Luciano Portolano
Portolano with Giorgio Napolitano in 2014
Born(1960-09-18)18 September 1960
Agrigento, Sicily
Allegiance Italy
Service/branch Esercito Italiano
Years of service1981–present
Rank Lieutenant General
Commands held67th Bersaglieri Battalion
18th Bersaglieri Regiment
Sassari Brigade
TAAC-West
UNIFIL
JFC Naples (Chief of Staff)
Joint Operative Command (Italy)
Battles/warsYugoslav Wars

Iraq War

War in Afghanistan
Awards Officer, OMRI
Officer, Military Order of Italy
Silver Valour Medal (Army)
Gold Merit Cross (Army) (2)
Officer, Legion of Merit

Lieutenant General Luciano Portolano is the Chief of Staff of the Allied Joint Force Command Naples.[1]

Biographical Information

Lieutenant General Portolano joined the Italian army in September 1981. Before joining the United Nations, he served as Deputy Chief of Staff for Joint Operations in the Italian army. He also held the positions of Commander of the Sassari Mechanized Brigade and Commander of the International Security Assistance Force. His experience with multinational operations includes work with the United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan, Iraq and the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia. He also served in the Italian Armed Forces as the Deputy Chief of Staff for Joint Operations.[2] On 16 June 2014 he was named Commander of the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon by United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, and he ended his service in Lebanon in July 2016.

He is married and has two children.[3]

Awards and decorations

References

  1. ^ "Home".
  2. ^ Luciano Portolano. UN Press Release, 16 June 2014
  3. ^ "Brigadier General Luciano Portolano | Resolute Support Mission". www.rs.nato.int. Retrieved 2015-12-06.
  4. ^ "Delivery of Decorations to General Luciano Portolano". 29 October 2021.


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