Quito – The Council of Ministers has approved the appointment of Marco Filippo Tornetta as Italian Ambassador in Quito. Marco Filippo Tornetta was born in New York in 1955. After earning his law degree in 1978 from the University of Rome, in 1981 he joined the Foreign Service and began his professional career at the Foreign Ministry, first in the Department for Diplomatic Disputes, Treaties and Legislative Affairs, and then in the Department for Development Cooperation. In 1983, Tornetta became second secretary in Tripoli, where he remained until 1986, when he was appointed Consul in Bordeaux. In 1989, he was appointed First Secretary in Ankara. And 1991, Tornetta returned to the Foreign Ministry, at the Center for Figures and Telecommunications. In 1993, he was appointed Consul General in Karachi, and later, in 1997 Adviser in Lima. In 2001, Tornetta reprised service in the Foreign Ministry, first in the Directorate General Asia, Oceania, the Pacific and Antarctica, and later at the Diplomatic Institute. But in 2004 he was abroad again: first as Advisor in Addis Ababa; then in 2007, he took service as Counselor in Algiers; in 2009 he became Consul General in Metz, a post he held until 2012. In 2012 Tornetta returned to the Foreign Ministry, at the Directorate General for the European Union. (9Colonne)
