{"id":162,"date":"2023-04-11T17:53:01","date_gmt":"2023-04-11T15:53:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ambsantasede.esteri.it\/chi-siamo\/lambasciatore\/"},"modified":"2024-02-27T15:53:51","modified_gmt":"2024-02-27T14:53:51","slug":"lambasciatore","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/ambsantasede.esteri.it\/en\/chi-siamo\/lambasciatore\/","title":{"rendered":"The Ambassador"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Francesco Di Nitto<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Ambassador of Italy to the Holy See<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.vaticannews.va\/it\/vaticano\/news\/2022-02\/papa-lettere-credenziali-nuovo-ambasciatore-italia-santa-sede.html\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"img-fluid wp-image-594 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/ambsantasede.esteri.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Lettere_Credenziali-300x169.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"360\" height=\"203\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ambsantasede.esteri.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Lettere_Credenziali-300x169.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/ambsantasede.esteri.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Lettere_Credenziali.jpeg 750w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 360px) 100vw, 360px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Born in Rome on 19 June 1962, he graduated in Economics and Commerce at the &#8220;Luiss&#8221; University of Rome on 25 March 1985.<\/p>\n<p>He entered the diplomatic corps on 4 March 1991 and took up service in the Directorate General for Political Affairs.<\/p>\n<p>From 7 October 1992 he was assigned to the Cabinet of the Foreign Minister Colombo and subsequently confirmed by the Ministers Andreatta, Elia, Martino and Agnelli.<\/p>\n<p>He served abroad between 1995 and 2001 as Consul in Jerusalem and Counsellor in Santiago de Chile.<\/p>\n<p>On 13 December 2001 he returned to the Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs at the General Secretariat.<\/p>\n<p>Since 5 November 2007 he served as First Counselor at the Italian Embassy to the Holy See.<\/p>\n<p>Subsequently, on 31 May 2011, he took up service at the Presidency of the Council of Ministers as Deputy Diplomatic Advisor to the Presidents Berlusconi, Monti and Letta.<\/p>\n<p>On 2 July 2013 he moved to the Presidency of the Republic of Italy where he served as Deputy Diplomatic Advisor to the Presidents Napolitano and Mattarella.<\/p>\n<p>Since 24 January 2022 he is Ambassador of Italy to the Holy See.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/ambsantasede.esteri.it\/en\/chi-siamo\/lambasciatore\/2907-2\/\">Welcome message<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Francesco Di Nitto Ambassador of Italy to the Holy See &nbsp; Born in Rome on 19 June 1962, he graduated in Economics and Commerce at the &#8220;Luiss&#8221; University of Rome on 25 March 1985. He entered the diplomatic corps on 4 March 1991 and took up service in the Directorate General for Political Affairs. From [&hellip;]","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":144,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-162","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ambsantasede.esteri.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/162","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ambsantasede.esteri.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ambsantasede.esteri.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ambsantasede.esteri.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ambsantasede.esteri.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=162"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/ambsantasede.esteri.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/162\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2921,"href":"https:\/\/ambsantasede.esteri.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/162\/revisions\/2921"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ambsantasede.esteri.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/144"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ambsantasede.esteri.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=162"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}