List of ambassadors of Italy to the European Union

Permanent Representative of Italy to the European Union
Rappresentante Permanente d'Italia presso l'Unione europea in Bruxelles
Emblem of Italy
Inaugural holder	Attilio Cattani
Formation	1958

The Italian Permanent Representative to the European Union is the official representative of the Government in Rome to the European Commission.

List of representatives

Diplomatic accreditation	Permanent Representative	Observations notes	List of prime ministers of Italy	Term end
1958	Attilio Cattani		Amintore Fanfani	1961
1961	Antonio Venturini		Fernando Tambroni	1967
1967	Giorgio Bombassei Frascani de Vettor		Giovanni Leone	1976
1976	Eugenio Plaja	(1914-1991) was an Italian diplomat and from 1973 to 1975 Permanent Representative of Italy to the United Nations. The Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany.	Giulio Andreotti	1979
1979	Renato Ruggiero		Francesco Cossiga	1984
1984	Pietro Calamia		Bettino Craxi	1990
1990	Federico de Roberto (Italian diplomat)		Giulio Andreotti	1993
1993	Enzo Perlot		Carlo Azeglio Ciampi	1995
1995	Luigi Cavalchini		Lamberto Dini	2000
2000	Silvio Fagiolo		Giuliano Amato	2001
2001	Roberto Nigido		Silvio Berlusconi	2001
2001	Umberto Vattani		Silvio Berlusconi	2004
2004	Rocco Cangelosi		Silvio Berlusconi	2009
2008	Ferdinando Nelli Feroci		Silvio Berlusconi	2013
July 1, 2013	Stefano Sannino		Enrico Letta	March 1, 2016
March 21, 2016	Carlo Calenda		Matteo Renzi	May 10, 2016
June 1, 2016	Maurizio Massari	(*Naples en 1959) Italian diplomat and From 2003 to 2006 he was Ambassador for the OSCE in Serbia and Montenegro. From 2013 to 2016 he was Italian ambassador to Egypt	Matteo Renzi	December 12, 2016