Arnaldo Forlani was an Italian politician who served as the prime minister of Italy from 1980 to 1981. He also held the office of deputy prime minister,minister of foreign affairs,and minister of defence.
Eva Luise Köhler is the wife of former German president Horst Köhler and as such,was sometimes referred to by the media as the "First Lady" during her husband's presidency.
Giorgio Napolitano was an Italian politician who served as the 11th president of Italy from 2006 to 2015,the first to be re-elected to the office. In office for 8 years and 244 days,he was the longest-serving president,until the record was surpassed by Sergio Mattarella in 2023. He also was the longest-lived president in the history of the Italian Republic,which has been in existence since 1946. Although he was a prominent figure of the First Italian Republic,he did not take part in the Constituent Assembly of Italy that drafted the Italian constitution;he is considered one of the symbols of the Second Italian Republic,which came about after the Tangentopoli scandal of the 1990s. Due to his dominant position in Italian politics,some critics have sometimes referred to him as Re Giorgio.
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Michelangelo Pisani di Massa e di Mormile,count of Massa Lubrense and Mormile,is an Italian diplomat.
Carlo De Benedetti is an Italian industrialist,engineer,and publisher. He is both an Italian and naturalized Swiss citizen. He was awarded the Order of Merit for Labour by the Italian state in 1983,the Medaglia d'oro ai benemeriti della cultura e dell'arte and the Legion d'Honneur in 1987.
Wilfried Haslauer is an Austrian politician (ÖVP) and lawyer. He has been governor of Salzburg State since 19 June 2013.
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Giacinto Ferrero (1862–1922) was an Italian general. He was an officer and grand officer of the Military Order of Savoy.
Pietro Giubilo is an Italian Christian Democrat politician. On 27 February 2014 he was appointed Knight Grand Cross of the Order of Merit of the Italian Republic.
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Filippo Patroni Griffi is an Italian politician and magistrate who served as Minister of Public Administration between 2011 and 2013.
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Gilles Pécout is a French historian,academic and diplomat. He was formerly the French Ambassador to Austria.
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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.
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Knight Grand Cross of the Order of Merit of the Italian Republic - 27 December 1997 [5] 
Grand Officer of the Order of Merit of the Italian Republic - 27 December 1986 [6] 
Commander of the Order of Merit of the Italian Republic - 27 December 1983 [7] 
Brazil:Grand Cross of the Order of the Southern Cross 
France:Commander of the Legion of Honour 
Germany:Grand Cross of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany 
Portugal:Knight Grand Cross of the Order of Prince Henry 
United Kingdom:Honorary Knight Grand Cross of Order of St Michael and St George 
Vatican City:Knight Grand Cross of the Order of St. Gregory the Great 
