He served in many Government of Italy offices during the early 70s, including the private office of Foreign Minister and subsequently
Prime Minister of Italy Aldo Moro. He was spokesman for EC Commissioner
Altiero Spinelli in
Brussels from 1972 to 1974. During the 1980s and 1990s he served in many foreign diplomatic postings, including
Warsaw,
Addis Ababa and
London. He was roving ambassador to the CSCE (
Conference on Security and Cooperation in Europe) from 1990 to 1992. He subsequently became ambassador to
Algeria from 1998 to 2000. He was ambassador at large in charge of international terrorism in 2002 and was appointed Head of the Italian mission and special envoy to
Iraq in 2003. He was ambassador to India from 2004 to 2008 and Permanent Representative to the
OECD in Paris from 2008 to 2010. He has published several books in International Affairs. ==Family==