Leopoldo Zunini

Leopoldo Zunini (20 December 1868, Savona – June 1944, Sassello) was an Italian diplomat.

Zunini joined the consular service in 1896. As early as 1898, Zunini was already serving as the Vice-Consul in Tunis. He was appointed to Marseille, Bern, Tunis, Montevideo and Lima, before becoming Vice-Consul of Western Australia in 1902. In 1906 he wrote L'Australia attuale (published in 1910), translated in English in 1999 as Western Australia As It Is Today . Later he was the Italian Consul General of Chicago from 18 May 1922 until 1 June 1928 when he was promoted to the rank of Minister plenipotentiary by Benito Mussolini.