Roberto Toscano has been Italy's Ambassador to India (2008-2010), after being for five years (2003-2008) Ambassador to Iran.
Until 2003, he was Head of Policy Planning at the Italian Ministry of
Foreign Affairs and chaired the Organisation for Economic Co-operation
and Development’s Development Assistance Committee network on conflict,
peace, and development co-operation.
As a career diplomat, he has served in a number of other posts (Chile,
USSR, Spain, United States, as well as at Italy’s Permanent Mission to the
United Nations at Geneva).
He holds a degree in law from the University of Parma and an M.A. from the
School of Advanced International Studies at Johns Hopkins University,
which he attended as a Fulbright fellow. In 1987-88 he was a Fellow at the
Center for International Affairs of Harvard University.
From 2000 to 2003, he was a visiting professor of international relations
in the Department of Political Science at LUISS University in Rome. He is
the author of books and articles (on human rights, peacekeeping, conflict
prevention, ethics and international relations) published in Italy, the
U.S., France and Spain.
last update 9 April 2011