- Date of Birth: 8 October 1943
- Place of Birth: Palermo
EDUCATION
1966: Political Sciences Degree, University of Rome
1967/68: Master in European Community Studies, European College of Bruges
1968/69: Scholarship, Johns Hopkins University of Bologna
1969 May: Diplomatic Service
CAREER
1970: Deputy Consul in Bern, Switzerland
1973/76: First Secretary, Mogadiscio, Somalia
1976/78: Counsellor, Italian Permanent Representation to the EEC, Brussels, Belgium
1978/80: Directorate General for Economic Affairs, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Rome (EU Department)
1981/84: General Consul in Basel, Switzerland
1984/87: Head of the EEC Affairs desk, Directorate General for Economic Affairs, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Rome (EU Department)
1987/89: Office of the Prime Minister, diplomatic adviser of Hon. Antonio La Pergola, Ministry for the EC Policies, Rome
1989/94: Counsellor, Italian Permanent Representation to the EU, Brussels, Belgium
1989: First Counsellor, Italian Permanent Representation to the EU, Brussels, Belgium
Dec. 1990: Minister Plenipotentiary II class
Personal Representative of the Minister of Foreign Affairs for the IGC which prepared the European Union Treaty, signed in Maastricht, on 7 February 1992.
Feb.’92- Aug’94: Italian Deputy Permanent Representative to the EU, Brussels.
Set.’94- Set’96: Co-ordinator for the EU affairs to the Directorate General for Economic Affairs, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Rome
Oct’96- Oct.’98: Italian Ambassador to Tunisia.
From Oct. 1998: General co-ordinator for European Integration, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Rome
From Jan. 2000: Director General for European Integration, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Rome
From March 2004: Permanent Representative of Italy to the European Union
PUBLICATIONS
- “L’Italia nello SME “ (Politica Internazionale n.10, 1980).
- “Dal Progetto di Trattato Spinelli all’Atto Unico Europeo”, Franco Angeli Editore,1987.
- “Il Trattato di Maastricht e le prospettive dell’Unione Europea” (estratto di “Vita Italiana” n. 2/1992, Documenti e Informazioni).
- “The Maastricht Negotiating Process: Projecting Italian Interests into the European Community” (The Mentor Group) Venezia 17/18 luglio 1992.
- “Dalle Comunità all’Unione” (Il Trattato di Maastricht e la Conferenza Intergovernativa del 1996), Franco Angeli Editore, 1996.
- "Verso la Costituzione Europea: da Amsterdam a Laeken", Philos Edizioni 2002.
He collaborates with many Italian reviews specialised in international affairs
(Affari Esteri, Dossier Europa, Politica Internazionale, etc.)
ACADEMIC ACTIVITIES
2001 - 2002: Professor of "European Institutions" for the Master of Arts in European Studies organised by the High School of Public Administration and the “Roma III” University of Rome
RECOGNITIONS RECEIVED
1982: “Cavaliere Ufficiale dell’Ordine al Merito della Repubblica Italiana”
1994: “Commendatore dell’Ordine al Merito della Repubblica Italiana”
1998: “Grand Officer” of the Tunisian Republic
2007: “Cavaliere di Gran Croce dell’Ordine al Merito della Repubblica Italiana”
