Elena Basile Explained

Elena Basile
Office:Minister Plenipotentiary
Term Start:2013
Term End:2021
Office2:Ambassador of Italy to Sweden
Term Start2:2013
Term End2:2017
Office3:Ambassador of Italy to Belgium
Term Start3:2017
Term End3:2021
Birth Date:26 December 1959
Birth Place:Naples, Italy
Alma Mater:Università degli Studi di Napoli "L'Orientale"
Profession:Diplomat, author

Elena Basile (born 26 December 1959) is a former Italian diplomat and author. From 2013 to 2021, she served as ambassador to Sweden and Belgium[1] [2] [3] [4] and in 2023 she left the diplomatic service with the rank of plenipotentiary.[5] [6] [7]

Life

Diplomatic career

Basile was born on 26 December 1959 in Naples. After graduating from Università degli Studi di Napoli "L'Orientale" in 1982, she joined the foreign service in 1985.[8] She served for some years in Madagascar as first commercial secretary at the Italian embassy in Antananarivo and then as deputy consul in Toronto.

From 1999 to 2002 she was assigned to the Italian Embassy in Budapest, and from 2003 to 2007 in Lisbon. In 2008, she was head of the OSCE section of the of the Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, and from 2010 to 2012 she was head of the North American countries unit at the same Directorate.[9] [10] From 2013 to 2017 she served as ambassador in Sweden, and from 2017 to 2021 in Belgium.[11]

In 2023 she left the diplomatic service with the rank of minister plenipotentiary.

Columnist and commentator

Between 2022 and 2023 Basile wrote several articles for Il Fatto quotidiano under the pseudonym "Ipazia", some of which were criticised as pro-Russian.[12] [13] In one of them she blamed Ukraine for the worsening of Russia–Ukraine relations, and accused the Ukrainian government of having "sent 250,000 young people to their death at the behest of NATO".[14] [15] [16] Her views sparked controversy in July 2023, when she revealed her identity behind Ipazia. In October 2023, after the Hamas attack on Israel, she commented on the situation on the La7 television channel, taking a critical stance towards the Israeli government and Western countries.[17] [18]

In February 2024 Basile posted a video on Facebook criticising Holocaust survivor Liliana Segre for statements that Segre had not made. According to Basile, during the Israel–Hamas war Segre had expressed solidarity exclusively with Jewish children, thereby overlooking the suffering of Palestinian children. When Segre's family threatened legal action, Basile admitted her mistake and apologised publicly[19] [20] but was still sued because of the widespread circulation of her video and because her apology was deemed unsatisfactory.[21] [22]

Writer

As a writer,[23] [24] Basile made her debut in 1995 with Donne, nient’altro che donne. In 2014, her novel Una vita altrove was a finalist for the Rome Prize. A collection of short stories, Miraggi, published by Castelvecchi in 2018, was translated in French and published in Belgium in 2021.[11] [25] The 2022 novel In famiglia published by won the Premium International Florence Seven Stars for fiction.[26] In 2023 she published the novel Un insolito trio.[27] In 2024 she published L'Occidente e il nemico permanente.[28]

Honours

Knight of the Order of Merit of the Italian Republic – 1996[29]

Officer of the Order of Merit of the Italian Republic– 2005[30]

Publications

See also

References

  1. Web site: OpenOnline. 2024-02-08. Il sindacato dei diplomatici prende le distanze da Elena Basile dopo "Otto e mezzo": "Non è mai stata ambasciatrice".
  2. Web site: brusselsdiplomatic. 2017-06-04. New Ambassadors in Belgium. 2021-04-27. Brussels Diplomatic. en.
  3. Web site: 21 NOVEMBRE 2020. L’AMBASCIATRICE D’ITALIA IN BELGIO, ELENA BASILE, PARTECIPA ALLA MARATONA FILOSOFICA ORGANIZZATA DALLA FONDAZIONE DE SANCTIS IN OCCASIONE DELLA GIORNATA MONDIALE DELLA FILOSOFIA. – Ambasciata d'Italia Bruxelles . 2023-10-15 . ambbruxelles.esteri.it.
  4. Web site: 2020-02-18. Gentiloni a un dibattito con i laureati LUISS all'ambasciata italiana in Belgio. 2021-04-27. Eunews. it-IT.
  5. Web site: Redazione . 2023-10-13 . Chi è Elena Basile, la "ministra plenipotenziaria" che parla di Hamas e Israele in tv . 2023-10-15 . Open . it-IT.
  6. Web site: SNDMAE stigmatizza dichiarazioni e interventi di Elena Basile . 2023-10-15 . www.giornalediplomatico.it . it.
  7. Web site: Amb. Basile si difende da accuse dopo aver rivelato identità di . 2023-10-15 . www.giornalediplomatico.it . it.
  8. Web site: 3 April 2017 . Farnesina: Elena Basile nominata ambasciatore d’Italia a Bruxelles . 2023-10-15 . it-IT.
  9. Web site: Formal audiences – Sveriges Kungahus . 2021-04-27 . www.kungahuset.se . en . 27 April 2021 . https://web.archive.org/web/20210427185302/https://www.kungahuset.se/royalcourt/latestnews/2013/2013/formalaudiences.5.4ea495e313c19c119aa361f.html . dead .
  10. Web site: Ambassadrice Elena BASILE . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20210427185303/http://ambbruxelles.esteri.it/ambasciata_bruxelles/resource/doc/2017/04/fr_cv_amb._elena_basile.pdf . 27 April 2021 . ambbruxelles.esteri.it/.
  11. Web site: Da Ciao Magazine, Intervista a Elena Basile: "La scrittura è un’arma contro la superficialità" www.comunicazioneinform.it . 2023-10-15 . it-IT.
  12. Web site: 2023-10-13 . Elena Basile, l''ex ambasciatrice' al centro delle polemiche . 2023-10-16 . tg24.sky.it . it.
  13. Web site: 2023-10-12 . Elena Basile, la "nuova Orsini" che spopola nei talk su Hamas: "Tutta colpa dell'Occidente" . 2023-10-16 . la Repubblica . it.
  14. Web site: Piccolillo . Virginia . 2023-06-07 . L’ex ambasciatrice italiana in Belgio rivela chi c’è dietro gli articoli filorussi: "Ipazia sono io" . 2023-10-15 . Corriere della Sera . it-IT.
  15. Web site: Su Basile prove di censura: gli ex colleghi la difendono . 2023-10-15 . Il Fatto Quotidiano . it-IT.
  16. Web site: Ruggiero . Giovanni . 2023-07-06 . Il caso dell'ex ambasciatrice italiana e gli articoli "filorussi" sul Fatto Quotidiano: "Sono io Ipazia" . 2023-10-15 . Open . it-IT.
  17. Web site: 2023-10-12 . Nuova guerra, nuovi exploit in tv. Chi è Elena Basile, l'ex ambasciatrice poco diplomatica . 2023-10-16 . HuffPost Italia . it.
  18. Web site: 2023-10-13 . Elena Basile, l''ex ambasciatrice' al centro delle polemiche . 2023-10-16 . tg24.sky.it . it.
  19. Web site: 2024-02-07 . Elena Basile e il video-accusa contro Liliana Segre: la senatrice querela l'ex ambasciatrice . 2024-02-08 . Rai News . it.
  20. Web site: 2024-02-07 . Le scuse di Elena Basile alla senatrice Segre: "Ho sbagliato ad agire molto frettolosamente, spero potrà dimenticare l’offesa ricevuta" . 2024-02-07 . Il Fatto quotidiano . it.
  21. Web site: 2024-02-29 . "Ha a cuore solo bambini ebrei", Liliana Segre querela Elena Basile . 2024-03-03 . Adnkronos.
  22. Web site: 2024-02-07 . Segre suing Basile for saying she only cares about Jewish kids - World - Ansa.it . 2024-03-03 . Agenzia ANSA . en.
  23. Web site: 2023-10-13 . Elena Basile, chi è l'"ex ambasciatrice" che sta infiammando i talk su Hamas . 2023-10-16 . TGLA7 . it.
  24. Web site: 2023-10-12 . Elena Basile, chi è l'ex ambasciatrice che attacca Israele . 2023-10-16 . ilGiornale.it . it.
  25. Web site: ONLINE in diretta: Presentazione del libro "Mirages" di Elena Basile – Istituto Italiano di Cultura di Bruxelles . 2023-10-15 . iicbruxelles.esteri.it.
  26. Web site: Premium International Florence Seven Stars a 3 ambasciatori . 2023-10-15 . www.giornalediplomatico.it . it.
  27. Web site: Circolo Esteri: amb. Elena Basile presenta suo libro "Un insolito trio" . 2023-10-15 . www.giornalediplomatico.it . it.
  28. Web site: Elena Basile "L'Occidente e il nemico permanente" . www.paperfirst.it . it.
  29. Web site: Basile Dott.ssa Elena. Cavaliere Ordine al Merito della Repubblica Italiana . 16 October 2023 . Quirinale.it.
  30. Web site: Basile Dott.ssa Elena. Uficiale Ordine al Merito della Repubblica Italiana . 18 October 2023 . Quirinale.it.

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