Carlo de Ferrariis Salzano

Carlo de Ferrariis Salzano (August 20, 1905, Naples, Italy – September 30, 1985, Rome, Italy) was an Italian diplomat, secretary general of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs from 1958 to 1959.

Biography

Education and early career Carlo de Ferrariis Salzano was born in Naples on August 20, 1905, to a noble family. He graduated in law from the University of Naples in October 1927. Later, in July 1931, he obtained a degree in political science from the University of Perugia.

After passing the competitive examination, he is appointed a Volunteer in the diplomatic career on January 16, 1932, serving in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. He was posted to Geneva on October 28, 1932, and appointed vice consul 2nd class on April 4, 1933. Transferred to Cannes on November 24, 1933, he is appointed vice consul 1st class on December 31, 1935. His career continued in Paris, where he was transferred with the role of Fourth Secretary on February 17, 1936, and later confirmed with the role of Third Secretary on July 7, 1936. He returned to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs on February 17, 1938.

World War II On June 15, 1940, he was put on leave for military mobilization. He participated in military operations in Albania, earning a War Merit Cross and a . After the end of military leave on August 5, 1940, he was appointed First Secretary of Legation of the 2nd class on February 15, 1942, and assigned to Budapest on March 17, 1942. With the establishment of the Italian Social Republic, his head of mission Filippo Anfuso sided with Mussolini, while de Ferrariis and other officials remained loyal to the king and the Badoglio government and were expelled from the embassy. The Neapolitan diplomat then reconstituted the embassy of the Kingdom of Italy elsewhere, assuming the regency on September 28, 1943. In March 1944 he was arrested by Nazi occupation forces, interned and then transferred to the Lumezzane camp near Brescia, along with loyalist officials from other Italian diplomatic representations who had fallen into German hands.

He retired on September 1, 1970.

One of his early personal notes (1933) stated: "Excellent official, but with the unpleasant tendency to bypass superiors." 1942: Cross of the Order of Isabella the Catholic Knight Fourth Class of the Order of the Rising Sun 1939: War Merit Cross