List of ambassadors of Italy to the United States

The Ambassador of the Italian Republic to the United States of America (Italian: Ambasciatore della Repubblica Italiana negli Stati Uniti d'America) is the official representative of the government of Italy to the government of the United States. Prior to the formation of the Italian Republic in 1946, the Kingdom of Italy was represented in the United States by ambassadors or envoys extraordinary and ministers plenipotentiary.

Ambassador of Italy to the United States
Ambasciatore d'Italia negli Stati Uniti
Emblem of Italy
Incumbent Mariangela Zappia since March 12, 2021
Style	His/Her Excellency
Seat	Embassy of Italy, Washington, D.C.
Formation	April 13, 1861 (1861-04-13)
Website	Ambasciata d'Italia, Washington

List of heads of mission

Listed are the heads of the Italian diplomatic delegation to the United States, with their titles and dates of their presentation of credentials.^[1]

Representatives of the Kingdom of Italy

Name	Title	Start date
Giuseppe Bertinatti	Minister resident; Envoy extraordinary and minister plenipotentiary (starting June 26, 1864)	April 13, 1861
Marcello Cerruti	Envoy extraordinary and minister plenipotentiary	May 27, 1867
Luigi Corti		February 13, 1870
Alberto Blanc		July 17, 1875
Saverio Fava	Envoy extraordinary and minister plenipotentiary; Ambassador extraordinary and minister plenipotentiary (starting May 21, 1893)	August 28, 1881
Edmondo Mayor de Planches	Ambassador extraordinary and minister plenipotentiary	August 9, 1901
Luigi Gerolamo Cuasni Confalonieri	Ambassador	January 27, 1910
Vincenzo Macchi di Cellere		November 20, 1913
Camillo Romano Avezzana		October 23, 1919
Vittorio Rolandi Ricci		November 24, 1920
Gelasio Caetani di Sermoneta		November 12, 1922
Giacomo De Martino		January 25, 1925
Augusto Rosso		August 25, 1932
Fulvio Suvich		June 18, 1936
Ascanio Colonna		October 28, 1938
Alberto Tarchiani		February 23, 1945

Ambassadors of the Italian Republic

Name	Start date
Alberto Tarchiani	February 23, 1945
Manlio Brosio	November 18, 1954
Sergio Fenoaltea	May 5, 1961
Egidio Ortona	June 11, 1967
Roberto Gaja	July 12, 1975
Paolo Pansa Cedronio	March 18, 1978
Rinaldo Petrignani	June 15, 1981
Boris Biancheri-Chiappori	August 31, 1991
Ferdinando Salleo	November 9, 1995
Sergio Vento	March 24, 2003
Giovanni Castellaneta	October 1, 2005
Giulio Maria Terzi di Sant'Agata	October 1, 2009
Claudio Bisogniero	February 6, 2012
Armando Varricchio	March 2, 2016
Mariangela Zappia	March 12, 2021

See also

• Italy–United States relations
• List of diplomatic missions in the United States
• Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Italy)
• List of ambassadors of the United States to Italy
• Foreign relations of Italy

References

1. "Former ambassadors". Ambasciata d'Italia, Washington. Archived from the original on January 10, 2018. Retrieved April 27, 2020.
2. "The Ambassador". Ambasciata d'Italia, Washington. Archived from the original on February 13, 2020. Retrieved April 27, 2020.
3. "Mariangela Zappia è la nuova ambasciatrice italiana a Washington". March 11, 2021.