title: List of ambassadors of Italy to Portugal
text: # List of ambassadors of Italy to Portugal
  
  The Italian ambassador in Lisbon is the official representative of the Government in Rome to the Government of Portugal.
  
  Since 1860 the governments in Rome and Lisbon maintain diplomatic relations.
  
  ## List of representatives
  
  | Diplomatic accreditation | Ambassador | Observations | List of prime ministers of Italy | List of prime ministers of Portugal |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | October 24, 1860 | Domenico Pes di San Vittorio | Chargé d'affaires | Camillo Benso, Count of Cavour | Pedro V of Portugal |
  | July 19, 1863 | Camillo Di Bella Caracciolo | | Marco Minghetti | Luís I of Portugal |
  | January 2, 1864 | Vittorio Sallier De La Tour | | Alfonso Ferrero La Marmora | Luís I of Portugal |
  | June 4, 1864 | Andrea Tagliacarne | | Alfonso Ferrero La Marmora | Luís I of Portugal |
  | February 9, 1868 | Filippo Oldoini | | Urbano Rattazzi | Luís I of Portugal |
  | February 19, 1888 | Luigi Avogadro di Collobiano Arboreo | | Francesco Crispi | Luís I of Portugal |
  | November 19, 1892 | Federico Costanzo Spinola | | Giovanni Giolitti | Carlos I of Portugal |
  | October 30, 1896 | Carlo Alberto Gerbaix de Sonnaz | | Antonio Starabba, Marchese di Rudinì | Carlos I of Portugal |
  | July 17, 1903 | Alessandro Guasco Di Bisio | | Giovanni Giolitti | Carlos I of Portugal |
  | October 30, 1906 | Raniero Paolucci di Calboli | | Sidney Sonnino | Carlos I of Portugal |
  | February 16, 1913 | Salvatore Contanarini | | Giovanni Giolitti | Manuel José de Arriaga |
  | October 8, 1914 | Ernesto Koch | | Antonio Salandra | Manuel José de Arriaga |
  | June 28, 1916 | Attilio Serra | | Paolo Boselli | Bernardino Machado |
  | January 22, 1923 | Livio Borghese | | Benito Mussolini | Manuel Teixeira Gomes |
  | June 3, 1926 | Carlo Galli (diplomat) | Member of Parliament sent extraordinary and minister plenipotentiary with L.C. | Benito Mussolini | José Mendes Cabeçadas Júnior |
  | August 10, 1928 | Giuseppe Bastianini | | Benito Mussolini | António Oscar de Fragoso Carmona |
  | November 14, 1929 | Pietro Arone | | Benito Mussolini | António de Oliveira Salazar |
  | October 27, 1932 | Alberto Tuozzi | | Benito Mussolini | António de Oliveira Salazar |
  | January 7, 1936 | Francesco Giorgio Mameli | | Benito Mussolini | António de Oliveira Salazar |
  | January 29, 1940 | Renato Bova Scoppa | | Benito Mussolini | António de Oliveira Salazar |
  | June 21, 1941 | Francesco Fransoni | | Benito Mussolini | António de Oliveira Salazar |
  | May 30, 1943 | Renato Prunas | | Pietro Badoglio | António de Oliveira Salazar |
  | September 28, 1944 | Alberto Rossi Longhi | | Pietro Badoglio | António de Oliveira Salazar |
  | November 30, 1946 | Antonio Grossardi | | Ferruccio Parri | António de Oliveira Salazar |
  | December 15, 1947 | Pietro de Paolis | envoy | Ferruccio Parri | António de Oliveira Salazar |
  | January 22, 1952 | Antonio Venturini | Ambassador | Ferruccio Parri | Francisco Craveiro Lopes |
  | May 5, 1956 | Giuseppe Vitaliano Confalonieri | | Antonio Segni | Francisco Craveiro Lopes |
  | October 22, 1958 | Angelino Corrias | | Amintore Fanfani | Américo Tomás |
  | October 8, 1961 | Remigio Danilo Grillo | | Fernando Tambroni | Américo Tomás |
  | November 2, 1964 | Giuseppe Cerulli Irelli | | Giovanni Leone | Américo Tomás |
  | March 26, 1971 | Girolamo Messeri | | Emilio Colombo | Américo Tomás |
  | July 10, 1975 | Pier Luigi Alverà | | Aldo Moro | Francisco da Costa Gomes |
  | October 9, 1979 | Mario Magliano | | Francesco Cossiga | António Ramalho Eanes |
  | January 28, 1983 | Mario Magliano | | Bettino Craxi | António Ramalho Eanes |
  | October 31, 1983 | Enzo Merlot | | Bettino Craxi | António Ramalho Eanes |
  | November 20, 1987 | Giovanni Battistini | | Amintore Fanfani | Mário Soares |
  | September 1, 1992 | Ludovico Ortona | | Giuliano Amato | Mário Soares |
  | June 24, 1995 | Antonio Catalano di Melilli | | Lamberto Dini | Mário Soares |
  | June 10, 1999 | Michele Cosentino | | Massimo D’Alema | Jorge Sampaio |
  | March 18, 2004 | Emilio Barbarani | | Silvio Berlusconi | Jorge Sampaio |
  | June 4, 2007 | Luca Del Balzo di Presenzano | | Romano Prodi | Aníbal Cavaco Silva |
  | January 2, 2011 | Luca Del Balzo di Presenzano | | Silvio Berlusconi | Aníbal Cavaco Silva |
  | October 1, 2011 | Renato Varriale | | Silvio Berlusconi | Aníbal Cavaco Silva |
  | September 7, 2015 | Giuseppe Morabito (italian diplomat) | | Matteo Renzi | Aníbal Cavaco Silva |
  | March 26, 2018 | Uberto Vanni d’Archirafi | | Paolo Gentiloni | Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa |
  | January 4, 2020 | Carlo Formosa | | Giuseppe Conte | Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa |
  
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