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Antonio Armellini (August 2, 1943) is a retired Italian diplomat.
Career
He served in many Government of Italy offices during the early 70s, including the private office of Foreign Minister and subsequently Prime Minister of Italy Aldo Moro. He was spokesman for EC Commissioner Altiero Spinelli in Brussels from 1972 to 1974. During the 1980s and 1990s he served in many foreign diplomatic postings, including Warsaw, Addis Ababa and London. He was roving ambassador to the CSCE (Conference on Security and Cooperation in Europe) from 1990 to 1992. He subsequently became ambassador to Algeria from 1998 to 2000. He was ambassador at large in charge of international terrorism in 2002 and was appointed Head of the Italian mission and special envoy to Iraq in 2003. He was ambassador to India from 2004 to 2008 and Permanent Representative to the OECD in Paris from 2008–2010.
His latest book, L'elefante ha messo le ali on contemporary India, is published by EGEA, Università Bocconi, Milan, Italy.
Family
He is married and has two children.