- Born in Perugia on May 3rd,1958. Graduated in Law at the University of Perugia in 1981. February 1985 joined the  Diplomatic Career  
- 1985 – December 1987: Protocol Department of MOFA   - December 1987- February 1990: Commercial Attaché at the Italian Embassy in Montevideo, Uruguay
- October 1990 - December 1994: Consul in Frankfurt, Germany
- December 1994 - February 1995: Directorate General for Development Cooperation
- May 1995: Promoted to Counsellor
- October 1996 – August 2001: Chief of Cabinet of the Deputy Foreign Minister
- August 2001 - October 2003: Deputy Head of Mission,  Algiers, Algeria
- October 2003 - December 2007: Italian Ambassador to Sudan
- January 2007: promoted to Minister plenipotentiary
- December 2007 – September 2008: General Directorate for Human Resources and Organisations
- September 2008 - September 2010: Deputy Director General for Asia, Oceania, the Pacific and Antarctica
- From 18 November 2010: Italian Ambassador to Viet Nam.    


Mr. Lorenzo ANGELONI is married and has two children.    


Publications:  
“E ADESSO CHE FACCIAMO?” Considerations on the Italian role in conflicts prevention in Africa, Editori Riuniti, 2002;    

“DIARI DALL’ISLAM: Algeria as seen from inside” prefaced by Magdi Allam, Desiderio & Aspel editore, 2004  

“ITALIANS IN SUDAN. The stories” Desiderio & Aspel editore, 2007  

“IN DARFUR” Non fiction novel, www.ilmiolibro.it, October 2008-January 2010


“IN DARFUR” Non fiction novel, revised edition, Campanotto Editore, February 2010  

“DIETRO LE MIE QUINTE”, Novel, Schena Editore, September 2010