Antonio Armellini

Antonio Armellini
Portrait of Antonio Armellini
Ambassador of Italy to Algeria
In office
1998–2000
Preceded byFrancesco de Courten
Succeeded byRomualdo Bettini
Ambassador of Italy to India
In office
2004–2008
Preceded byBenedetto Amari
Succeeded byRoberto Toscano
Permanent Representative of Italy to the OECD
In office
2008–2010
Preceded byBruno Cabras
Succeeded byCarlo Maria Oliva
Personal details
Born (1943-08-02) August 2, 1943 (age 81)
Rome
NationalityItalian
Alma materIn 1967 he obtained a degree in laws from the University of Rome, From 1962 to 1963 got a Fulbright and ASSV Scholar at Stanford University.
Professiondiplomat

Antonio Armellini (August 2, 1943) is an Italian diplomat who served as ambassador to Algeria, India and to the OECD.[1]

Career

He served in many Government of Italy offices[2] during the early 70s, including the private office of Foreign Minister and subsequently Prime Minister of Italy Aldo Moro.

He was spokesman for EC Commissioner Altiero Spinelli in Brussels from 1972 to 1974. During the 1980s and 1990s he served in many foreign diplomatic postings, including Warsaw, Addis Ababa and London.

He was roving ambassador to the CSCE (Conference on Security and Cooperation in Europe) from 1990 to 1992. He subsequently became ambassador to Algeria from 1998 to 2000. He was ambassador at large in charge of international terrorism in 2002 and was appointed Head of the Italian mission and special envoy to Iraq in 2003.

He was ambassador to India from 2004 to 2008 and Permanent Representative to the OECD in Paris from 2008 to 2010.[3]

He has published several books in International Affairs.[4]

Family

He is married and has two children.[3]

Works

  • Armellini, Antonio - Trichilo, Paolo. Il terrorismo internazionale dopo l'11 settembre: l'azione dell'Italia, IAI Quaderni, Milano, 2003.
  • Armellini, Antonio. L’elefante ha messo le ali. L’India del XXI secolo, Egea, Milano, 2008.
  • Armellini, Antonio. If the elephant flies : India confronts the twenty-first century, Har-anand, New Delhi, 2012.
  • Armellini, Antonio - Mombelli, Gerardo. Né centauro né chimera. Modesta proposta per un'Europa plurale, Marsilio, Venezia, 2017.
  • Armellini, Antonio (2022). L'Italia e la Carta di Parigi della CSCE per una nuova Europa. Storia di un negoziato (luglio-novembre 1990) (PDF). Napoli: Editoriale Scientifica. ISBN 979-12-5976-315-0.

Honors

Order of Merit of the Italian Republic 1st Class / Knight Grand Cross – February 9, 2010

References

  1. ^ "Antonio Armellini - Biography - OECD site". Archived from the original on 2009-01-06. Retrieved 2010-07-11.
  2. ^ "Stati di servizio del personale della carriera diplomatica e della dirigenza del Ministero degli Affari Esteri che ha cessato di far parte dell'amministrazione dal 1º gennaio 2000 al 30 maggio 2014" (PDF) (in Italian). Retrieved 2010-11-29.
  3. ^ a b "Curriculum Vitae di Antonio Armellini". Archived from the original on 2019-02-25. Retrieved 2022-08-20.
  4. ^ "La penna del diplomatico - Libri scritti da diplomatici italiani" (in Italian). Retrieved 2021-11-29.


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