Giorgio Giacomelli | |
Office: | Italian Ambassador to Somalia |
Term Start: | 12 June 1973 |
Term End: | 1976 |
Predecessor: | Giulio Terruzzi |
Office1: | Italian Ambassador to Syria |
Term Start1: | 25 September 1976 |
Term End1: | 1980 |
Predecessor1: | Maurizio Bucci |
Birth Date: | 30 January 1930 |
Birth Place: | Milan |
Death Place: | Rome |
Spouse: | Elisabetta Belloni |
Alma Mater: | University of Padova |
Giorgio Giacomelli (25 January 1930, in Milan – 8 February 2017, in Rome)[1] was an Italian diplomat who represented Italy as ambassador to Somalia and Syria and was UNRWA's Commissioner-General from 1985 to 1991.[2]
Giacomelli was the Italian Ambassador to Somalia from 1973 to 1976 and Ambassador to Syria from 1976 to 1980. In 1981 he became Director-General for Emigration and Social Affairs in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, and then, until October 1985, Director–General of the Department of Cooperation and Development. From 1985 to 1991 he was Commissioner-General of UNWRA.[2] Giacomelli left UNRWA when he was appointed by UN Secretary-General Javier Pérez de Cuéllar to become head of the UN's anti-drug campaign.[3]
Order of Merit of the Italian Republic 1st Class / Knight Grand Cross – 27 December 1993