Ms Antonella Cavallari graduated in Political Science from the University of Florence and joined the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in 1987. Following an initial assignment at the Directorate General for Economic Affairs, she was posted to the Embassy of Italy in Egypt as First Secretary. She was later transferred to the Embassy of Italy in Japan, where she served in the Commercial Office. Upon returning to Italy, she was assigned to the Directorate General for Italians Abroad and Migration Policies. Promoted to the rank of Counsellor in 1997, she held various senior positions within the same Directorate. In 2006, upon her appointment as First Counsellor, she was named Head of the Private Office of the Undersecretary of State for Foreign Affairs.
She subsequently served at the Directorate General for Global Affairs and Globalisation of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
In February 2013, she was appointed Ambassador of Italy to Asunción (Paraguay). Upon her return to Italy in 2016, she was appointed Central Director for Latin America at the Directorate General for Global Affairs and Globalisation of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
Minister Plenipotentiary since 2018, from 24 February 2020 until her appointment as Ambassador to Cyprus, she has served as Secretary General of the Italo-Latin American Institute, based in Rome.
Ms Antonella Cavallari is an Officer of the Order of Merit of the Italian Republic.
