Mario Conti

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Mario Conti (born March 21, 1902 in Turin ; † unknown) was an Italian diplomat .

He was the son of Bice Bonelli and Aldo Conti.

He graduated in law from.

Career

From 1953 to 1955 he was the Italian envoy to Tripoli ( Kingdom of Libya ).

In 1956 he headed the Department of Culture at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

From 1960 to 1969 he was ambassador to Athens. On the occasion of the coup d'état of April 21, 1967, which led to the Greek military dictatorship , he was not recalled, but signed a loan agreement for the Leone II cabinet in favor of the Greek military junta, which Giusto Tolloy (1907-1987), from February 24, 1966 to On June 25, 1968, Minister of International Trade of the Italian Republic was locked in the Moro III cabinet . The Leone II cabinet argued that it was not a new loan, but old commitments resulting from the consortium status established by NATO member states in 1962 to lend to Greece. It was known that the coup d'état, which occurred on April 21, 1967, exempted these loan commitments, especially since any concession made to the colonels was an obstacle to the Greek struggle for democracy. On the other hand, it was assumed that the Italian loan did not serve the interests of Greek economic development, but mainly financed new Italian exports to Greece.

Individual evidence

  1. ^ SE Mario Conti, Direttore Generale delle Relazioni Culturali
  2. Angelo Fortunato Formiggini, Chi è ?: Dizionario degli Italiani d'oggi, AF Formíggini, 1957, p. 189
  3. July 13, 1968 [1]
predecessor Office successor
Italian ambassador to Tripoli
1953–1955
Giorgio Testori
Casto Caruso Italian ambassador to Athens
1964–1969
Giovanni D'Orlandi