Embassy of Italy in Abidjan

LUCIANO BARILLARO

Born in Siderno (Reggio Calabria) on the 19th of July, 1948.

Graduated from University of Perugia Law School, March 1971
Military Service, May 1971 to September 1972
Masters at the Johns Hopkins University in Bologna (1972-1973) and at the Collège d'Europe in Bruges (1973-1974)
Auditor at the Audit Board of the EU, October 1974 to August 1978
In the Italian Diplomatic Service, August 1978
At the Press and Information Office and then at the Emigration and Social Affairs Department, Ministry of Foreign Affairs
First Secretary in Maputo (Political and Co-operation), March 1981
First Secretary, Head of Economic and Commercial Office in New Delhi, July 1983
First Secretary then Counsellor at the Permanent Mission of Italy to the United Nations in New York, January 1986; Member of the Italian Delagation to the Security Council, 1987-1988
At the Economic Affairs Department and then at the Department of Co-operation for Development, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, August 1989
Consul General in Jeddah, September 1992
Consul General in Lausanne, December 1996
Deputy Secretary General of the 1st World Conference of Italians around the World, August 2000, and then at the Diplomatic Legal and Treaties Service, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, April 2001
First Commercial Counsellor at the Permanent Mission of Italy to the U.N. Organizations in Genève, March 2003
Ambassador to Côte d'Ivoire, Burkina Faso, Liberia, Niger, Sierra Leone, June 2007

Married, three children