The foreign relations of the Italian Republic are the Italian government's external relations with the outside world. Located in Europe, Italy has been considered a major Western power since its unification in 1860. Its main allies are the NATO countries and the EU states, two entities of which Italy is a founding member. Italy was admitted to the United Nations in 1955, and it is a member and a strong supporter of a wide number of international organisations, such as the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade and World Trade Organization, the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE), the Council of Europe, and the Central European Initiative.
Giulio Terzi di Sant'Agata is an Italian diplomat and politician. He was Italy's Minister of Foreign Affairs in Mario Monti's government from November 2011 until March 2013, Permanent Representative of Italy to the United Nations in New York between 2008 and 2009 and Ambassador of Italy to the United States between 2009 and 2011. He is currently a Senator of the Republic of Italy and the President of the 4th Permanent Senate Commission of EU Affairs elected from the Lombardy constituency as a part of Brothers of Italy. He is also the President of the India-Italy Parliamentary Friendship group.
Paolo Savona is an Italian economist, professor, and politician. He was the Italian Minister of European Affairs from 1 June 2018 until 8 March 2019, his second stint in government after 1993–1994. During the 2010s, Savona became one of the most fervent Eurosceptic economists in Italy.
Sergio Romano is an Italian diplomat, writer, journalist, and historian. He is a columnist for the newspaper Corriere della Sera. Romano is also a former Italian ambassador to Moscow.
Raffaele Guariglia, Barone di Vituso was an Italian diplomat. He is best known for his brief service as Minister of Foreign Affairs in the short-lived 1943 World War II-era Italian government headed by Pietro Badoglio.
Andrea Tornielli is an Italian Catholic journalist and religious writer who serves as the editorial manager for the Vatican's Dicastery for Communication.
Francesco Maria Taliani de Marchio was an Italian diplomat who was most notable for his role as ambassador to China (1938–1946) during World War II. In this capacity he was accredited to the Japanese puppet state of the Reorganized National Government of China, under Wang Jingwei. In 1943, he refused to pledge loyalty to the Italian Social Republic and was briefly imprisoned by the Japanese. After the war he subsequently was made first Italian ambassador to Spain (1951–1952) since the countries broke relations in 1946. Taliani was married to Archduchess Margaretha of Austria.
Ferdinando Nelli Feroci is an Italian diplomat who served briefly as a European Commissioner in 2014.
Giampaolo Pansa was an Italian journalist-commentator and novelist, especially during his late years. Most of his writings were rooted in recent or contemporary history, notably with regard to the antifascist resistance of the Mussolini years.
Ezio Mizzan was an Italian diplomat. After graduating in law in Rome, Mizzan started his career at the Farnesina. He was sent as consul to Rio and Annaba, and acted as a diplomat in the Italian Embassies in Bucharest, Brussels, Berlin and Paris. In the middle of 1946 he was sent to China, where he was initially appointed consul of Hankou. Mizzan lived firsthand the advent of Communism in China, where he remained, as first secretary of the Italian embassy and the de facto leader of diplomatic relations, after the Italian ambassador fled to Italy in 1950.
Andrea Ferrero was an Italian diplomat. After graduating in law in Turin, he joined Italy's foreign service, working as a diplomat in Washington, D.C., Pittsburgh, New York City, Moscow, and Athens. After World War II he became Second Secretary in London. In this capacity, he helped with the repatriation of Italian prisoners of war.
Eugenio Rubino was an Italian diplomat. He was called "one of the most prestigious sons of the city Trapani."
Mario Prunas was an Italian diplomat.
Roberto Toscano is an Italian diplomat who served as ambassador to India and Iran.
Luigi Vittorio Ferraris was an Italian diplomat.
Piero De Masi was an Italian ambassador, known for his contribution in saving hundreds of Chileans fleeing the violence that followed the 1973 Pinochet coup.
Stefano Baldi is an Italian ambassador and author. Since January 4, 2021, he is the Permanent Representative of Italy to the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE). From 2016 to 2020, he was the Ambassador to Bulgaria.
Stefano Beltrame is an Italian ambassador and author. Since October 1, 2021, he is the Italian ambassador to Austria.
