Ambassador Claudio Bisogniero

Born in Rome on July 2, 1954.

• 1976
  Graduated in Political Science at the University of Rome “La Sapienza”
• 1976-1977
  Military service as officer in the Italian Army
• 1978
  Entered the Italian Foreign Service
• 1981-1984
  First Secretary for Economic and Commercial Affairs at the Italian Embassy in Beijing
• 1984-1989
  Counsellor at the Permanent Mission of Italy to NATO in Brussels
• 1989-1992
  Counsellor at the Office of the Diplomatic Adviser to the President of the Italian Republic, Francesco Cossiga
• 1992-1996
  First Counsellor at the Italian Embassy in Washington.
• 1996-1999
  Counsellor at the Permanent Mission of Italy to the United Nations in New York
• 1999-2002
  Division of Personnel and later Office of the Secretary General at the Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs
• 2002-2005
  Deputy Director General for political multilateral affairs, responsible for NATO, the United Nations, Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe, G8, disarmament, anti-terrorism and human rights at the Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs
• 2005-2007
  Director General for the Americas at the Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, responsible for Italy’s relations with the United States and Canada, as well as the countries of Latin America
• 2007-2012
  Deputy Secretary General of NATO
• 2012-2016
  Ambassador of Italy to the United States, in Washington
• From 7 March 2016
  Permanent Representative of Italy to NATO

Married, one daughter and one son.

Hobbies and personal interests include classical music, reading, sailing and flying.