HE Marco Peronaci

Marco Peronaci is the Ambassador of Italy to the United States of America. A career diplomat with over thirty years of experience, he has held numerous important posts in Italy and abroad.

Born in Pavia in 1965, he speaks English, French, Spanish, and Japanese.

He is the author of essays and publications on European and Asian affairs.

He is married to Vivita. He has four children.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCES

• Permanent Representative to NATO in Brussels (2022-2025);
• Ambassador as Italian Permanent Representative to the Political and Security Committee of the European Union in Brussels (2020-2022);
• Special Envoy for Brexit of the Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs (2018-2020);
• Spokesperson and Head of the Communications and Press Office at the Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation (2017-2018);
• Diplomatic Advisor to the Italian Minister of the Interior (2015-2017);
• Ambassador/Deputy Permanent Representative in Brussels and Chair of Coreper I during the Italian presidency of the EU in 2014 (2012-2015);
• Diplomatic Advisor to the Italian Minister of Justice (2009-2012);
• First Counselor at the Italian Permanent Representation to the EU in Brussels (2006-2009);
• Previously, he held posts at the Italian Embassies in Paris (2002–2006), Tokyo (1993–1998), and Kampala (1991–1993).

EDUCATION

He graduated cum laude in Political Science from the Sapienza University of Rome and earned a master’s degree in International Relations at the Italian Society for International Organizations (SIOI) of Rome.

OTHER

He passed the competitive examination for the Italian diplomatic service in 1988 and completed his military service in the Italian Air Force in 1989, in Taranto and Vigna di Valle.

In 2018 he was awarded the honor of Commander of the Order of Merit of the Italian Republic; in 1998 he received the Order of the Sacred Treasure, Gold Rays with Neck Ribbon of Japan.

At the Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Rome, he worked in three Directorates-General (Political Affairs, Personnel and Administration, and Migration and Social Affairs).