Antonio Zanardi Landi

Antonio Zanardi Landi di Veano (born 24 May 1950) is an Italian diplomat. He currently serves as the Sovereign Military Order of Malta's ambassador to the Holy See and a member of the Sovereign Council of the Order of Malta.

Biography

Zanardi was born in Udine on 24 May 1950. He graduated with a law degree from the University of Padua. After finishing military service, he was employed at FIAT.

He started his diplomatic career in 1978. In the academic year 1979-80, he became the first Italian to be enrolled at the École nationale d'administration (ENA) in Paris. The next year, he worked in the General Secretariat of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, and later in the Foreign Minister's cabinet and the Minister's office for relations with the Parliament.

Honours

Ribbon Distinction Country Date Reference 80px Kinght Grand Cross of the Order of St. Gregory the Great 7 November 1995 80px Order of Merit of the Italian Republic 3rd Class 29 November 2004 80px Order of Merit of the Italian Republic 2nd Class 18 January 2006 80px Grad Officer of the Order of the Star of Italy 27 December 2007 80px Kinght Grand Cross of the Order of Pope Pius IX 25 May 2010 80px Order of Merit of the Italian Republic 1st Class 13 October 2014 80px Bailiff Knights Grand Cross of Honour and Devotion Unknown

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