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.
Lapo Pistelli is an Italian politician and Member of the of the Italian Parliament, elected for the Italian Democratic Party. In the Italian Democratic Party is the Head of the Foreign Affairs and International Relations Department.
Antonio Tajani is an Italian politician, journalist and former Italian Air Force officer, who has served as Deputy Prime Minister of Italy and Minister of Foreign Affairs since 22 October 2022. He served as President of the European Parliament from 2017 to 2019, as European Commissioner from 2008 to 2014, and also as a member of the European Parliament from 1994 to 2008 and again from 2014 to 2022 until he was elected to Italy's Chamber of Deputies.
Abdulaziz Nasser Al Shamsi is the director of protocol at the ministry of foreign affairs in the United Arab Emirates. Al Shamsi who was born in Ajman in 1956 obtained his bachelor's degree in business administration at the University of Cairo in 1980. He is married to Hissa Abdulla Ahmed Al-Otaiba.
The Embassy of Italy in Kyiv is the diplomatic mission of Italy in Ukraine.
Olexander Motsyk is a Ukrainian diplomat. Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary (1999)
Francesco Starace is an Italian business executive, from 2014 to 2023 he was CEO and general manager of Enel Group.
Alberto Leoncini Bartoli is a retired Italian diplomat.
Umberto Vattani is an Italian diplomat. The only official in the history of Italy to have twice held the position of Secretary General of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. He was also the last president of the National Institute for Foreign Trade until his suppression in 2011.
Maria Assunta Accili Sabbatini is an Italian diplomat.
Luca Attanasio was an Italian diplomat who served as the ambassador to the Democratic Republic of the Congo from 2017 until his murder there in 2021.
Franco Bounous was an Italian diplomat.
Elena Basile is a former Italian diplomat and author. From 2013 to 2021, she served as ambassador to Sweden and Belgium and in 2023 she left the diplomatic service with the rank of plenipotentiary.
Luigi Vittorio Ferraris was an Italian diplomat.
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.
Gaetano Cortese is an Italian diplomat and ambassador.
Domenico Marotta was an Italian chemist and scientist, serving as the director of the National Institute of Health (ISS) from 1935 to 1961.
Carlo de Ferrariis Salzano was an Italian diplomat, secretary general of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs from 1958 to 1959.
