Gianfranco Facco-Bonetti (born 1940 in Galeata, Italy) [1] is an Italian diplomat and is the current Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Sovereign Military Order of Malta to the Russian Federation.
Gianfranco Facco-Bonetti (born 1940 in Galeata, Italy) [1] is an Italian diplomat and is the current Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Sovereign Military Order of Malta to the Russian Federation.
Facco-Bonetti was the Ambassador of Italy to Russia from 2001 until 2006. [1] He returned to Moscow in 2008, when he was appointed as Ambassador of the Sovereign Military Order of Malta to Russia, presenting his Letter of Credence to then-President of Russia Vladimir Putin on 22 April 2008. [2]
Facco-Bonetti was the president of the United World College of the Adriatic.
Grand Officer of the Order of Merit of the Italian Republic – June 2, 2000
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