title: List of ambassadors of Italy to Israel
text: # List of ambassadors of Italy to Israel
  
  The Italian ambassador in Tel Aviv is the official representative of the Government in Rome to the Government of Israel.
  
  ## List of representatives
  
  | Diplomatic accreditation | Ambassador | Observations | List of prime ministers of Italy | List of presidents of Israel | Term end |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | May 19, 1949 | Carlo Gasparini [de] | | Ferruccio Parri | Chaim Weizmann | 1949 |
  | January 24, 1952 | Raimondo Giustiniani [de] | | Ferruccio Parri | Chaim Weizmann | 1952 |
  | December 2, 1953 | Benedetto Capomazza di Campolattaro [de] | | Giuseppe Pella | Yitzhak Ben-Zvi | 1958 |
  | March 11, 1958 | Giovanni Revedin Di San Martino [de] | | Adone Zoli | Yitzhak Ben-Zvi | 1962 |
  | March 25, 1964 | Aldo Pierantoni [de] | | Giovanni Leone | Zalman Shazar | 1969 |
  | March 2, 1969 | Giuseppe Walter Maccotta [de] | | Giovanni Leone | Zalman Shazar | 1971 |
  | June 20, 1971 | Vittorio Cordero di Montezemolo [de] | | Emilio Colombo | Zalman Shazar | 1973 |
  | July 10, 1974 | Fausto Bacchetti [de] | | Aldo Moro | Ephraim Katzir | 1978 |
  | October 5, 1979 | Girolamo Nisio [de] | | Francesco Cossiga | Yitzhak Navon | 1983 |
  | April 18, 1983 | Corrado Taliani [de] | | Bettino Craxi | Chaim Herzog | 1985 |
  | April 28, 1986 | Giovanni Dominedò [de] | | Bettino Craxi | Chaim Herzog | 1987 |
  | July 1, 1987 | Alberto Leoncini Bartoli | | Amintore Fanfani | Chaim Herzog | 1991 |
  | February 24, 1991 | Pier Luigi Rachele [de] | | Giulio Andreotti | Chaim Herzog | 1995 |
  | March 9, 1995 | Giuseppe Panocchia [de] | | Lamberto Dini | Ezer Weizman | 1997 |
  | January 1, 1998 | Gian Paolo Cavarai [de] | | Massimo D’Alema | Ezer Weizman | 2002 |
  | March 1, 2002 | Giulio Terzi di Sant'Agata | | Silvio Berlusconi | Moshe Katsav | 2004 |
  | June 1, 2004 | Sandro De Bernardin [de] | Accredited at July 21, 2004 | Silvio Berlusconi | Moshe Katsav | September 17, 2008 |
  | September 17, 2008 | Luigi Mattiolo [de] | | Silvio Berlusconi | Shimon Peres | August 20, 2012 |
  | August 20, 2012 | Francesco Maria Talò [de] | | Mario Monti | Reuven Rivlin | August 4, 2017 |
  | June 22, 2017 | Gianluigi Benedetti [de] | | Paolo Gentiloni | Reuven Rivlin | |
  | October 1, 2021 | Sergio Barbanti | | Mario Draghi | Isaac Herzog | |
  
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