Minister Plenipotentiary Luca Sabbatucci
Luca Sabbatucci was born in Rome on March 5, 1963.
He graduated with honors in Political Science at the University of Rome “La Sapienza” in 1988, and did his military service in the Carabinieri Corps.
He joined the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in 1990 and served at the Diplomatic Protocol and at the Minister’s Cabinet.
In 1992 he was posted to the Embassy in Seoul where he stayed until 1996, when he was appointed Consul in Athens.
In April 2000, he returned to the Foreign Ministry and he served as Chief of the Office of the Director General for Human Resources.
From 2004 to 2008, he was posted to Ankara as Deputy Head of Mission.
Since 2008, when he returned to the Ministry, he dealt once again with the management of the MFA human and financial resources, holding the position first of Deputy Director General (2011–2015) and later of Director General for Resources and Innovation (2015-2018). In this role, he achieved the process of reorientation and rationalization of the Italian diplomatic and consular network launched by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, championed reforms designed to increase the role of merit-based considerations in HR policies, and sponsored the adoption of working methods aimed at managing resources in an effective and innovative manner.
On January 8, 2019 he was appointed Director General for Global Affairs. In this capacity, he was responsible for a wide portfolio of dossiers, both bilateral and multilateral, ranging from bilateral relations with Sub Saharan Africa, Asia and Latin America, to Italy’s membership to G7, G20, OECD and other global fora dealing with energy, climate and financial issues.
On May 1, 2022 he has been appointed Chief of the Cabinet of Minister Luigi Di Maio.
He has been awarded the Decoration of Merit of the Italian Republic. He is married and father of a son.
His main hobbies are sport and history.