Eugenio Rubino | |
Nationality: | Italian |
Birth Date: | 20 August 1916 |
Birth Place: | Trapani, Sicily, Italy[1] |
Office: | Italian Ambassador to Philippines |
Term Start: | 5 October 1961[2] |
Term End: | 30 October 1966 |
Predecessor: | Paolo Arturo Coppini |
Successor: | Dante Matacotta |
Office1: | Italian Ambassador to Thailand |
Term Start1: | 1969[3] |
Term End1: | 1972 |
Predecessor1: | Andrea Ferrero |
Successor1: | Diego Soro |
Office2: | Italian Ambassador to Vietnam |
Term Start2: | 27 February 1972[4] |
Term End2: | 2 May 1975 |
Predecessor2: | Vincenzo Tornetta |
Successor2: | Gabriele Menegatti |
Office3: | Italian Ambassador to Uganda |
Term Start3: | 10 March 1977[5] |
Term End3: | 19 July 1981 |
Predecessor3: | Renzo Falaschi |
Successor3: | Michele Martinez |
Eugenio Rubino (born 20 August 1916)[6] was an Italian diplomat. He was called "one of the most prestigious sons of the city Trapani."[1]
Eugenio Rubino was born on 20 August 1916 in Trapani, on the west coast of Sicily, in Italy.[1] [6]
He became a diplomat in the 1950s. He was Italian Ambassador to Philippines, an office which he held from 1961 until 1966.[2] During his mission to the Philippines, he founded, together with Filipino Ambassador Proceso E. Sebastian, the, which was established on 19 February 1962.[7]
He then became Italian Ambassador to Thailand, an office which he kept from 1969 until 1972.[3] On 27 February 1972 he was appointed Italian Ambassador to Vietnam, keeping this office until 1975.[4]
Rubino was nominated Italian Ambassador to Uganda on 10 March 1977.[5] He arrived in Uganda in March 1977, presenting his credentials to Idi Amin on 18 March 1977. During his mission to Uganda, he initially resided in Kampala.[8] He held this office until 1981.[5]
He went out of service on 1 September 1981.[9]
In the 1990s he founded the Associazione degli ex studenti del Liceo classico Ximenes in Trapani, Italy.[10]