CURRICULUM VITAE OF THE ITALIAN AMBASSADOR
                  TO THE FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF NIGERIA    
                           DR.  ROBERTO COLAMINE'

Born in Naples (Italy) on April 10, 1963.
July 18, 1989 - Graduated with Doctorate in Law from the  University of Naples;
March 4, 1991 - Joins the Italian Ministry of  Foreign Affairs;
March 4 - Dec. 4, 1991 - Attends a compulsory orientation/training  course for Diplomats at the Italian Institute for  Diplomacy;
December.5, 1991 - Posted to Directorate for Emigration and Social
June 15, 1992 - Affairs Division of the Ministry as Second  Secretary;
June 15, 1992 - Posted to Australia as Consul of Italy at the  September 1, 1995 Consulate in Adelaide;
September 4, 1995 - Promoted to First Secretary and returns back to  the Ministry in Rome;
September 20, 1999 - Posted to Brasilia (Brazil) as First Secretary;
July 2, 2001 - Promoted Counsellor;
August 1, 2001 - Confirmed Counsellor in Brazil;
April 1, 2002 - Appointed Counsellor for Emigration and  Social Affairs in Brazil;
December 15, 2003 - Appointed as Head of Secretariat of the   Inspectorate Division of the Ministry overseeing Italian Missions Abroad;
December 2003 – June 2004 - Back to the Italian Institute for Diplomacy  for a six months Course for Senior Counsellors;
July 2, 2006 - Promoted Counsellor of Embassy;
October 4, 2006 - Posted to Tunisia as First Counsellor at the Italian Embassy in Tunis

2002 Awarded the Italian National Honours “Cavaliere  dell’Ordine al Merito della Republica” by the President of the Republic of Italy.