title: List of ambassadors of Italy to Saudi Arabia
text: # List of ambassadors of Italy to Saudi Arabia
  
  The Italian ambassador in Riyadh is the official representative of the Government in Rome to the Government of Saudi Arabia.
  
  | Diplomatic accreditation | Ambassador | Title | Italian prime minister | King of Saudi Arabia |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | May 26, 1932 | Ottavio De Peppo | | Benito Mussolini | Ibn Saud |
  | November 24, 1933 | Giovanni Persico | Chargé d'affaires | Benito Mussolini | Ibn Saud |
  | May 11, 1936 | Giovanni Persico | | Benito Mussolini | Ibn Saud |
  | February 18, 1837 | Luigi Sillitti | | Benito Mussolini | Ibn Saud |
  | June 14, 1940 | Guglielmo Rulli | | Benito Mussolini | Ibn Saud |
  | April 11, 1947 | Filippo Zappi | | Ferruccio Parri | Ibn Saud |
  | September 14, 1949 | Ugo Turcato | | Ferruccio Parri | Ibn Saud |
  | April 5, 1953 | Giuseppe Capace Galeota della Regina | | Giuseppe Pella | Saud of Saudi Arabia |
  | June 18, 1955 | Alberto Brugnoli | | Antonio Segni | Saud of Saudi Arabia |
  | August 2, 1958 | Mario Alessandro Paulucci | Envoy | Amintore Fanfani | Saud of Saudi Arabia |
  | May 20, 1960 | Mario Alessandro Paulucci | Ambassador | Fernando Tambroni | Saud of Saudi Arabia |
  | December 7, 1961 | Dante Matacotta | | Fernando Tambroni | Saud of Saudi Arabia |
  | October 31, 1966 | Luigi Sabetta | | Giovanni Leone | Faisal of Saudi Arabia |
  | October 28, 1971 | Massimo Casilli D’Aragona | | Emilio Colombo | Faisal of Saudi Arabia |
  | July 25, 1973 | Alberto Ramasso Valacca | | Mariano Rumor | Faisal of Saudi Arabia |
  | April 28, 1978 | Alberto Solera | | Giulio Andreotti | Khalid of Saudi Arabia |
  | May 10, 1981 | Marcello Salimei | | Giovanni Spadolini | Khalid of Saudi Arabia |
  | January 11, 1986 | Francesco Ripandelli | | Bettino Craxi | Fahd of Saudi Arabia |
  | April 8, 1989 | Mario Emanuele Maiolini | | Giulio Andreotti | Fahd of Saudi Arabia |
  | July 7, 1994 | Mario Scialoja | | Silvio Berlusconi | Fahd of Saudi Arabia |
  | November 1, 1996 | Marco Sorace Maresca | | Romano Prodi | Fahd of Saudi Arabia |
  | November 7, 2000 | Torquato Cardilli | | Giuliano Amato | Fahd of Saudi Arabia |
  | June 15, 2003 | Armando Sanguini | | Silvio Berlusconi | Fahd of Saudi Arabia |
  | November 15, 2005 | Eugenio d’Auria | | Silvio Berlusconi | Abdullah of Saudi Arabia |
  | July 19, 2010 | Valentino Simonetti | | Silvio Berlusconi | Abdullah of Saudi Arabia |
  | February 5, 2013 | Mario Boffo | | Enrico Letta | Abdullah of Saudi Arabia |
  | March 7, 2016 | Luca Ferrari (ambassador) [de] | | Matteo Renzi | Salman of Saudi Arabia |
  | June 2, 2020 | Roberto Cantone | | Giuseppe Conte | Salman of Saudi Arabia |
  
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