Legation, 1 March 1980. Second Commercial Secretary at the Permanent Mission of Italy to the European Economic Community in Brussels, 21 September 1980. Appointed in the same office as First Commercial Secretary, 1 July 1981. Counsellor of Legation, 1 May 1985. Cousellor in Harare, 16 August 1985. Posted to the Presidency of the Council of Ministers, Office of the Diplomatic Adviser, 26 January 1988. At the Diplomatic Institute, professional development course, 1 July 1988-30 June 1989. Temporary secondment to serve in the Presidency of the Council of Ministers, Office of the Diplomatic Adviser, 1 July 1989. Counsellor at the Permanent Mission of Italy to the European Economic Community in Brussels, 31 January 1990. Counsellor of Embassy, 1 July 1990. Appointed in the same office as First Counsellor, 1 September 1990. Consul General in Istanbul, 1 July 1994. At the Uff. VII of the Dir. Gen. Economic Affairs, 19 January 1998. Head of Office VII of the Dir. Gen. Economic Affairs, 2 March 1998. Head of Office I at the same Directorate Generale, 29 September 1998. Head of Office I and VI at the Dir. Gen. European Integration, 1 January 2000. Minister Plenipotentiary, 23 June 2000. First Counsellor at the Permanent Mission to the International Organizations in Geneva, 22 August 2000. Appointed in the same office as Minister Counsellor, 23 September 2000. Minister in Berlin, 23 August 2004. Deputy Head of Cabinet of the Minister, 4 September 2006. Appointed Deputy Head of Cabinet Vicar of the Minister, 8 December 2007. Reporting to the Director General for the Countries of the Americas, 8 May 2008. Coordinator for activities related to the organisation and holding of the Italy-Latin America Conferences, 10 September 2008. Deputy Inspector General of the Ministry and Offices Abroad, 18 May 2009. Minister Counsellor at the Permanent Mission to the International Organizations in Vienna, accredited, as Permanent Representative, to the Permanent Mission of Italy to the Organzation for Security and Co-operation in Europe, with the title and rank of Ambassador, 1 June 2011. Reporting to the Inspector General of the Ministry and Offices Abroad, 29 March 2013.
He retired on 1 July 2013.
Born in Naples on 8 January 1959. University of Naples: Law Degree obtained on 7 July 1982.
Upon passing the competition, appointed Volunteer in the diplomatic career on 1 March 1984. At the Diplomatic Institute, professional training course, 5 March-31 December 1984. Secretary of Legation, 1 January 1985. At the Dir. Gen. Personnel, Uff. II, 2 January 1985. Consul in Hong Kong, 16 May 1986. At the Uff. I of Dir. Gen. Economic Affairs, 15 September 1987. First Secretary of Legation, 1 September 1988. First Commercial Secretary in Damascus, 2 August 1989. First Secretary in London, 1 March 1993. Counsellor of Legation, 1 May 1994. Appointed in the same office as Counsellor, 1 January 1995. At the Ministry, 1 February 1996. At the Dir. Gen. Economic Affairs, Secretariat, 29 April 1996. At the Diplomatic Institute, professional development course, 1 October 1996-30 September 1997. At the Dir. Gen. Economic Affairs, Uff. V, 1 October 1997. At the Dir. Gen. European Integration, Uff. II, 1 January 2000. Counsellor of Embassy, 2 July 2000. First Counsellor at the Permanent Representation to the EU in Brussels, 1 June 2001. First Counsellor in Tripoli, 15 June 2005. Minister Plenipotentiary, 2 January 2008. Reporting to the Director General for Multilateral Political Cooperation and Human Rights, 8 July 2008. Head of the Office VII at the Dir. Gen. Multilateral Political Cooperation and Human Rights, 24 September 2008. Reporting to the Director General for Multilateral Political Cooperation and Human Rights, 3 November 2009. Temporary secondment to serve at the Ministry of the Environment and Protection of Land and Sea as Diplomatic Adviser to the Minister, 20 September 2010. Appointed, due to a change of government, as Diplomatic Advisor to the Minister in the same Ministry, 16 November 2011. Appointed, due to a change of government, as Diplomatic Advisor to the Minister in the same Ministry, 28 April 2013. Minister Counsellor at the Permanent Mission to the International Organizations in Vienna, accredited, as Permanent Representative, to the Organisation for Security and Co-operation in Europe, with the title and rank of Ambassador, 8 July 2013. Reporting to the Director General for the European Union, 8 July 2016.
He retired on 26 November 2019.
He passed away on 10 September 2020.
Born in Parma on 28 March 1965. University of Florence: Degree in Political Science obtained on 23 April 1990.
Upon passing the competition, appointed Volunteer in the diplomatic career on 4 March 1991. At the Diplomatic Institute, professional training course, 4 March-4 December1991. At the Dir. Gen. Cultural Relations, Uff. IV, 5 December 1991. Secretary of Legation, 5 dicembre 1991. On leave to fulfil military obligations from 28 December 1991 until 27 December 1992. At the Dir. Gen. Economic Affairs, Uff. XI, 14 January 1993. At the Secretariat of the same Directorate General, 3 June 1994. First Deputy Consul in Barcelona, 1 December 1994. First Secretary of Legation, 4 September 1995. Appointed in the same office as Consul, 1 January 1996. First Secretary in Dakar, 30 October 1998. Secretary of Legation (Legislative Decree No. 85 of 24 March 2000). Counsellor of Legation, 2 July 2001. At the Secretariat General, 1 August 2001. Head of the Secretariat at the Dir. Gen. Multilateral Political Affairs and Human Rights, 4 October 2001. From December 2001 until June 2002 he attended, at the Diplomatic Institute, the professional development course for Counsellors of Legation pursuant to Article 17(7) of Legislative Decree No. 85 of 24 March 2000. Counsellor at the Permanent Mission of Italy to the International Organizations in Vienna, 8 March 2004. Counsellor of Embassy, 2 July 2005. Appointed in the same office as First Counsellor, 1 August 2005. First Counsellor in Ankara, 29 March 2008. Minister Plenipotentiary, 2 January 2012. Head of the CFSP/CSDP Unit at the Directorate Generale for Political Affairs and Security, 1 August 2012. Minister Counsellor at the Permanent Mission of Italy to the International Organizations in Vienna, accredited as Permanent Representative, to the Organisation for Security and Co-operation in Europe, with the title and rank of Ambassador, 8 July 2016. Appointed in the same office as Minister, accredited, as Permanent Representative, to the Organisation for Security and Cooperation in Europe, with the title and rank of Ambassador, 1 December 2016. Reporting directly to the Director General for the European Union, 21 December 2020, he is Special Envoy of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation for relations between Turkey and EU Member States.
CURRENT PERMANENT REPRESENTATIVE
Born in Città della Pieve (Perugia) on 8 April 1961. He is a career diplomat in the Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation.
Ambassador and Permanent Representative to the OSCE in Vienna since 4 January 2021.
He was Ambassador of Italy to Bulgaria from 2016 to 2020 and previously Training Director at the Italian Ministry of Foreign Affair and International Cooperation from 2011 to 2016. He was Head of the Science and Technology Cooperation Department of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs from 2010 to 2011.
From 2006 to 2010 he was First Counsellor at the Permanent Mission of Italy to the European Union, responsible for legal and financial aspects of the Common Foreign and Security Policy as Relex Counsellor.
He has also served at the Permanent Mission of Italy to the International Organizations in Geneva and to the Permanent Mission of Italy to the United Nations in New York in charge for disarmament affairs. He has been the first head of the Statistical Office of the Ministry from 2000 to 2002.
Stefano Baldi has been combining diplomatic service with assidous academinc activity for many years. He has lectured in with many Italian universities (Roma La Sapienza, LUISS, Roma TRE, LUMSA, Trento, Pavia, Firenze), holding seminars and courses in international affairs, particularly in multilateral diplomacy.
His most recent researches focus on diplomatic management, Social media for International Affairs and Books written by diplomats. He is author and editor of more than 30 books. His recent publications include several books on the activities of diplomats (Diplomatici, 2018) and a book on Management for diplomats (Manuale di management per diplomatici, 2016). He has also published, both in Italian and in English, the results of a comprehensive research on books written by Italian Diplomats (Through the Diplomatic Looking Glass, Diplo, 2007). His most recent books concern a photographic research on Italian Diplomatic History.
From 2013 to 2016, he has been producer and speaker of a weekly Radio Programme on Diplomats at Radio LUISS. He has a personal website and he is responsible for the Blog on Training “Diplo Learning Corner” and for the website “Immaginario diplomatico” dedicated to historical photos of Italian diplomats.