List of ambassadors of Italy to Bulgaria

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Ambassador of Italy to Bulgaria
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Inaugural holder Domenico Brunenghi
FormationJuly 3, 1879
Website http://ambsofia.esteri.it

The Italian ambassador in Sofia is the official representative of the Government in Rome to the Government of Bulgaria.

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History

In the period preceding the liberation of Bulgaria from Ottoman rule, Italian Consulates were already active in the main cities of the country - Plovdiv, Ruse and Sofia. After the end of the Russo-Turkish War of 1877-1878, Italy maintained its Consulates in the first two centres and opened new ones in the ports of Lom (1881), Varna (1889) and Burgas (1903).

On 25 December 1879 in the Royal Palace of Sofia, Domenico Brunenghi solemnly presented his credentials to Prince Alexander I of Bulgaria. [1]

List of representatives

Diplomatic accreditation Ambassador Observations List of prime ministers of Italy Prime Minister of Bulgaria Term end
July 3, 1879 Domenico Brunenghi Agent and consul general with letter of credentials Benedetto Cairoli Todor Burmov
February 9, 1880 Renato De Martino  [ it ]March 6, 1898 Italian ambassador to China  [ it ] Benedetto Cairoli Dragan Tsankov
January 24, 1884 Carlo Alberto Gerbaix de Sonnax Agostino Depretis Petko Karavelov
June 29, 1893 Alessandro Riva Francesco Crispi Stefan Stambolov
November 24, 1895 Giulio Silvestrelli Francesco Crispi Konstantin Stoilov
August 9, 1901 Giorgio Polacco († 1902) With royal decree of November 9, 1902: Giorgio Polacco, comm. extraordinary envoy and 2nd class plenipotentiary minister, placed, on his request, on leave for health reasons from November 15, 1902. On 9 December 1902, the comm. Ceased to live in Milan. Giorgio Polacco, extraordinary envoy and 2nd class plenipotentiary minister. [2] Giuseppe Zanardelli Petko Karavelov November 9, 1902
May 12, 1903 Guglielmo Imperiali 1891 Marquis Guglielmo Imperiali di Francavilla, head of the Italian Legation in Washington, D.C., Chargé d'affaires of the Italian ambassador to the United States  [ it ] [3] Giovanni Giolitti Racho Petrov
March 31, 1904 Fausto Cucchi Boasso agent and consul general letter of credentials Giovanni Giolitti Racho Petrov
May 6, 1909 Fausto Cucchi Boasso extraordinary envoy and plenipotentiary minister, with letter of credentials Sidney Sonnino Aleksandar Malinov
June 23, 1910 Alessandro De Bosdari  [ it ]From 1922 to 1926 he was Italian ambassador to Germany  [ it ] Luigi Luzzatti Aleksandar Malinov
February 23, 1913 Fausto Cucchi Boasso Giovanni Giolitti Stoyan Danev
September 14, 1920 Luigi Aldrovandi Marescotti Francesco Saverio Nitti Aleksandar Stamboliyski
January 22, 1923 Sabino Rinella Sabino Rinella, the Italian charge d'affaires in Belgrade, reported that the Serbians gratefully attributed their recent successes largely to Rumania's attitude. Benito Mussolini Aleksandar Stamboliyski
May 26, 1926 Renato Piacentini Mussolini inviò Amadori a Riga, sostituendolo con il ministro a Riga, Renato Piacentini Benito Mussolini Andrey Lyapchev
January 29, 1931 Giuliano Corà extraordinary envoy and plenipotentiary minister, with letter of credentials Benito Mussolini Aleksandar Malinov
December 31, 1934 Giuseppe Sapuppo extraordinary envoy and plenipotentiary minister Benito Mussolini Kimon Georgiev
October 27, 1937 Giuseppe Talamo Atenolfi Benito Mussolini Georgi Kyoseivanov
January 29, 1940 Massimo Magistrati Benito Mussolini Georgi Kyoseivanov
June 7, 1943 Francesco Giorgio Mameli extraordinary envoy and plenipotentiary minister Pietro Badoglio Dobri Bozhilov
September 21, 1945 Piero Vinci  [ it ] Chargé d'affaires Ferruccio Parri Kimon Georgiev
December 14, 1958 Giovanni-Battista Guarnaschelli extraordinary envoy and plenipotentiary minister Amintore Fanfani Anton Yugov
January 22, 1952 Gastone Rossi Longhi 1960: Ambasciatore d'ltaiia ¡n Lima Ferruccio Parri Valko Chervenkov
April 27, 1955 Filippo Muzi Falconi Antonio Segni Valko Chervenkov
December 16, 1958 Roberto Gaja  [ it ] Amintore Fanfani Anton Yugov
February 26, 1963 Orazio Antinori di Castel San Pietro Aquae Ortus extraordinary envoy and plenipotentiary minister Giovanni Leone Todor Zhivkov
September 2, 1964 Orazio Antinori di Castel San Pietro Aquae Ortus Ambassador Giovanni Leone Todor Zhivkov
April 7, 1968 Giuseppe Puri Purini  [ de ] Giovanni Leone Todor Zhivkov
January 13, 1972 Franz Cancellario d'Alena Franz Cancellario d'Alena ist am 16. Januar 1957 das Exequatur der Bundesregierung erteilt worden. Giulio Andreotti Stanko Todorov
January 10, 1979 Franz Cancellario d'Alena Francesco Cossiga Stanko Todorov
June 9, 1980 Carlo Maria Rossi Arnaud Francesco Cossiga Stanko Todorov
April 9, 1984 Giovanni Battistini Bettino Craxi Grisha Filipov
November 21, 1987 Paolo Tarony Amintore Fanfani Georgi Atanasov (politician)
February 12, 1990 Agostino Mathis Giulio Andreotti Andrey Lukanov
June 24, 1994 Stefano Rastrelli Silvio Berlusconi Reneta Indzhova
October 31, 1996 Tommaso Troise Romano Prodi Zhan Videnov
April 28, 1999 Alessandro Grafini Massimo D’Alema Ivan Kostov
May 9, 2003 Giovan Battista Campagnola
Giovan Battista Campagnola memorial plaque, Sofia.jpg
Silvio Berlusconi Simeon Sakskoburggotski
May 16, 2008 Stefano Benazzo Silvio Berlusconi Sergei Stanishev
September 3, 2012 Marco Conticelli Mario Monti Boyko Borisov
September 19, 2016 Stefano Baldi Matteo Renzi Boyko Borisov January 2, 2021
January 5, 2021 Giuseppina Zarra Mario Draghi Boyko Borisov October 22, 2022

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