Maria Francesca Spatolisano is a diplomat of Italian citizenship who has been serving as

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for Policy Coordination and Inter-Agency Affairs in the

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by United Nations Secretary-General

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since December 2018, succeeding

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Early life and education

Spatolisano earned a Doctorate in Law from the University of Florence.

Career

A civil servant for the European Commission since 1985, Spatolisano was the European Union Ambassador to the OECD and UNESCO, Monaco and Andorra and was a member of the Delegation of the European Union to the United Nations. When Chilean diplomat Fabrizio Hochschild Drummond was suspended from his role as the Secretary-General's Envoy on Technology in 2021, Spatolisano ran his office alongside her other duties.Melissa Heikkilä (May 19, 2021)
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'' Politico Europe''.

References

Ambassadors of the European Union to Andorra Ambassadors of the European Union to Monaco European civil servants Italian women ambassadors Year of birth missing (living people) Living people Special Envoys of the Secretary-General of the United Nations {{UN-bio-stub