List of ambassadors of Italy to China

Ambassador of Italy to China
Emblem of Italy
since May 17, 2023
Inaugural holderVittorio Sallier De La Tour
Formation1866

The Italian ambassador to China is the head of the Italian diplomatic mission in China, the official representative of the Government in Rome to the Government of China.

List of representatives

Term start Head of mission Observations List of prime ministers of Italy List of heads of state of China Term end
March 13, 1867 Vittorio Sallier De La Tour[1] Bettino Ricasoli Cixi 1870
March 7, 1870 Alessandro Fe' d'Ostiani [de; it][1] Giovanni Lanza Cixi 1877
February 22, 1877 Raffaele Ulisse Barbolani[1] Agostino Depretis Cixi 1878
December 12, 1878 Ferdinando de Luca [it][1] Benedetto Cairoli Cixi 1889
December 5, 1889 Alberto Pansa [it][1] Francesco Crispi Guangxu 1894
February 6, 1894 Alessandro Bardi[1] Francesco Crispi Guangxu 1896
March 6, 1898 Renato De Martino [it; zh][1] Antonio di Rudinì Guangxu 1899
March 23, 1899 Giuseppe Salvago Raggi[1] Luigi Pelloux Cixi 1901
December 19, 1901 Giovanni Gallina[1] Giuseppe Zanardelli Cixi 1904
July 11, 1904 Carlo Baroli[1] Giovanni Giolitti Cixi 1906
November 3, 1907 Giulio Cesare Vinci[1] Giovanni Giolitti Cixi 1910
March 3, 1910 Federico Barilari[1] Sidney Sonnino Puyi 1911
May 11, 1911 Carlo Sforza[1] Giovanni Giolitti Puyi 1915
September 1, 1916 Carlo Aliotti[1] Antonio Salandra Yuan Shikai 1919
January 6, 1919 Carlo Garbasso[1] Vittorio Emanuele Orlando Xu Shichang 1919
May 27, 1920 Carlo Durazzo[1] Francesco Saverio Nitti Xu Shichang 1921
September 28, 1922 Vittorio Cerruti[1] Luigi Facta Li Yuanhong 1926
February 6, 1927 Daniele Varè[1] Benito Mussolini Wellington Koo 1931
May 26, 1932 Galeazzo Ciano[1] Benito Mussolini Lin Sen 1933
September 19, 1933 Raffaele Boscarelli[1] Benito Mussolini Lin Sen 1934
December 6, 1934 Vincenzo Lojacono[1] Benito Mussolini Lin Sen 1937
January 4, 1937 Giuliano Cora[1] Benito Mussolini Lin Sen 1937
June 22, 1938 Francesco Maria Taliani de Marchio[1] Benito Mussolini Lin Sen 1946
March 6, 1946 Sergio Fenoaltea[1] Alcide De Gasperi Chiang Kai-shek 1949
1949 Ezio Mizzan[1] chargé d'affaires Alcide De Gasperi Chiang Kai-shek 1951
1951 – 1971
December 8, 1970 Antonino Restivo[2] chargé d'affaires Emilio Colombo Soong Ching-ling 1971
May 12, 1971 Folco Trabalza[3] Emilio Colombo Zhu De 1975
September 4, 1975 Marco Francisci Di Baschi[4] Aldo Moro Zhu De 1980
August 1, 1980 Giulio Tamagnini[4] Francesco Cossiga Ye Jianying 1984
January 30, 1984 Raffaele Marras[5] Bettino Craxi Li Xiannian 1987
February 1, 1987 Alberto Solera[5] Bettino Craxi Li Xiannian 1990
February 28, 1990 Oliviero Rossi Giulio Andreotti Yang Shangkun 1994
April 23, 1994 Alessandro Quaroni Carlo Azeglio Ciampi Jiang Zemin 1998
September 17, 1998 Paolo Bruni Romano Prodi Jiang Zemin 2003
April 30, 2003 Gabriele Menegatti Silvio Berlusconi Hu Jintao 2006
December 11, 2006 Riccardo Sessa Romano Prodi Hu Jintao 2010
December 12, 2010 Attilio Massimo Iannucci Silvio Berlusconi Hu Jintao 2013
January 5, 2013 Alberto Bradanini Mario Monti Hu Jintao 2015
July 20, 2015 Ettore Francesco Sequi Matteo Renzi Xi Jinping 2019
January 2, 2020 Luca Ferrari Giuseppe Conte Xi Jinping 2022
May 17, 2023 Massimo Ambrosetti Giorgia Meloni Xi Jinping incumbent

References

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