Marcello Spatafora (born 30 July 1941) is a retired

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diplomat, former Permanent Representative of

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to the

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Career

Marcello Spatafora was born in

Innsbruck Innsbruck (; bar, Innschbruck, label=Austro-Bavarian ) is the capital of Tyrol and the fifth-largest city in Austria. On the River Inn, at its junction with the Wipp Valley, which provides access to the Brenner Pass to the south, it had a p ...

Austria Austria, , bar, Östareich officially the Republic of Austria, is a country in the southern part of Central Europe, lying in the Eastern Alps. It is a federation of nine states, one of which is the capital, Vienna, the most populous ...

. He studied law at the University of Pisa, at the prestigious Collegio Medico-Giuridico of the

Scuola Normale Superiore The Scuola Normale Superiore in Pisa (commonly known in Italy as "la Normale") is a public university in Pisa and Florence, Tuscany, Italy, currently attended by about 600 undergraduate and postgraduate (PhD) students. It was founded in 181 ...

, known today as the

Sant'Anna School of Advanced Studies , latin_name = , image = , motto = L'eccellenza come disciplina , mottoeng = Committed to excellence , established = 1987 from previously existing institutions , type = State-supported , administrative_staff ...

. He served as the Permanent Representative of Italy to the

from April 2003 until August 2008. He was

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of the

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in December 2007. From 2000 until April 2003, he served in the Italian

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as Director General for Multilateral Economic and Financial Cooperation. He also served as Ambassador of Italy to

Albania Albania ( ; sq, Shqipëri or ), or , also or . officially the Republic of Albania ( sq, Republika e Shqipërisë), is a country in Southeastern Europe. It is located on the Adriatic and Ionian Seas within the Mediterranean Sea and share ...

from 1997 to 1999, and Ambassador to

Australia Australia, officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a sovereign country comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands. With an area of , Australia is the largest country by ...

from 1993 to 1997. In 1989-1990 he was the Chief of the Italian Delegation responsible for organizing the country's presidency of the

European Economic Community The European Economic Community (EEC) was a regional organization created by the Treaty of Rome of 1957,Today the largely rewritten treaty continues in force as the ''Treaty on the functioning of the European Union'', as renamed by the Lis ...

. He served as Ambassador to

Malta Malta ( , , ), officially the Republic of Malta ( mt, Repubblika ta' Malta ), is an island country in the Mediterranean Sea. It consists of an archipelago, between Italy and Libya, and is often considered a part of Southern Europe. It lies ...

from 1986 to 1989, and Ambassador to

Malaysia Malaysia ( ; ) is a country in Southeast Asia. The federal constitutional monarchy consists of thirteen states and three federal territories, separated by the South China Sea into two regions: Peninsular Malaysia and Borneo's East Mal ...

from 1980 to 1986. Prior to this time, he served in different positions in

Paris Paris () is the capital and most populous city of France, with an estimated population of 2,165,423 residents in 2019 in an area of more than 105 km² (41 sq mi), making it the 30th most densely populated city in the world in 2020. Si ...

Belgrade Belgrade ( , ;, ; names in other languages) is the capital and largest city in Serbia. It is located at the confluence of the Sava and Danube rivers and the crossroads of the Pannonian Plain and the Balkan Peninsula. Nearly 1,166,763 mi ...

and

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. Since 2008, he has been a staunch supporter of United Nations activities worldwide, including in particular the humanitarian relief efforts led by OCHA. His wife, Laura, is a former medical researcher. His son, Nikola Spatafora, is an official at the

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in Washington, DC.

Honors

Order of Merit of the Italian Republic 1st Class / Knight Grand Cross – June 2, 2005

References

External links

Marcello Spatafora's biography at the Permanent Mission of Italy to the United Nations
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