Director

Marco Riccardo Rusconi is the new director of Italian Agency for Development Cooperation

The Italian Council of Ministers has nominated Marco Riccardo Rusconi as new Director of the Italian Agency for Development Cooperation.

Marco Riccardo Rusconi

Marco Riccardo Rusconi

Biography

Subsequent to competitive examination, nominated Volunteer in the diplomatic career, December 29, 1997. At the Diplomatic Institute, professional training course, December 30, 1997-September 29, 1998. (To the General Direction of Personnel and Admin., R.S.P. Office, January 1, 1998) Legation Secretary, September 30, 1998, To the General Direction of Personnel and Admin. Office III, September 30, 1998. To the General Direction of Personnel, Office III, January 1, 2000. Second Secretary at Cairo, September 25, 2000. Confirmed at the same office with function of First Secretary, December 29, 2001. Regent General Consulate in Liege, September 1, 2004. Legation Council Member, July 1, 2007. To the General Direction for European Integration, Office I, June 4, 2008. From December 2008 to June 2009 and thereafter, at the Diplomatic Institute of the General Direction of Personnel and Organization, professional update course for legation council members envisaged by art. 17, sect.7 of Legislative Decree no. 85 of March 24, 2000. Appointed to perform the functions of Head of Office II of the General Direction for European Integration, May 18, 2009.    Reporting directly to the General Director for the Promotion of the National Economic System, December 16, 2010. Trade Adviser to Madrid, February 6, Embassy Adviser, July 2, 2012. Confirmed in Madrid with function of First Trade Adviser, August 10, 2012. General Consul in Montreal and permanent representative to the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO), August 1, 2016. Seconded to serve at the Ministry for the Environment and Protection of the Land and Sea as Diplomatic Adviser to the Minister, January 8, 2019. Confirmed, following change of government, to serve in the same position at the same Ministry with the same function, September 5, 2019. Confirmed, after change of government, to serve at the Ministry of Ecological Transition as Diplomatic Adviser to the Minister, February 13, 2021. Answering directly to the General Director for Development Cooperation, July 19, 2021. Head of Office IV of the same General Direction, September 1, 2021. Since October 2, 2022, also with the vicarious functions of Vice General Director and Central Director for bilateral policies of cooperation for development and emergency actions.

Duration of assignment

2023 12 Dec

Beginning of mandate

Last update: 05/01/2024, 10:37