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Giuseppe Santoro (1930-2017) was an Italian diplomat who was also active in politics as a supporter of the Socialists. He was head of Italy's mission to Cuba and was drawn into corruption investigations in the 1990s.
Santoro was born in Ceglie Messapica, Apulia, in 1930, His father, Mario Santoro, was a lawyer whose family had come originally from Naples but had moved to Rome during the second half of the 19th century. His grandfather and great-grandfather had been high-ranking officers in the Italian army. His mother's family was from the region of Apulia, where they were lawyers and also olive oil producers, and hence Santoro's birth there. His son is artist Mario Santoro - Woith
Giuseppe Santoro attended school and university in Rome and gained his degree in Law at the Sapienza University of Rome, receiving the highest distinction.[ citation needed ]
Santoro started in the diplomatic service in 1958, and served in the Italian Government until 1997. At the Italian Foreign Ministry he was Mission Head in Cuba,[ citation needed ] headed the cooperation for development section from 1990 to 1991, [1] and later served as director for third-world aid. [2] [3] He was eventually appointed Ambassador to the U.N. Food and Agriculture Organization. [1] Shortly thereafter, on 25 March 1993, he was arrested on charges of complicity in bribery and abuse of office, as part of a wider corruption inquiry. [1] [2] [3]
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