Da oggi 29 gennaio 2010, Andrea Meloni ricopre il posto di ambasciatore d'Italia in Canada succedendo cosi' a Gabriele Sardo rientrato in Sede per fine mandato.

Team Italia, che ha sempre avuto con onore e piacere i suoi predecessori come presidenti onorari e soci attivi, nella piu' ampia collaborazione, esprime il migliore benvenuto al neo Ambasciatore insieme agli auguri di buon lavoro e il tradizionale “in bocca al lupo”  per l’intera Sua missione.

 

Chi e' l' ambasciatotore Andrea MELONI:

 

Born in Rome, 14 February 1952.

July 1974 University of Pavia: degree in Political Science

 

August 1975: joins the Diplomatic Service

 

1976-1978: Ministry of Foreign Affairs– Economic Affairs

Department

 

December 1978 - May 1982 First Secretary in Maputo (Mozambique)

 

May 1982 - May 1985 First Secretary in Buenos Aires (Argentina).

 

May 1985 - November 1987 Counsellor in Islamabad (Pakistan)

 

November 1987 - January 1989 Ministry of Foreign Affairs

Latin America Bureau, Directorate General for Development Cooperation

 

January 1989 to November 1991 Head, Budget and Planning Bureau,

Directorate General for Development Cooperation.

 

November 1991 to July 1996 Italian Deputy Permanent Representative

 to G.A.T.T. and later to W.T.O., Geneva

 

1995 – 2003 Chairman of the WTO Working Group on accession of Cambodia to WTO

 

July 1996 to November 1999 Consul General in Buenos Aires,

Argentina

 

January 2000 to June 2003 Ministry of Foreign Affairs,

General Secretariat, Analysis and Planning Unit

 

From June 2003  to 20 January 2006 Head, Analysis and Planning Unit

 

From 23 January 2006 Representative of Italy to the Political and Security Committee

 

 

Married, 3 children.