Fabrizio Petri
Contents
Country
Italy
Birth - Death
Occupation
Politics, Activist
Description
Ambassador of Italy to Uruguay since 2024. Italy’s first Special Envoy for the Human Rights of LGBTQ created by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, appointed in 2021. Chair of the Interministerial Committee for Human Rights (CIDU) since 2016. Worked since 1989 in the Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation. He served in the Embassies in New Delhi and Paris, in Central European countries and worked at the General Secretariat and the Ceremonial Service. An organizer of the Italian G8 Presidency in 2009. Has held the rank of Minister Plenipotentiary. A LGBTI human rights activist, he is one of the founders and current President of Globe-MAE, the Association that brings together dozens of LGBTI employees belonging to all the careers of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation. He writes in national and international magazines. An author of books on nonviolence and intercultural dialogue.
Notable Achievements
Ambassador
See Also
- Government Officials and Experts in Foreign Affairs Who Have Identified as LGBTQ
- Special Envoy and Advisor Appointments from the LGBTQ Community
- LGBTQ Ambassadors
