# List of ambassadors of Italy to Tunisia

The Italian ambassador in Tunis is the official representative of the Government in Rome to the Government of Tunisia.

## List of representatives

| Diplomatic accreditation | Ambassador | Observations | List of prime ministers of Italy | President of Tunisia |
| October 1, 1956 | Raffaele Ferretti | | Antonio Segni | Habib Bourguiba |
| October 8, 1958 | Aldo Maria Mazio | | Amintore Fanfani | Habib Bourguiba |
| September 27, 1962 | Alessandro Tassoni Estense | | Fernando Tambroni | Habib Bourguiba |
| November 25, 1964 | Manlio Castronuovo | | Giovanni Leone | Habib Bourguiba |
| April 11, 1968 | Luciano Favretti | | Giovanni Leone | Habib Bourguiba |
| August 23, 1972 | Salvatore Saraceno | | Giulio Andreotti | Hédi Nouira |
| January 12, 1977 | Elio Giuffrida | | Giulio Andreotti | Hédi Nouira |
| February 7, 1980 | Gianfranco Farinelli | | Francesco Cossiga | Mohamed Mzali |
| May 2, 1987 | Claudio Moreno | | Amintore Fanfani | Zine el-Abidine Ben Ali |
| March 23, 1992 | Francesco Caruso (1940) | (* September 19, 1940 in Naples. 1962: Degree in Political Sciences from the University of Naples. 1962-1963: Postgraduate specialization course, College ofEurope, Bruges (Belgium); 1963-1968: International Officer, at the European Commission, Brussels; 1968: he started his diplomatic career. 1969-1972: At the Ministry of Foreign Affairs; 1972-1975: Italian Embassy in Paris; 1975-1977: Consul in South Africa; 1977: At the Ministry of Foreign Affairs: Head of the Secretary's Secretariat General; 1980-1984: Counselor for the press and information at the Permanent Representation of Italy at the EEC in Brussels and at the European Parliament in Strasbourg. 1984-1986: Chargé d'Affaires Italian ambassador to Chile. 1986-1987: At the Ministry of Foreign Affairs: Head of the Office of the Secretary General; 1987-1988: Diplomatic Counselor of the Minister of Foreign Trade. 1988: Minister Plenipotentiary. 1989-1992: Diplomatic Counselor of the Vice President of the Council. 1992-1996: Ambassador of Italy in Tunis. 1996-2000: Consul General in Paris. 2000: Diplomatic Counselor of the Minister for Foreign Trade. 2000-2001: Ciplomatic Counselor of the Minister of Justice. 2001-2002: Head of Cabinet of the Minister of External Affairs; 2002-2005: Ambassador, Head of the Permanent Representation of Italy to UNESCO, Paris. From September 2005 to October 2007 he was Italian ambassador to Sweden. | Giuliano Amato | Hamed Karoui |
| October 2, 1996 | Rocco Angelo Cangelosi | | Romano Prodi | Hamed Karoui |
| October 20, 1998 | Armando Sanguini | | Massimo D'Alema | Hamed Karoui |
| June 16, 2003 | Arturo Olivieri | | Silvio Berlusconi | Mohamed Ghannouchi |
| November 11, 2007 | Antonio d'Andria | | Romano Prodi | Mohamed Ghannouchi |
| December 1, 2009 | Pietro Benassi | | Silvio Berlusconi | Mohamed Ghannouchi |
| March 27, 2018 | Lorenzo Fanara | (*June 1, 1970 in Agrigento). In 1993 he graduated with honors in law at the University of Palermo. From 1994 to 1997 he practices the profession of lawyer. In 1998 He entered the diplomatic career and held the first positions in Rome, at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, at the Directorate General for Personnel. From 2002 to 2006 he worked for the Permanent Representation at the European Union in Brussels. From 2007 to 2009 he was sent to the Embassy in Moscow. From 2010 to 2013 he worked as a "speechwriter" at the Cabinet of Foreign Ministers Franco Frattini, Giulio Terzi di Sant'Agata and Emma Bonino. From 2013 to the end of 2016 he was political adviser at the Embassy in London. From January 2017 to March 2018 he is Deputy Chief of Cabinet of Minister Angelino Alfano. Decorations: Knight of the Order of Merit of the Republic, Lorenzo Fanara. He is married to Sophie and has two sons, Igea and Tancredi. | Paolo Gentiloni | Beji Caid Essebsi |
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