Paola Amadei is an Italian diplomat and ambassador of Italy to Iran since March 2024.[1] She entered the diplomatic corps in 1992.[2][3]
Paola Amadei | |
|---|---|
| Italian Ambassador to Iran | |
| Assumed office 18 March 2024 | |
| Preceded by | Giuseppe Perrone |
| Italian Ambassador to Bahrain | |
| In office 8 January 2020 – March 2024 | |
| Preceded by | Domenico Bellato |
| Italian Ambassador to Oman | |
| In office 24 September 2012 – 2016 | |
| Preceded by | Paolo Dionisi |
| Succeeded by | Giorgio Visetti |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 15 July 1964 Rome |
| Alma mater | Sapienza University of Rome |
Education and diplomatic career
editShe graduated with Political Science with honors from the University of Rome La Sapienza in 1988. She had her master's degree in Advanced European Studies at the College of Europe in Bruges in 1992.
In her first foreign post, she was Deputy Head of Mission and Head of the Commercial Office at the Italian Embassy in Singapore from 1996 to 2000. Amadei was appointed as the Italian ambassador to Oman from 24 September 2012 – 1 March 2016.[4] From June 2018 to January 2020, she was head of Cabinet to the Undersecretary for Foreign Affairs, Minister Plenipotentiary, Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation in Rome. She was the Italian ambassador to the Kingdom of Bahrain from January 2020.[5][6] Since March 2024 she is the ambassador of Italy to Iran.
Honours
edit- Officer of the Order of Merit of the Italian Republic – December 27, 2007[7]
- Al Noman Order, First Class, Sultanate of Oman[4]
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ Adnkronos (2024-03-18). "Paola Amadei Italy's new ambassador to Iran". Adnkronos. Retrieved 2024-03-18.
- ^ "Italian Ambassador H.E. Paola Amadei met SEA President". ambmanama.esteri.it (in Italian). Retrieved 2021-10-30.
- ^ "HRH Prince Salman bin Hamad Al Khalifa | Kingdom of Bahrain | HRH the Crown Prince and Prime Minister meets remotely with the Ambassador of the Italian Republic to the Kingdom of Bahrain". www.crownprince.bh. 6 July 2021. Retrieved 2021-10-30.
- ^ a b "The Ambassador". Ambasciata d’Italia Manama. Retrieved 8 September 2021.
- ^ "Italian Ambassador H.E. Paola Amadei met SEA President". ambmanama.esteri.it (in Italian). Retrieved 2021-08-08.
- ^ "HRH the Premier receives Italian Ambassador | THE DAILY TRIBUNE | KINGDOM OF BAHRAIN". DT News. Retrieved 2021-08-08.
- ^ "Dettaglio decorato Paola Amadei". quirinale.it (in Italian). Retrieved June 23, 2022.