Romano Prodi is an Italian politician,economist,academic,senior civil servant,and business executive who served as the tenth president of the European Commission from 1999 to 2004. He served twice as Prime Minister of Italy,first from 18 May 1996 to 21 October 1998,and then from 17 May 2006 to 8 May 2008. Prodi is considered the founder of the Italian centre-left and one of the most prominent and iconic figures of the so-called Second Republic. He is often nicknamed Il Professore due to his academic career.
Eva Luise Köhler is the wife of the former German President Horst Köhler and as such,was sometimes referred to by the media as the "First Lady" during her husband's presidency.
Lamberto Dini CGMG is an Italian politician and economist. He was the Director General of Bank of Italy from 1979 to 1994,Minister of Treasury from 1994 to 1996,the 51st Prime Minister of Italy from 1995 to 1996,and Foreign Minister from 1996 to 2001.
Renato Ruggiero was an Italian diplomat and politician. He was Director-General of the World Trade Organization from 1995 to 1999 and briefly served as Italy's Foreign Minister in 2001.
Princess Irene of Greece and Denmark,is the youngest child and second daughter of King Paul of Greece and his wife Queen Frederica. She is the younger sister of Queen Sofía of Spain and King Constantine II of Greece.
Giorgio Napolitano is an Italian politician who served as president of Italy from 2006 to 2015,the first Italian president to be re-elected to the presidency. Due to his dominant position in Italian politics,some critics have sometimes referred to him as Re Giorgio. In office from 2006 to 2015,he is the longest-serving and longest-lived president in the history of the modern Italian Republic,which has been in existence since 1946.
Margit Fischer is the wife of Heinz Fischer,former president of Austria.
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. Since 19 June 2013 he has been Governor of the state of Salzburg.
Giorgio Starace is an Italian diplomat,the current Ambassador to Russian Federation. In his earlier career,he used to be an Ambassador to Japan and to the United Arab Emirates.
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.
Elke Büdenbender is a German jurist,and,since 1995,the wife of Frank-Walter Steinmeier,the current President of Germany.
A Ministry of the Republic of Italy is an administrative organ of the Republic of Italy,placed at the top of Italian public administration and is characterised by one or more specific competencies,with an organised structure,often varying over time.
Filippo Patroni Griffi is an Italian politician and magistrate who served as Minister of Public Administration between 2011 and 2013.
Paola Amadei is an Italian diplomat and ambassador of Italy to the Kingdom of Bahrain since January 2020. She entered the diplomatic corps in 1992.
Guido Biscaretti di Ruffia was an Italian soldier and politician.
Luigi Vittorio Ferraris was an Italian diplomat.
Stefano Beltrame is an Italian ambassador and author. Since October 1,2021,he is the Italian ambassador to Austria.
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 
