Elisabetta Belloni

Elisabetta Belloni (; born 1 September 1958) is an Italian diplomat and civil servant, Director of the Department of Information for Security from 2021 to 2025.

Biography Graduated in Political Science at Luiss Guido Carli University in 1982 with a thesis on international negotiation techniques, Belloni embarked on a diplomatic career in 1985. She has held positions in Italian embassies and representations permanent offices in Vienna and Bratislava, as well as in the Directorates General of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. In particular, from 1993 to 1996 she was First Secretary of the Italian diplomatic representation to international organizations. After returning to Rome, she worked briefly in the Russia Office before being promoted in 2000 to the secretariat of the Directorate for European Countries. In 2001 she was appointed Head of the Office for Central and Eastern European Countries and finally, since 2002, Head of the Secretariat of the Undersecretary of State for Foreign Affairs Roberto Antonione. She left the Ministry on 12 May 2021, being appointed by Prime Minister Mario Draghi as Director of the Department of Information for Security. In January 2022, towards the end of Sergio Mattarella's term, she was put forward as a candidate to the Presidency of Italy. the She has been professor of Development Cooperation at the Luiss Guido Carli.

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