Luca Giansanti

Ambassador Luca Giansanti is a career diplomat who has held several senior positions at the Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, including Deputy Director General for European Integration; Director General for Multilateral Political Cooperation and Human Rights; Ambassador to the EU Political and Security Committee; Ambassador to Iran, and Director General for Political Affairs and Security (2014-2018). His work has focused on European integration, press and information, and political and security issues, with particular attention to the Mediterranean and the Middle East, transatlantic relations, Russia, and the main multilateral organizations (UN, OSCE, NATO, G7). From 2019 to 2024 he was Head of Relations with the European Union at Eni SpA.
He is a member of the Board of Directors of the Bourse & Bazaar Foundation and a Senior Advisor at ISPI, and was Scientific Director of the Treccani Geopolitical Atlas.
He holds a degree in Political Science from the Institut d'Études Politiques de Paris (Sciences-Po) and from LUISS in Rome.