The Italian ambassador in Kinshasa is the official representative of the Government in Rome to the Government of the Democratic Republic of the Congo. As of February 22, 2021, that office is vacant.[1][2]
List of representatives
| Diplomatic accreditation
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Ambassador
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Observations
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List of prime ministers of Italy
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List of heads of state of the Democratic Republic of the Congo
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Term end
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| June 28, 1960
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Zaire
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Fernando Tambroni
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Joseph Kasa-Vubu
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| June 28, 1960
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Pietro Franca
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Fernando Tambroni
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Joseph Kasa-Vubu
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| November 27, 1964
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Augusto Castellani
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Giovanni Leone
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Joseph Kasa-Vubu
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| November 12, 1966
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Ettore Baistrocchi [de]
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Giovanni Leone
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Mobutu Sese Seko
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| May 15, 1971
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Diego Simonetti
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Emilio Colombo
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Mobutu Sese Seko
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| September 30, 1976
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Vieri Traxler [it]
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Giulio Andreotti
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Mobutu Sese Seko
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| July 14, 1979
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Paolo Angelini Rota
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Francesco Cossiga
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Mobutu Sese Seko
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| October 21, 1984
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Vittorio Amedeo Farinelli
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Bettino Craxi
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Mobutu Sese Seko
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| March 25, 1988
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Franco Lucioli Ottieri Della Ciaia
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1983: Ambassador to Lebanon Beirut.
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Ciriaco De Mita
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Mobutu Sese Seko
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| August 2, 1991
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Carmelo Liotta
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Giulio Andreotti
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Mobutu Sese Seko
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| April 1, 1994
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Mario Carfí
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Silvio Berlusconi
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Mobutu Sese Seko
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| May 17, 1997
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Democratic Republic of the Congo
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Romano Prodi
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Laurent-Désiré Kabila
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| May 17, 1997
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Mario Carfí
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segue
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Romano Prodi
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Laurent-Désiré Kabila
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| October 12, 1997
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Pietro Ballero
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Chargé d'affaires
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Romano Prodi
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Laurent-Désiré Kabila
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| January 1, 1999
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Pietro Ballero
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(* Rome, July 22, 1944) In 2007 he became Ambassador to Kampala (Uganda)
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Massimo D’Alema
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Laurent-Désiré Kabila
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| December 13, 2001
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Salvatore Pinna
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was born May 12, 1946, a law graduate, has been a diplomatic career since 1974.[3]
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Silvio Berlusconi
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Joseph Kabila
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| January 6, 2006
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Leonardo Baroncelli
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Romano Prodi
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Joseph Kabila
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| February 27, 2010
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Pio Mariani
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Pio Mariani goes to Kinshasa, he entered a diplomatic career in 1973, holding positions in Kuala Lumpur, Paris, Tokyo, London. Since 2005 he was ambassador to Sri Lanka.[4]
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Silvio Berlusconi
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Joseph Kabila
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| January 14, 2015
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Massimiliano D'Antuono
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Matteo Renzi
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Joseph Kabila
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| January 14, 2015
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Emanuele Farrugia
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Chargé d'affaires
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Matteo Renzi
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Joseph Kabila
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| May 22, 2017
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Luigi Scotto
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Chargé d'affaires
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Paolo Gentiloni
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Joseph Kabila
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| 5 September 2017
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Luca Attanasio
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Killed in February 2021
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22 February 2021
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Coordinates: 4°18′10″S 15°18′27″E / 4.302773°S 15.307367°E / -4.302773; 15.307367
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