Ambassador Maria Assunta Accili Sabbatini | |
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Italian Ambassador to Hungary | |
In office 2012–2016 | |
Preceded by | Giovan Battista Campagnola |
Succeeded by | Massimo Rustico |
Personal details | |
Born | L'Aquila, Italy | 16 November 1955
Parent | Achille Accili |
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Maria Assunta Accili Sabbatini (born 16 November 1955) is an Italian diplomat.
Maria Assunta Accili Sabbatini was born in L'Aquila on 16 November 1955 to Maria Castellani and Achille Accili.[1][2] Accili Sabbatini holds a degree in political science from the University of Rome La Sapienza, and a postgraduate degree in 'Management of Public Organizations' from Collège d'Europe of Bruges, Belgium.[2][3][4]
Accili Sabbatini's diplomatic career began in 1980. She has been posted to Rabat, the Italian embassies in China and Pakistan, and to the Permanent Mission of Italy to OECD.[2] Between 2003 and 2007, Accili Sabbatini was Italian representative to Taiwan.[1] Beginning in 2012, she was Ambassador to Hungary.[5] She was named the Permanent Representative of Italy to the United Nations (Vienna), Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary in November 2016.[2][3] She also serves as the permanent representative of Italy to the International Atomic Energy Agency.[6][7]
Accili Sabbatini's father, Achille Accili, was an Italian Senator who had 4 children; of whom she is the eldest.[1] Her brother, Domenico Accili, went on to become a medical professor at Columbia University.[8]
Grand Officer of the Order of Merit of the Italian Republic – December 27, 2006