| Ambassador of Italy to Saudi Arabia |
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 Emblem of Italy |
Incumbent Roberto Cantone
since June 2, 2020 |
| Inaugural holder | Ottavio De Peppo |
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| Formation | May 26, 1932 |
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The Italian ambassador in Riyadh is the official representative of the Government in Rome to the Government of Saudi Arabia.
| Diplomatic accreditation |
Ambassador |
Title |
Italian prime minister |
King of Saudi Arabia |
Term end |
| May 26, 1932 |
Ottavio De Peppo |
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Benito Mussolini |
Ibn Saud |
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| November 24, 1933 |
Giovanni Persico |
Chargé d'affaires |
Benito Mussolini |
Ibn Saud |
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| May 11, 1936 |
Giovanni Persico |
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Benito Mussolini |
Ibn Saud |
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| February 18, 1837 |
Luigi Sillitti |
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Benito Mussolini |
Ibn Saud |
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| June 14, 1940 |
Guglielmo Rulli |
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Benito Mussolini |
Ibn Saud |
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| April 11, 1947 |
Filippo Zappi |
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Ferruccio Parri |
Ibn Saud |
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| September 14, 1949 |
Ugo Turcato |
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Ferruccio Parri |
Ibn Saud |
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| April 5, 1953 |
Giuseppe Capace Galeota della Regina |
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Giuseppe Pella |
Saud of Saudi Arabia |
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| June 18, 1955 |
Alberto Brugnoli |
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Antonio Segni |
Saud of Saudi Arabia |
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| August 2, 1958 |
Mario Alessandro Paulucci |
Envoy |
Amintore Fanfani |
Saud of Saudi Arabia |
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| May 20, 1960 |
Mario Alessandro Paulucci |
Ambassador |
Fernando Tambroni |
Saud of Saudi Arabia |
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| December 7, 1961 |
Dante Matacotta |
|
Fernando Tambroni |
Saud of Saudi Arabia |
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| October 31, 1966 |
Luigi Sabetta |
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Giovanni Leone |
Faisal of Saudi Arabia |
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| October 28, 1971 |
Massimo Casilli D’Aragona |
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Emilio Colombo |
Faisal of Saudi Arabia |
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| July 25, 1973 |
Alberto Ramasso Valacca |
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Mariano Rumor |
Faisal of Saudi Arabia |
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| April 28, 1978 |
Alberto Solera |
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Giulio Andreotti |
Khalid of Saudi Arabia |
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| May 10, 1981 |
Marcello Salimei |
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Giovanni Spadolini |
Khalid of Saudi Arabia |
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| January 11, 1986 |
Francesco Ripandelli |
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Bettino Craxi |
Fahd of Saudi Arabia |
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| April 8, 1989 |
Mario Emanuele Maiolini |
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Giulio Andreotti |
Fahd of Saudi Arabia |
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| July 7, 1994 |
Mario Scialoja |
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Silvio Berlusconi |
Fahd of Saudi Arabia |
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| November 1, 1996 |
Marco Sorace Maresca |
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Romano Prodi |
Fahd of Saudi Arabia |
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| November 7, 2000 |
Torquato Cardilli |
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Giuliano Amato |
Fahd of Saudi Arabia |
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| June 15, 2003 |
Armando Sanguini |
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Silvio Berlusconi |
Fahd of Saudi Arabia |
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| November 15, 2005 |
Eugenio d’Auria |
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Silvio Berlusconi |
Abdullah of Saudi Arabia |
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| July 19, 2010 |
Valentino Simonetti |
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Silvio Berlusconi |
Abdullah of Saudi Arabia |
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| February 5, 2013 |
Mario Boffo |
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Enrico Letta |
Abdullah of Saudi Arabia |
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| March 7, 2016 |
Luca Ferrari (ambassador)
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Matteo Renzi |
Salman of Saudi Arabia |
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| June 2, 2020 |
Roberto Cantone[1] |
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Giuseppe Conte |
Salman of Saudi Arabia |
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24°41′07″N 46°37′44″E / 24.685202°N 46.628873°E / 24.685202; 46.628873
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References
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| Defunct countries |
- Austria-Hungary
- Czechoslovakia
- Ottoman Empire
- Kingdom of Sardinia
- Soviet Union
- West Germany
- Yugoslavia
- Zanzibar
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