List of ambassadors of Italy to China

Ambassador of Italy to China

Emblem of Italy

Incumbent
Luca Ferrari

since January 2, 2020

Inaugural holder| Vittorio Sallier De La Tour
Formation| 1866

The Italian ambassador to China is the head of the Italian diplomatic mission in China, the official representative of the Government in Rome to the Government of China.

## List of representatives

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Term start | Head of mission | Observations  | List of prime ministers of Italy | List of heads of state of China | Term end

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March 13, 1867 | Vittorio Sallier De La Tour[1] |  | Bettino Ricasoli | Cixi | 1870
March 7, 1870 | Alessandro Fe' d'Ostiani [de; it][1] |  | Giovanni Lanza | Cixi | 1877
February 22, 1877 | Raffaele Ulisse Barbolani[1] |  | Agostino Depretis | Cixi | 1878
December 12, 1878 | Ferdinando de Luca [it][1] |  | Benedetto Cairoli | Cixi | 1889
December 5, 1889 | Alberto Pansa [it][1] |  | Francesco Crispi | Guangxu | 1894
February 6, 1894 | Alessandro Bardi[1] |  | Francesco Crispi | Guangxu | 1896
March 6, 1898 | Renato De Martino [it; zh][1] |  | Antonio di Rudinì | Guangxu | 1899
March 23, 1899 | Giuseppe Salvago Raggi[1] |  | Luigi Pelloux | Cixi | 1901
December 19, 1901 | Giovanni Gallina[1] |  | Giuseppe Zanardelli | Cixi | 1904
July 11, 1904 | Carlo Baroli[1] |  | Giovanni Giolitti | Cixi | 1906
November 3, 1907 | Giulio Cesare Vinci[1] |  | Giovanni Giolitti | Cixi | 1910
March 3, 1910 | Federico Barilari[1] |  | Sidney Sonnino | Puyi | 1911
May 11, 1911 | Carlo Sforza[1] |  | Giovanni Giolitti | Puyi | 1915
September 1, 1916 | Carlo Aliotti[1] |  | Antonio Salandra | Yuan Shikai | 1919
January 6, 1919 | Carlo Garbasso[1] |  | Vittorio Emanuele Orlando | Xu Shichang | 1919
May 27, 1920 | Carlo Durazzo[1] |  | Francesco Saverio Nitti | Xu Shichang | 1921
September 28, 1922 | Vittorio Cerruti[1] |  | Luigi Facta | Li Yuanhong | 1926
February 6, 1927 | Daniele Varè[1] |  | Benito Mussolini | Wellington Koo | 1931
May 26, 1932 | Galeazzo Ciano[1] |  | Benito Mussolini | Lin Sen | 1933
September 19, 1933 | Raffaele Boscarelli[1] |  | Benito Mussolini | Lin Sen | 1934
December 6, 1934 | Vincenzo Lojacono[1] |  | Benito Mussolini | Lin Sen | 1937
January 4, 1937 | Giuliano Cora[1] |  | Benito Mussolini | Lin Sen | 1937
June 22, 1938 | Francesco Maria Taliani de Marchio[1] |  | Benito Mussolini | Lin Sen | 1946
March 6, 1946 | Sergio Fenoaltea[1] |  | Alcide De Gasperi | Chiang Kai-shek | 1949
1949 | Ezio Mizzan[1] | chargé d'affaires | Alcide De Gasperi | Chiang Kai-shek | 1951
1951 – 1971
December 8, 1970 | Antonino Restivo[2] | chargé d'affaires | Emilio Colombo | Soong Ching-ling | 1971
May 12, 1971 | Folco Trabalza[3] |  | Emilio Colombo | Zhu De | 1975
September 4, 1975 | Marco Francisci Di Baschi[4] |  | Aldo Moro | Zhu De | 1980
August 1, 1980 | Giulio Tamagnini[4] |  | Francesco Cossiga | Ye Jianying | 1984
January 30, 1984 | Raffaele Marras[5] |  | Bettino Craxi | Li Xiannian | 1987
February 1, 1987 | Alberto Solera[5] |  | Bettino Craxi | Li Xiannian | 1990
February 28, 1990 | Oliviero Rossi |  | Giulio Andreotti | Yang Shangkun | 1994
April 23, 1994 | Alessandro Quaroni |  | Carlo Azeglio Ciampi | Jiang Zemin | 1998
September 17, 1998 | Paolo Bruni |  | Romano Prodi | Jiang Zemin | 2003
April 30, 2003 | Gabriele Menegatti |  | Silvio Berlusconi | Hu Jintao | 2006
December 11, 2006 | Riccardo Sessa |  | Romano Prodi | Hu Jintao | 2010
December 12, 2010 | Attilio Massimo Iannucci |  | Silvio Berlusconi | Hu Jintao | 2013
January 5, 2013 | Alberto Bradanini |  | Mario Monti | Hu Jintao | 2015
July 20, 2015 | Ettore Francesco Sequi |  | Matteo Renzi | Xi Jinping | 2019
January 2, 2020 | Luca Ferrari |  | Giuseppe Conte | Xi Jinping | incumbent

## References

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1. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y "Storia & Diplomazia Rassegna dell'Archivio Storico del Ministero degli Affari Esteri" (PDF) (1). Ministry of Foreign Affairs. February 2013: 40–43, 62–63. Retrieved 14 April 2021. `{{cite journal}}`: Cite journal requires `|journal=` (help)
2. ^ "Antonino 'Piri' Restivo: 'bisogna avere il coraggio di scendere in campo in prima persona'". bagherianews. Archived from the original on 15 April 2021. Retrieved 15 April 2021.
3. ^ "Il Presidente della Repubblica Giuseppe Saragat con Folco Trabalza, nuovo ambasciatore d'Italia a Pechino". Presidenza della Repubblica. Retrieved 15 April 2021.
4. ^ a b Il Mondo Volume 31, Part 2. Il Mondo. 1980. p. 207.
5. ^ a b "SOLERA E' IL NUOVO DIPLOMATICO ITALIANO A PECHINO". Repubblica. Retrieved 15 April 2021.

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