Sergio Vento is an Italian

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 diplomat, former Permanent Representative of Italy

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 to the United Nations

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 and Italian

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 Ambassador to the United States

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Career

Sergio Vento was born in Rome

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He studied Political Sciences at the State University of Rome.

After having served in various positions in Den Haag, Buenos Aires

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 and Ankara

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, he had been diplomatic councillor to the following Italian Prime Ministers: Giuliano Amato

Giuliano Amato

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, Carlo Azeglio Ciampi

Carlo Azeglio Ciampi

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, Silvio Berlusconi

Silvio Berlusconi

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, Lamberto Dini. He served as Italian Ambassador to Yugoslavia

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, France

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, United Nations

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, United States of America. He retired from the career and become active in the following fields: law consulting, banking, infrastructures, and University teaching. A significant number of his relatives are American of Italian descent.

Honours

• 1992, Grand Cross of the Order of Merit of the Italian Republic
• 1999, Commandeur of the Légion d'honneur, France
• 2003, honorary Doctorate of Law, St. John's University in New York

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