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The Ambassador

Ambasciatore Di Riso nell'Ambasciata di Italia ad Asmara
Ambassador Alfonso Di Riso 

Born in Naples, 9 September 1965.

University of Naples: Major in Law, 27 April 1988; University of Naples of Oriental Studies: Major in Political Science, 28 June 1991; University of Siena: PhD in International Law, June 1998.

  • Joins the Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs as a career diplomat on 29 December 1997;
  • In the Ministry’s Service for Legal Affairs, Diplomatic Disputes and International Agreements, 19 October 1998. Head of the Secretariat of the Service for Legal Affairs, 1 January 2000;
  • Deputy Head of Mission in Kuala Lumpur, 27 April 2000;
  • Political Counsellor in Tehran, 1 July 2003;
  • Promoted to “Second Counsellor”/”Consigliere di Legazione”, 2 July 2007;
  • In Rome, Deputy Head of the Second Division of the Directorate General for Human Resources, Budget and Innovation, 1 August 2007;
  • Deputy Head of Mission in Algiers, 7 September 2009;
  • Promoted to “First Counsellor” /”Consigliere d’Ambasciata”, 2 July 2012;
  • Ambassador of Italy to Ivory Coast, with secondary accreditations to Niger, Burkina Faso, Liberia and Sierra Leone, 7 January 2013;
  • In Rome, Head of the Unit for Labour Unions and Innovations, 1 September 2017;
  • Ambassador of Italy to Armenia, 18 May 2021;
  • Promoted to Minister Plenipotentiary on 2 Jannuary 2022;
  • Ambassador of Italy to Eritrea, 6 January 2025.

Married to Corinne Maguelone Chantal ZELTNER, father of Lorenzo and Francesco.

Knight, Order of Merit of the Italian Republic, 2007