Minister Plenipotentiary Silvia Limoncini
Born in Perugia on 28 September 1967.
Degree in Political Science, University of Perugia, 24 March 1993.
Following a competitive examination, she entered the Diplomatic Service as a Volontario, 29 December 1997.
Diplomatic Institute, professional training course, 30 December 1997 – 29 September 1998.
Directorate General for Cultural Relations, Office II, 30 September 1998. Secretary of Legation, 30 September 1998.
Directorate General for Cultural Promotion and Cooperation, Office III, 1 January 2000.
Second Commercial Secretary in Riyadh, 1 December 2000. Confirmed at the same post with the rank and functions of First Commercial Secretary, 29 December 2001.
Head of the Secretariat of the Press and Information Service, 2 December 2002.
First Secretary in Washington, 27 June 2005. Counsellor of Legation, 2 July 2007. Confirmed in Washington with the functions of Counsellor, 21 November 2007.
At the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, 9 October 2009. From December 2009 to June 2010, she attended the advanced professional training course for Counsellors of Legation, provided for under Article 17, paragraph 7, of Legislative Decree no. 85 of 24 March 2000, at the Diplomatic Institute of the Directorate General for Human Resources and Organisation.
Cabinet of the Honourable Minister, 11 February 2010. Confirmed, following a change of Government, in the Cabinet of the Minister, 16 November 2011.
Minister-Counsellor, 2 July 2012.
First Counsellor in London, 6 May 2013.
Deputy Consul General at the First-Class Consulate General in New York, 5 September 2017.
Reporting directly to the Director General for Globalisation and Global Issues, she was appointed Ministry representative to the Joint Italo-British Task Force for the organisation of COP26, 30 July 2021.
Minister Plenipotentiary, 2 January 2022.
Head of the Unit for the Promotion of Italy in International Organisations, Directorate General for Public and Cultural Diplomacy, 4 January 2022.
Head of the Coordination Unit of the Secretariat General, 23 March 2023.
Director General for Italians Abroad and Migration Policies, 20 November 2025.
Knight of the Order of Merit of the Italian Republic, 2007.