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The armiger was born in Gorizia
(Italy) on 1964 and is a diplomat and journalist. He is a member of the
Equestrian Order of the Holy Sepulchre of Jerusalem (2003); The Sacred Military
Constantinian Order of Saint George (2003); The Order of the Wing of St. Michael
(2004); The Order of St. Mary in Jerusalem (Teutonic Order, 2004), of the Order
of Saints Maurice and Lazarus (2005): Commander of the Orders of Merit of Spain
(1999) and of the Italian Republic (2005).
The armiger was educated in Padua University (1987, Political Science, and MD in
International Relations, 1988) and joined the Italian Ministry of Foreign
Affairs in 1991, serving in Uganda (1993-1996), Netherlands (1996-1999), Sri
Lanka (1999-2001) and Iraq (2004-2006) and has also served as Deputy Head of
Mission. He is currently head of the humanitarian and emergency desk at the
Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
The armiger has published several articles on foreign and international politics
and the following books in italian: "The civil war in Rwanda" (1997), "The
question of Trieste" (2006) and "Yol: prisoner of freedom" (2006).
The armiger's ancestry can be traced from 13th century in Piedmont and Eastern
Lumbardy as Bonardi, Bonardel and Benardinelli, and (with the current surname),
from 1605, in Gorizia. Other ancestral surnames include the names of Bonardo
(1600 circa - 1656), Natale (established himself in 1661 in Cormòns), Giuseppe
Domenico Andrea (1764-1830 circa), major of the town of Cormòns, Guido (doctor
and member of the Parliament at the Counties of Gorizia and Gradisca) and
Gualtiero (1904-1972, armiger's father and diplomat). Prominent in the armiger’s
family tree are the painters Giacomo (1741-1815), Giovanni Battista (1819-1858)
and Domenico Mazzoni (1852-1923). |
