title: List of ambassadors of Italy to the Dominican Republic
text: # List of ambassadors of Italy to the Dominican Republic
  
  The Italian ambassador in Santo Domingo is the official representative of the Government in Rome to the Government of the Dominican Republic. He is concurrently accredited in St. John's, Antigua and Barbuda (Antigua and Barbuda), Basseterre (St. Kitts and Nevis), Port-au-Prince (Haiti), and Kingston (Jamaica).
  
  ## List of representatives
  
  | Diplomatic accreditation | Ambassador | Observations | List of prime ministers of Italy | List of presidents of the Dominican Republic |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | February 27, 1898 | Enrico Chicci | | Luigi Pelloux | Manuel María Gautier |
  | June 15, 1901 | Giuseppe Saint-Martin | Chargé d'affaires | Giuseppe Zanardelli | Juan Isidro Jiménez |
  | August 2, 1902 | Oreste Savina | | Giuseppe Zanardelli | Horacio Vásquez |
  | December 8, 1907 | Giacomo Mondello | with residence in Havana consul | Sidney Sonnino | Ramón Cáceres |
  | September 20, 1913 | Annibale Raybaudi Massiglia | Conte Annibale Raybaudi Massiglia with residence in Havana | Giovanni Giolitti | José Bordas Valdez |
  | September 10, 1915 | Stefano Carrara | with residence in Havana, appointed in the autumn of 1915. He is also accredited to Hayti and Santo Domingo. Until his appointment here he was Italian Consul General at Malta, and has seen service at the Italian Legation in Buenos Aires | Antonio Salandra | Juan Isidro Jiménez |
  | March 27, 1924 | Guglielmo Vivaldi | In 1934 he was envoy to Caracas, | Benito Mussolini | Horacio Vásquez |
  | May 29, 1930 | Raffaele Boscarelli | residence in Havana | Benito Mussolini | Rafael Estrella Ureña |
  | September 19, 1933 | Nicola Macario | residence in Havana | Benito Mussolini | Rafael Trujillo |
  | August 6, 1937 | Mario Porta | with residence in Puerto Principe (Parsley massacre) | Benito Mussolini | Rafael Trujillo |
  | May 14, 1947 | Gastone Rossi Lunghi | | Ferruccio Parri | Rafael Trujillo |
  | August 11, 1952 | Antonio Cottafavi | ambasciatore italiano a Ciudad Trujillo, Grandfather of Vittorio Cottafavi father of Francesco, Maj. General, & Agnese Savio. Ancest.: Antonio Cottafavi (grand- father), Politician, Minister in 2 Giolitti Cabinets. married to Manuela Gianni de Araujo | Ferruccio Parri | Héctor Trujillo |
  | June 22, 1952 | Alberto Barbarich | 1940: Primer Secretario en Buenos Aires, Conde Alberto Barbarich married to Condesa Elena Barbarich. Domicilio: Arenales 1556. | Ferruccio Parri | Héctor Trujillo |
  | November 8, 1958 | Pietro Solari | | Amintore Fanfani | Héctor Trujillo |
  | September 12, 1961 | Guelfo Zamboni | | Fernando Tambroni | Joaquín Balaguer |
  | May 23, 1964 | Roberto Venturini (Italian diplomat) | In 1972 he was Italian Ambassador to Albania | Giovanni Leone | Donald Reid Cabral |
  | June 12, 1966 | Tristano Gabrici | | Giovanni Leone | Joaquín Balaguer |
  | November 23, 1969 | Virgilio Gorga | (*April 14, 1862 ) | Giovanni Leone | Joaquín Balaguer |
  | March 26, 1974 | Angelo Macchia | | Aldo Moro | Joaquín Balaguer |
  | January 18, 1977 | Giuseppe Lo Faro | | Giulio Andreotti | Joaquín Balaguer |
  | January 31, 1980 | Vittorio Pennarola | | Francesco Cossiga | Antonio Guzmán Fernández |
  | December 10, 1984 | Antonio Venturella | | Bettino Craxi | Salvador Jorge Blanco |
  | January 19, 1989 | Roberto Rossellini | | Giulio Andreotti | Salvador Jorge Blanco |
  | June 24, 1993 | Tommaso De Vergottini | In 1974 he became Chargé d'affaires of the Italian ambassador to Chile In 1996 he was Italian ambassador to Ugruguay. | Carlo Azeglio Ciampi | Salvador Jorge Blanco |
  | January 7, 1996 | Ruggero Vozzi | 1989: Ruggero Vozzi, First Counsellor of the Italian Embassy in The Hague | Romano Prodi | Leonel Fernández |
  | October 1, 1999 | Stefano Alberto Canavesio | | Massimo D’Alema | Leonel Fernández |
  | March 1, 2003 | Giorgio Sfara | | Silvio Berlusconi | Hipólito Mejía |
  | July 4, 2006 | Enrico Guicciardi | | Romano Prodi | Leonel Fernández |
  | December 6, 2010 | Arturo Olivieri | (* in Naples on June 14, 1949) In December 1972 he graduated in Laws at the University of Naples. In August 1975 he entered the diplomatic career. Served in Dar-Es-Salaam, Brussels, the Permanent Representation of Italy to NATO and *1984 Jakarta. In February 1992 he became Consul General in Buenos Aires. In 1996 he became First Counselor at the Italian Embassy in Paris. Returning to Rome, he serves in the Directorate General for the Countries of Europe, and subsequently to the General Directorate for Development Cooperation. In January 2001 he was appointed Minister Plenipotentiary. From June 16, 2003 to November 11, 2007 he was Italian ambassador to Tunesia. | Silvio Berlusconi | Leonel Fernández |
  | October 27, 2017 | Andrea Canepari | | Paolo Gentiloni | Danilo Medina |
  
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