Alfredo Bastianelli | |
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![]() Bastianelli in 2015 | |
Ambassador of Italy in Angola | |
In office January 22, 2001 –June 15, 2005 | |
Preceded by | Paolo Sannella |
Succeeded by | Torquato Cardelli |
Ambassador of Italy in Cyprus | |
In office December 1,2009 –December 2012 | |
Preceded by | Luigi Napolitano |
Succeeded by | Guido Cerboni |
Ambassador of Italy in Belgium | |
In office 2013–2015 | |
Preceded by | Roberto Bettarini |
Succeeded by | Vincenzo Grassi |
Chancellor of the Order of the Holy Sepulchre | |
Assumed office 2016 | |
Preceded by | Ivan Rebernik |
Personal details | |
Born | |
Children | 3 |
Alma mater | Sapienza University of Rome |
Alfredo Bastianelli OMRI GCSG (born 26 January 1951) is an Italian diplomat,Chancellor of the Order of the Holy Sepulchre,and Papal Gentleman. He is married and has three children.
Bastianelli holds a law degree from Sapienza University of Rome. Besides his native Italian,Bastianelli speaks English,French and Portuguese. [1]
He held various posts in the Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and diplomatic missions of Italy in Brazil,Canada,Mozambique,Indonesia,European Union. [1]
From 2001 to 2005 he served as an Ambassador to Angola. [2] [3] From 2009 to 2012 he was an ambassador to Cyprus. [4]
From 2013 to 2015 he was an ambassador to Belgium. [5] [6] At the same time,in 2014,for a few months he was in charge of the Istituto Italiano di Cultura in Bruxelles,pending the appointment of a new director. [7]
In 2016 he was appointed Chancellor of the Order of the Holy Sepulchre by Edwin Frederick Cardinal O'Brien,the Order's Grand Master. [1]