Benedetto Capomazza di Campolattaro

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Benedetto Capomazza di Campolattaro (born January 29, 1903 in Naples † July 15, 1991 in Rome ) was an Italian diplomat .

He was the son of Maria de Ruggiero Capomazza di Campolattaro and Marchese Carlo Emilio Capomazza di Campolattaro. On April 4, 1939, he married Betty Frances Hardie Capomazza (* 1908 in New Orleans; † 1990) in New Orleans.

Career

Before the Second World War he entered the foreign service and was employed in Rome Albania, Algeria and Denmark.

In May 1939 he was employed at the embassy in Washington, DC when he was appointed envoy in London , where Giuseppe Bastianini replaced him on September 22, 1939.

In 1950 he was chargé d'affaires in Madrid .

In 1951 he was ambassador to Asmara in Eritrea .

From December 16, 1953 to 1958, he was ambassador to Tel Aviv .

From 1962 to 1968 he was ambassador to Stockholm .

On April 30, 1968 he was accepted into the Order of Merit of the Italian Republic with a Grand Cross .

After his retirement , he was President of Honeywell International in Italy for several years and served on the board of directors of Alitalia .

predecessor Office successor
Dino Grandi Italian envoy at the Court of St. James
May 1939 to September 22, 1939 		Giuseppe Bastianini
Francesco Paolo Vanni d'Archirafi Italian Chargé d'affaires in Madrid
1950 		Francesco Maria Taliani de Marchio
Italian ambassador to Asmara Eritrea
1951 		Stefano Moscatelli
Raimondo Giustiniani Italian Ambassador to Tel Aviv
1953-1958 		Giovanni Revedin Di San Martino
April 1, 1920 to October 1921: Giuseppe Colli di Felizzano
Alberto Bellardi Ricci 		Italian ambassador in Stockholm
1962–1968 		Enrico Guastone Belcredi

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Mauro Canali, La scoperta dell'Italia: Il fascismo raccontato agli americani (1920-1945), [1]
  2. ↑ Benedetto Capomazza di Campolattaro - Incaricato d'Affari ai d'Italia a Madrid ESPOSITORI E COLLABORATORI Paolo Revelli, Elenco illustrativo, Comitato cittadino per le celebrazioni colombiane, 1950 - 263 p., P. 10
  3. ↑ Moshe Shemesh, Selwyn Illan Troen, The Suez Sinai Crisis: A Retrospective and Reappraisal, S. 274 [2]
  4. ↑ Relazioni internazionali, Istituto per gli studi di politica internazionale, 1964, p. 64
  5. ^ President of the Italian Republic , [3]
  6. ↑ Lillian Galt Martin, Joseph Hardie, John Hardie of Thornhill and his family, Thornhill Foundation, 1988-370 pp . 147
personal data
SURNAME Campolattaro Benedetto Capomazza di
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Italian diplomat
DATE OF BIRTH January 29, 1903
PLACE OF BIRTH Naples
DATE OF DEATH July 15, 1991
Place of death Rome