The council of ministers, on the proposal of the President Giuseppe Conte, approved the appointment of ambassador Pietro Benassi as undersecretary with responsibility for the secret services. Here is Benassi’s full curriculum
The Council of Ministers, on the proposal of President Giuseppe Conte, approved the appointment of Ambassador Pietro Benassi as Undersecretary of State to the Presidency of the Council of Ministers.
Benassi will be delegated the functions attributed to the President of the Council regarding the security of the Republic.
Benassi, with a degree in Political Science in Padua, and the diplomatic advisor to Prime Minister Conte. He is fluent in four languages: English, German, French and Spanish.
“National security is, in short, a subject known to Benassi. As you know, his relations are more than cordial with the leaders of the Italian 007, from the general manager of Dis Gennaro Vecchione to the directors of Aisi and Aise ”, commented Formiche di Paolo Messa. EXTRACT FROM THE REPUBLIC ARTICLE ON THE APPOINTMENT OF BENASSI:
Benassi since 2018 and his diplomatic adviser at Palazzo Chigi, present alongside the premier since the beginning of the “yellow-green” government with the Lega di Matteo Salvini. Grade “Ambassador”, or the highest level among foreign ministry diplomats, Benassi had a career that formed him in a very complete way, perhaps prepared with few others to assume today what is a true “political” responsibility, to which arrives with an important technical background. He was ambassador of Italy to Germany and Tunisia, and was head of the cabinet of the foreign ministers Bonino and Mogherini, he served Italian diplomacy in Cuba, Warsaw, Brussels and Washington. Many now describe him as “very close” to Conte, as if he were part of a political current of his. But Benassi was simply the first diplomat the prime minister met. The two inevitably had to enter into total harmony, working on the dozens of very delicate dossiers (Libya, Europe, G7, Egypt) that the premier-lawyer saw explode on the table when he entered Palazzo Chigi. carried the weight of his experience. Europe first of all: in 2018 the ambassador returned to Rome after 4 years as Italy’s representative in Berlin. Conte immediately offered his vision of how Italy should remain anchored to Europe, in Berlin and personally to Mrs Merkel . Although at that stage the Italian government was at the top of its anti-European charge, with the double Lega-M5S populism, Conte used Benassi to consolidate the bridges with Merkel. Preparing that pro-European turn that was then possible with the alliance with the Democratic Party. The “Ursula formula” in Italy had a first representative at the level of officials, and and Piero Benassi. In the history of the Italian Republic there have been other diplomats who have held roles of coordination of the security services. The first was Francesco Paolo Fulci, director of Cesis who at the time coordinated the S ismi and the Sisde. Then Giampiero Massolo, former secretary general of the Farnesina. Renzi was appointed director of Dis, which is the department that coordinates Aise and Aisi according to law 124 of 2007 (the one that formalizes the establishment of the delegated authority). They all managed to combine diplomacy and intelligence work in the best possible way. The only one to have been a “delegated authority” was the former Chief of Police Gianni De Gennaro at the time of the Monti government; but that technical government really lasted only a few months.HERE IS THE CURRICULUM OF PIETRO BENASSI Name
PIETRO BENASSI Year of birth
1958 Administration
OTHER ADMINISTRATION Current position
(direct collaboration) – Decree (pdf) Department
OFFICE OF THE DIPLOMATIC ADVISER Telephone
0667791 Fax e-Mail
P. [email protected] Interim or previous appointments
Previous (pdf)
Educational and professional qualifications and work experience Educational qualification MASTER’S degree Degree course: Political Science University: University of Padua Other educational and professional qualificationsProfessional managerial experience From: 2018 Administration: PRESIDENCY OF THE COUNCIL OF MINISTERS Department / Office / Service / Other: Office of the Diplomatic Advisor Position title: Diplomatic Advisor From: 2014 to: 2018 Administration: OTHER ADMINISTRATION Department / Office / Service / Other: Embassy of ‘Italy – Berlin Appointment: Ambassador From: 2013 To: 2014 Administration: OTHER ADMINISTRATION Department / Office / Service / Other:Ministry of Foreign Affairs – Head of Cabinet Job title: Ambassador From: 2009 to: 2013 Administration: OTHER ADMINISTRATION Department / Office / Service / Other: Embassy of Italy – Tunis Job title: Ambassador From: 2008 to: 2009 Administration: OTHER ADMINISTRATION Department / Office / Service / Other: Ministry of Foreign Affairs – Head of the Special Secretariat of the Undersecretary of State with responsibility for the Mediterranean, Middle East and Asia Position title: Minister Plenipotentiary Since: 2006To: 2008 Administration: OTHER ADMINISTRATION Department / Office / Service / Other: Ministry of Foreign Affairs – Head of the Special Secretariat of the Undersecretary of State with responsibility for the EU and the countries of Europe Position title: Minister Plenipotentiary From: 2005 To: 2006 Administration : OTHER ADMINISTRATION Department / Office / Service / Other: Ministry of Foreign Affairs – Directorate General for the Countries of the Americas – Head of the Latin America Office Appointment: Embassy Councilor / Minister Plenipotentiary From: 2002 To: 2005 Administration:OTHER ADMINISTRATION Department / Office / Service / Other: Embassy of Italy – Berlin Name of office: Embassy Counselor / First Counselor From: 1999 To: 2002 Administration: OTHER ADMINISTRATION Department / Office / Service / Other: Permanent Representation of Italy to the EU – Brussels Position title: Counselor of Legation / Embassy Counselor / First Counselor From: 1994 To: 1999 Administration: OTHER ADMINISTRATION Department / Office / Service / Other:Ministry of Foreign Affairs – Directorate General for Development Cooperation Name of office: Councilor of Legation From: 1990 To: 1994 Administration: OTHER ADMINISTRATION Department / Office / Service / Other: Embassy of Italy – Warsaw Name of office: First Secretary From: 1986 To : 1990 Administration: OTHER ADMINISTRATION Department / Office / Service / Other: Embassy of Italy – Havana Name of office: Second Commercial Secretary From: 1984 to: 1986Administration: OTHER ADMINISTRATION Department / Office / Service / Other: Ministry of Foreign Affairs – Directorate General for Economic Affairs Job title: Secretary of Legation Skills in the use of technologies
GOOD Language skills Language: SPANISH
- Level: ADVANCED
Language: GERMAN
- Level: ADVANCED
Language: FRENCH
- Level: ADVANCED
Language: ENGLISH
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Incompatibility assignments Declares
not to incur any of the causes of incompatibility as provided for by Legislative Decree no. 39 of 8 April 2013.
– Declaration (pdf)
