{"id":146,"date":"2023-04-11T17:53:01","date_gmt":"2023-04-11T15:53:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ambnairobi.esteri.it\/chi-siamo\/lambasciatore\/"},"modified":"2026-01-19T07:06:47","modified_gmt":"2026-01-19T06:06:47","slug":"lambasciatore","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/ambnairobi.esteri.it\/en\/chi-siamo\/lambasciatore\/","title":{"rendered":"The Ambassador"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-3881 img-fluid alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/ambnairobi.esteri.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Amb-Taglio1-238x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"238\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ambnairobi.esteri.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Amb-Taglio1-238x300.jpg 238w, https:\/\/ambnairobi.esteri.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Amb-Taglio1.jpg 571w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 238px) 100vw, 238px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>Vincenzo Del Monaco<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Ambassador of Italy to Kenya and Seychelles. Permanent Representative to UNEP and UN-HABITAT<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Born in Rome, June 20<sup>th<\/sup>, 1969.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Professional experience: <\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>2022-2025 Second Diplomatic Advisor to the Minister of Enterprises and Made in Italy (relations with the EU, Africa, UN, G7 and G20)<\/li>\n<li>2020-2022: Ambassador &#8211; Head of the OSCE Presence in Albania<\/li>\n<li>2018-2020: Ambassador of Italy to Armenia<\/li>\n<li>2013-2018: Ambassador of Italy to Montenegro<\/li>\n<li>2009-2013: Presidency of the Republic, Counsellor in the Office of the Diplomatic Advisor to the then President of the Italian Republic Giorgio Napolitano<\/li>\n<li>2005-2009: Counsellor at the Permanent Representation of Italy to the EU (Transatlantic Relations, relations with the European Parliament, and Trade Policy Coordinator)<\/li>\n<li>2001-2005: First Secretary at the Embassy of Italy to the People\u2019s Republic of China<\/li>\n<li>2000-2001: Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Directorate General for European Integration, EU External Relations Unit<\/li>\n<li>1998-2000 : Ecole Nationale d\u2019Administration \u2013 Paris (Promotion Averro\u00e8s)<\/li>\n<li>1997: Diplomatic Institute, following entered the diplomatic career<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Education:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>University of Rome \u201cLa Sapienza\u201d: Degree in EU Law (cum laude) (1991)<\/li>\n<li>College of Europe in Bruges &#8211; LLM (1993-1994)<\/li>\n<li>The Hague International Law Academy (1996)<\/li>\n<li>Ecole Nationale d&#8217;Administration (ENA) &#8211; France (1998-2000)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Awards:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Medal of the Order of Merit of Montenegro, 2018<\/li>\n<li>Commander of the Order of Merit of the Italian Republic, 2013<\/li>\n<li>Knight of the French Legion of Honour, 2013<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Other:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Honorary President of the Automobile Club of Kenya, 2026<\/li>\n<li>Second Lieutenant in the Carabinieri Corps, 1992-1993<\/li>\n<li>Author of publications<\/li>\n<li>Lecturer on diplomacy (LUISS University of Rome), EU processes (Italian National Public Administration School \u2013 SNA), and Global Economic Trends (UNINT University of Rome)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Married, three children.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Vincenzo Del Monaco Ambassador of Italy to Kenya and Seychelles. Permanent Representative to UNEP and UN-HABITAT Born in Rome, June 20th, 1969. Professional experience: 2022-2025 Second Diplomatic Advisor to the Minister of Enterprises and Made in Italy (relations with the EU, Africa, UN, G7 and G20) 2020-2022: Ambassador &#8211; Head of the OSCE Presence in [&hellip;]","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":145,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-146","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ambnairobi.esteri.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/146","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ambnairobi.esteri.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ambnairobi.esteri.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ambnairobi.esteri.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ambnairobi.esteri.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=146"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/ambnairobi.esteri.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/146\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4568,"href":"https:\/\/ambnairobi.esteri.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/146\/revisions\/4568"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ambnairobi.esteri.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/145"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ambnairobi.esteri.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=146"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}