Elisabetta Kelescian Ambassador of Italy to Helsinki
Born in Bologna. Degree in Political Science at Bologna University. Master Program in International Relations at Johns Hopkins University (Bologna Centre).
Joins the Foreign Service in 1974.
1974-1977. D.G. Personnel
1977-1981. Deputy Consul General in New York. In the Italian Delegation to XXXIII and XXXIV UNGA . Delegate for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs at the UN Conference against Discrimination of Women (Copenaghen, July 1980).
1981-1983. First Secretary, Italian Embassy in Colombo (Sri Lanka).
1983-1986. Economic and Trade Counsellor, Italian Embassy in Lisbon (Portugal).
1986-1987. Course of Superior Diplomatic Studies. Thesis on “Dimension and Regional Effects of the politics and socio-economic structure of the Republic of South Africa”, selected for publication in “Studi Diplomatici”, 1987.
1987-1993. Rome. Ministry of Foreign Affairs, D.G.Cultural International Cooperation. Head of Promotion Unit.
1993-1997. Consul General in Barcelona (Spain).
1997-2000. First Counsellor, Italian Embassy in Tel Aviv (Israel).
2000-2002. Rome, Ministry of Foreign Affairs. D.G. Multilateral Economical Cooperation. Head of Unit IV (European Defense Industry).
2003-2007. Rome. D.G. Cultural International Cooperation, Coordinator of Special Projects. (“Italy for St. Petersburg, 2003”; “Italy in Russia, 2004-2005”; “Year of Italy in China”, 2006).
2007. Ambassador to Finland.
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