# List of ambassadors of Austria to Italy

The Ambassador of the Republic of Austria to the Italian Republic is the Republic of Austria's (formerly the Holy Roman Empire, the Austrian Empire and the Austro-Hungarian Empire) foremost diplomatic representative in Italy. As head of Austria's diplomatic mission there, the ambassador is the official representative of the president and government of Austria to the Prime Minister and the government of Italy. The position has the rank and status of an Ambassador Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary and the embassy is located in Rome.

## Heads of mission

| Image | Name | Term Start | Term End | Appointed by | Accredited during | Notes |
| 1866: Establishment of diplomatic relations |||||||
| | Alois Kübeck von Kübau | December 16, 1866 | December 20, 1871 | Franz Joseph I | Marco Minghetti | Ambassador |
| 1867: Reconstitution as Austria-Hungary |||||||
| | Alois Kübeck von Kübau | December 16, 1866 | December 20, 1871 | Franz Joseph I | Marco Minghetti | |
| | Felix von Wimpffen | December 20, 1871 | July 5, 1876 | Franz Joseph I | Urbano Rattazzi | |
| | Heinrich Karl von Haymerle | January 14, 1877 | October 8, 1879 | Franz Joseph I | Agostino Depretis | |
| | Felix von Wimpffen | December 8, 1879 | May 5, 1882 | Franz Joseph I | Benedetto Cairoli | |
| | Emanuel von Ludolf | May 25, 1882 | November 9, 1886 | Franz Joseph I | Agostino Depretis | |
| | Karl Ludwig von Bruck | December 7, 1886 | October 7, 1895 | Franz Joseph I | Agostino Depretis | |
| | Marius Pasetti-Angeli von Friedenburg | October 7, 1895 | March 7, 1904 | Franz Joseph I | Francesco Crispi | |
| | Heinrich von Lützow | March 7, 1904 | March 4, 1910 | Franz Joseph I | Giovanni Giolitti | |
| | Kajetan von Mérey | March 4, 1910 | May 23, 1915 | Franz Joseph I | Luigi Luzzatti | |
| 1915: Breakdown of relations as a result of World War I |||||||
| 1919: Establishment of diplomatic relations |||||||
| | Rémy Kwiatkowsky | March 13, 1921 | | Michael Mayr | | Envoy |
| | Lothar Egger-Möllwald | | | | | Envoy |
| | Anton Rintelen | September 1, 1933 | July 25, 1934 | Engelbert Dollfuss | Benito Mussolini | Envoy |
| | Alois Vollgruber | 1934 | 1936 | Engelbert Dollfuss | Benito Mussolini | Envoy |
| | Egon Berger-Waldenegg | 1936 | 1938 | Kurt Schuschnigg | Benito Mussolini | Envoy |
| 1938 to 1945: Interruption of relations due to the Anschluss of Austria to the German Reich |||||||
| 1946: Establishment of diplomatic relations |||||||
| | Adrian Rotter | 1946 | 1947 | Leopold Figl | Ferruccio Parri | |
| | Johannes Schwarzenberg | 1947 | 1955 | Leopold Figl | Ferruccio Parri | |
| | Max Löwenthal-Chlumecky | 1955 | 1972 | Julius Raab | Antonio Segni | |
| | Heribert Tschofen | 1972 | 1974 | Bruno Kreisky | Giulio Andreotti | |
| | Rudolf Ender | 1974 | 1976 | Bruno Kreisky | Aldo Moro | |
| | Georg Schlumberger | 1977 | 1978 | Bruno Kreisky | Aldo Moro | |
| | Heinz Laube | 1979 | 1982 | Bruno Kreisky | Aldo Moro | |
| | Friedrich Frölichsthal | 1982 | 1991 | Fred Sinowatz | Bettino Craxi | |
| | Emil Staffelmayr | 1991 | 1997 | Franz Vranitzky | Giulio Andreotti | |
| | Günter Birbaum | 1997 | 2001 | Viktor Klima | Romano Prodi | |
| | Alfons M. Kloss | 2001 | 2007 | Wolfgang Schüssel | Silvio Berlusconi | |
| | Christian Berlakovits | 2008 | 2013 | Werner Faymann | |
| | Gerda Vogl | 2013 | 2015 | Werner Faymann | Mario Monti | Chargé d'affaires |
| | René Pollitzer | April 2015 | 2020 | Werner Faymann | Matteo Renzi | |
| | Jan Kickert | July 2020 | | Sebastian Kurz | Giuseppe Conte | |
| | Martin Eichtinger | 2024 | | | | |

## Ambassadors to Italian States (before 1861)

In the following Habsburg and Austrian ambassadors in the Italian states before the Unification of Italy in 1861. In the Cisalpine Republic, Baron Sigismund von Moll (1759–1826) headed the Austrian embassy from 4 May 1802 to 23 April 1805. Napoleon Bonaparte founded the Kingdom of Italy (from 1805 to 1814) as the successor to the Cisalpine Republic, took over the presidency and crowned himself King of the Italians on 26 May 1814. On 23 April 1814, Eugène de Beauharnais capitulated to Austrian troops, who then occupied Veneto and Lombardy. The Congress of Vienna awarded the Kingdom of Lombardy–Venetia to the Habsburg monarchy.

### Ambassadors in Genoa

Habsburg, or Austrian, ambassadors in the Republic of Genoa, from 1797 Ligurian Republic (until 1805).
1704: Establishment of diplomatic relations
* 1721–1722: Antonio Ildaris
* 1726–1741: Giovanni Guicciardi
* 1766–1766: Jacopo di Durazzo
* 1794–1797: Giovanni di Girola, Chargé d'Affaires
* 1803–1805: Peter von Giusti

### Ambassadors in Modena

Habsburg, or Austrian, ambassadors in the Duchy of Modena, also accredited in the Duchy of Parma.
* 1815–1816: Ferdinando Marescalchi
* 1821–1848: Supervised by the embassy in Florence
* 1848–1852: Giovanni di Allegri
* 1852–1854: Carl von Lederer, Chargé d'Affaires
* 1854–1857: Eduard von Lebzeltern-Collenbach
* 1857–1859: Ludwig von Paar

### Ambassadors in Naples

Habsburg, or Austrian, ambassadors in the Kingdom of Naples, from 1815 Kingdom of the Two Sicilies.
1751: Establishment of diplomatic relations
* 1751–1752: Paul II Anton Esterházy de Galántha
* 1752–1754: Alfons Gomez da Sylva (Charge d'Affaires)
* 1754–1758: Karl Joseph von Firmian
* 1758–1764: Leopold von Neipperg
* 1764–1770: Ernst Christoph von Kaunitz-Rietberg
* 1770–1771: Anton Binder von Krieglstein
* 1771–1773: Franz Joseph von Wurmbrand-Stuppach
* 1773–1778: Johann Joseph Maria von Wilczek
* 1778–1784: Anton von Lamberg-Sprinzenstein
* 1784–1787: Karl von Richecourt
* 1787–1789: Johann Amadeus Franz von Thugut
* 1789–1791: Norbert Hadrava (Charge d'Affaires)
* 1791–1792: Francesco di Ruspoli
* 1792–1801: Franz von Esterhazy
* 1801–1805: Franz von Cresceri (Charge d'Affaires)
* 1805–1807: Aloys von Kaunitz-Rietberg
* 1807–1815: Franz von Cresceri
* 1815–1820: Ludwig von Jabłonowski
* 1820–1821: Karl von Menz (Charge d'Affaires)
* 1821–1829: Karl Ludwig von Ficquelmont
* 1829–1830: Karl von Menz (Charge d'Affaires)
* 1830–1844: Ludwig von Lebzeltern
* 1844–1848: Felix zu Schwarzenberg
1848–1849: Interruption of relations
* 1849–1860: Anton Stephan von Martini
* 1860–1864: Emerich Széchenyi
1864: Dissolution of the embassy

### Ambassadors in Sardinia-Piedmont

Habsburg, or Austrian ambassadors, in the Duchy of Savoy, from 1720 Kingdom of Sardinia-Piedmont.
1705: Establishment of diplomatic relations
* 1726–1727: Friedrich August von Harrach-Rohrau
* 1727–1730:
* 1730–1733: Viktor von Philippi
* 1733–1741:
* 1741–1742: Ferdinand Ludwig von der Schulenburg-Oeynhausen
* 1742–1742: Ferdinand de Bartholomei
* 1742–1744: Wenzel Anton Kaunitz
* 1744–1749: Heinrich Hyacinth von Naye und Richecourt
* 1749–1750: Adeodat Joseph Philipp du Beyne de Malechamp
* 1750–1751: Anton Theodor von Colloredo-Wallsee
* 1751–1753: Adeodat Joseph Philipp du Beyne de Malechamp (Envoy)
* 1754–1760: Georg Barré (Envoy)
* 1754–1760: Florimond Claude von Mercy-Argenteau
* 1760–1762:
* 1762–1771: Johann Sigismund von Khevenhüller-Metsch
* 1775–: Philipp von Welsperg-Raitenau
* 1775–: Anton Henriquez de Ben (Envoy)
* 1776–1778: Anton Franz Lamberg-Sprintzenstein
* 1778–: Anton Henriquez de Ben (Envoy)
* 1780–1784: Karl von Breuner-Enckevoirth
* 1784–1797: Maurizio Marchese di Gherardini
* 1797–1800: Theodor de Lellis Envoy
* 1800–1814:
* 1814–1815: Adam Albert von Neipperg
* 1815–1820: Ludwig von Starhemberg
* 1820–1823: Franz Binder von Krieglstein
* 1823–1826: Rudolf von Lützow
* 1826–1831: Ludwig Senfft von Pilsach
* 1831–1835: Heinrich Franz von Bombelles
* 1835–1838: Lazar Ferdinand von Brunetti
* 1838–1843: Felix zu Schwarzenberg
* 1843–1844: Friedrich Franz von Thun und Hohenstein
* 1844–1848: Karl Ferdinand von Buol-Schauenstein
* 1848–1849: Unterbrechung der Beziehungen
* 1849–1853: Rudolf Apponyi von Nagy-Appony
* 1853–1857: Ludwig von Paar

### Ambassadors in Tuscany

Habsburg, or Austrian, ambassadors in the Grand Duchy of Tuscany.
* 1722–1726: Francesco Lisoni, Chargé d'Affaires
* 1726–1735: Girolamo Caimo
* 1735–1743: Francesco Lisoni, Chargé d'Affaires
* 1743–1758: Vacant
* 1758–1765: Antoniotto Botta Adorno
* 1765–1769: Vacant
* 1771–1772: Johann Josef von Wilczek
* 1773–1798: Josef Veigl, Chargé d'Affaires
* 1798–1800: Siegmund Veigl, Chargé d'Affaires
* 1800–1803: Vacant
* 1803–1804: Filippo di Ghisilieri
* 1804–1807: Michael von Colli-Marchini
1807 to 1814: Interruption of relations due to the French annexation of Tuscany
* 1814–1815: Johann Rudolf von Buol-Schauenstein
* 1815–1820: Anton von Apponyi
* 1820–1821: Adam von Ficquelmont
* 1821–1829: Louis Philippe de Bombelles
* 1830–1832: Franz Josef von Saurau
* 1832–1836: Friedrich von Senfft
* 1836–1842: Adam Reviczky von Revisnye
* 1842–1844: Karl Schnitzer von Meerau, Chargé d'Affaires
* 1844–1847: Philipp von Neumann
* 1847–1848: Karl Schnitzer von Meerau, Chargé d'Affaires
1848 to 1850: Interruption of relations
* 1850–1860: Carl von Hügel
26 October 1866: Breaking off diplomatic relations

### Ambassadors in Venice

Habsburg, or Austrian, ambassadors to the Republic of Venice (until 1797)
1494: Establishment of diplomatic relations
* 1715–1726: Johann von Colloredo-Waldsee
* 1728–1732: Josef Bolagno
* 1732–1743: Ludovico Principe Pio di Savoia
* 1743–1747: Josef von Rathgeb
* 1747–1753: Giovanni di Prié
* 1754–1764: Philipp Josef von Orsini-Rosenberg
* 1764–1784: Jacobo di Durazzo
* 1773–1785: Francesco Simone Corradini
* 1785–1790: Karl von Breuner-Enckevoirth
* 1790–1796: Karl von Breuner-Enckevoirth
* 1796–1797: Karl von Humburg