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.
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,
January 2000 to June 2003 Ministry of Foreign Affairs,
From June 2003 to 20 January 2006 Head, Analysis and Planning Unit
Married, 3 children.