List of ambassadors of Italy to Tunisia explained

Post:	Ambassador
Body:	Italy to Tunisia
Insignia:	Emblem of Italy.svg
Insigniasize:	120px
Insigniacaption:	Emblem of Italy
Incumbent:	Lorenzo Fanara
Inaugural:	Raffaele Ferretti

The Italian ambassador in Tunis is the official representative of the Government in Rome to the Government of Tunisia.^[1]

List of representatives

Diplomatic accreditation	Ambassador	Observations	List of prime ministers of Italy	President of Tunisia	Term end
	Raffaele Ferretti		Antonio Segni	Habib Bourguiba
	Aldo Maria Mazio		Amintore Fanfani	Habib Bourguiba
	Alessandro Tassoni Estense		Fernando Tambroni	Habib Bourguiba
	Manlio Castronuovo		Giovanni Leone	Habib Bourguiba
	Luciano Favretti		Giovanni Leone	Habib Bourguiba
	Salvatore Saraceno		Giulio Andreotti	Hédi Nouira
	Elio Giuffrida		Giulio Andreotti	Hédi Nouira
	Gianfranco Farinelli		Francesco Cossiga	Mohamed Mzali
	Claudio Moreno		Amintore Fanfani	Zine el-Abidine Ben Ali
	Francesco Caruso (1940)	(* in Naples. 1962: Degree in Political Sciences from the University of Naples. 1962-1963: Postgraduate specialization course, College ofEurope, Bruges (Belgium); 1963-1968: International Officer, at the European Commission, Brussels; 1968: he started his diplomatic career. 1969-1972: At the Ministry of Foreign Affairs; 1972-1975: Italian Embassy in Paris; 1975-1977: Consul in South Africa; 1977: At the Ministry of Foreign Affairs: Head of the Secretary's Secretariat General; 1980-1984: Counselor for the press and information at the Permanent Representation of Italy at the EEC in Brussels and at the European Parliament in Strasbourg. 1984-1986: Chargé d'Affaires Italian ambassador to Chile. 1986-1987: At the Ministry of Foreign Affairs: Head of the Office of the Secretary General; 1987-1988: Diplomatic Counselor of the Minister of Foreign Trade. 1988: Minister Plenipotentiary. 1989-1992: Diplomatic Counselor of the Vice President of the Council. 1992-1996: Ambassador of Italy in Tunis. 1996-2000: Consul General in Paris. 2000: Diplomatic Counselor of the Minister for Foreign Trade. 2000-2001: Ciplomatic Counselor of the Minister of Justice. 2001-2002: Head of Cabinet of the Minister of External Affairs; 2002-2005: Ambassador, Head of the Permanent Representation of Italy to UNESCO, Paris. From September 2005 to October 2007 he was Italian ambassador to Sweden.^[2]	Giuliano Amato	Hamed Karoui
	Rocco Angelo Cangelosi		Romano Prodi	Hamed Karoui
	Armando Sanguini		Massimo D'Alema	Hamed Karoui
	Arturo Olivieri		Silvio Berlusconi	Mohamed Ghannouchi
	Antonio d'Andria		Romano Prodi	Mohamed Ghannouchi
	Pietro Benassi		Silvio Berlusconi	Mohamed Ghannouchi
	Lorenzo Fanara	(* in Agrigento). In 1993 he graduated with honors in law at the University of Palermo. From 1994 to 1997 he practices the profession of lawyer. In 1998 He entered the diplomatic career and held the first positions in Rome, at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, at the Directorate General for Personnel. From 2002 to 2006 he worked for the Permanent Representation at the European Union in Brussels. From 2007 to 2009 he was sent to the Embassy in Moscow. From 2010 to 2013 he worked as a "speechwriter" at the Cabinet of Foreign Ministers Franco Frattini, Giulio Terzi di Sant'Agata and Emma Bonino. From 2013 to the end of 2016 he was political adviser at the Embassy in London. From January 2017 to March 2018 he is Deputy Chief of Cabinet of Minister Angelino Alfano. Decorations: Knight of the Order of Merit of the Republic, Lorenzo Fanara. He is married to Sophie and has two sons, Igea and Tancredi.	Paolo Gentiloni	Beji Caid Essebsi

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Notes and References

1. https://ambtunisi.esteri.it/ambasciata_tunisi/it/ambasciata/ambasciatore Embassy of Italy in Tunis - The Ambassador
2. http://regione.campania.it/assets/documents/cv-caruso.pdf Francesco Caruso (1940)
3. Historia - Ambasciata d'Italia - Tunis, https://ambtunisi.esteri.it/ambasciata_tunisi/it/i_rapporti_bilaterali/cooperazione_politica/storia