| Angelo Persichilli | |
| Office: | Director of Communications to the Prime Minister of Canada |
| Term: | 2011–2012 |
| Primeminister: | Stephen Harper |
| Predecessor: | Dimitri Soudas |
| Successor: | Andrew MacDougall |
| Birth Date: | 1948 |
| Birth Place: | Campobasso, Italy[1] |
| Party: | Conservative Party of Canada |
| Profession: | Communications Executive |
Angelo Persichilli (born 1948) is an Italian born Canadian journalist and newspaper editor who emigrated from Italy to Canada in 1975.
See main article: Director of Communications (Office of the Prime Minister).
He was announced in August 2011 as the new director of communications in the Prime Minister's Office,[2] but resigned in March 2012 after less than a year in the job.[3]
He was the first director of communications to not speak both French and English, Canada's official languages, which prompted an official complaint with the Canadian Human Rights Commission.[4]
Prior to joining the PMO, Persichilli worked as a columnist for the Toronto Star, and as an editor of the Italian language newspaper Corriere Canadese. He was previously also a producer of multilingual newscasts on OMNI Television.
On March 8, 2013, Persichilli was appointed as a citizenship judge for the Greater Toronto Area.[5]