The Italian Ambassador to Australia, H.E. MR. Gian Ludovico DE MARTINO di MONTEGIORDANO interviewed by Executive Producer Alessandro Sorbello http://www.alessandrosorbello.com/ for Italian Week http://www.italianweek.com.au/ the official Italian Festival in Brisbane Queensland supported by the Italian Government.
Italian Week is the Official celebration of the Festa della Repubblica, an initiative of the Consulate of Italy in Queensland and Northern Territory, in collaboration with New Realm Media, The Pellegrino Scholarship, and is produced by Alessandro Sorbello. It has strong support from the Italian institutions including Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Italy.
Italian Ambassador to Australia, H.E. MR. Gian Ludovico DE MARTINO di MONTEGIORDANO
Born : on 13 March 1953, in Rome, Italy
1976 : Degree in Political Science, University of Rome
1978 : Joins the Diplomatic Service, and attends the Diplomatic Institute
of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs
1979 : Secretary, General Directorate Cultural, Scientific and Technical Cooperation,
Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Rome
1981 : Second Secretary, Embassy of Italy in Seoul
1983 : Consul in London
1985 : First Secretary, Embassy of Italy in Moscow
1988 : Head of the Press Office of the Senate
1990 : Consul-General, Consulate-General of Italy in St. Petersburg
1995 : First Counsellor, Embassy of Italy in Paris
1998 : Head of Secretariat of the General Directorate for Development Cooperation,
Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Rome
1999 : Head of the Special Diplomatic Delegation in Baghdad with the rank of Ambassador
2004 : Promoted to the rank of Minister Plenipotentiary
2006 : Coordinator, “Task Force Iraq” at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs
2009 : Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Italy to Australia (also accredited
to Fiji, Micronesia, Nauru, Papua New Guinea, Solomon Islands and Vanuatu).
