Silvio Fagiolo (1938-2011) has been the Italian Ambassador in Germany since February 2001. During his diplomatic carrier he served as First Secretary at the Italian Embassy in Moscow, as Counsellor at the Embassy in Bonn, and as Minister Counsellor at the Italian embassy in Washington. He has been Permanent Representative at the European Union in Brussels. From 2005 he was Professor of International Relationship at Luiss University in Rome.