Giulio Terzi di Sant'Agata
Giulio Terzi di Sant'Agata | |
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Member of the Senate | |
Assumed office 13 October 2022 | |
Constituency | Treviglio |
Personal details | |
Born | Giuliomaria Terzi di Sant'Agata 9 June 1946 Independent (before 2013) Brothers of Italy (since 2013) |
Alma mater | University of Milan |
Profession | Diplomat |
Giulio Terzi di Sant'Agata (Italian pronunciation: [ˈdʒuːljo ˈtɛrtsi di sanˈtaːɡata]; born 9 June 1946) is an Italian diplomat and politician. He was Italy's Minister of Foreign Affairs in Mario Monti's government from November 2011 until March 2013, Permanent Representative of Italy to the United Nations in New York between 2008 and 2009 and Ambassador of Italy to the United States between 2009 and 2011. He is currently a Senator of the Republic of Italy and the President of the 4th Permanent Senate Commission of EU Affairs[1] elected from the Lombardy constituency as a part of Brothers of Italy.[2] He is also the President of the India-Italy Parliamentary Friendship group.[3]
Studies
Born in a noble family from Bergamo, after the classical high school diploma obtained at the episcopal college of St. Alexander in Bergamo,[4] Giulio Terzi earned a degree in Law at the University of Milan, specializing in international law.
Diplomatic career
Terzi joined Italy's foreign service in 1973. During his first two years at the
In 1987, Terzi returned to Rome to serve first at the Department for Economic Affairs, focusing on
From 1993 to 1998, Terzi was in
His most recent overseas posting was ambassador of Italy to
From 20 August 2008 to 30 September 2009, Terzi was Italy's permanent representative to the
From 8 October 2009 to 16 November 2011 Terzi was Ambassador to the United States in Washington DC.
Foreign minister
On 16 November 2011 Terzi was appointed
During his tenure, he held 1,483 meetings and events, which covered 91 different countries with 75 official visits abroad and 138 meetings with other foreign ministers, of which 63 in Italy and 75 overseas.[7] He was member of the "Westervelle Group", composed by 11 European Foreign Ministers and aimed at supporting initiatives for "More Europe" in the European political integration process.[8] He actively promoted UN moratorium on the death penalty resolution and other campaigns for human rights and fundamental freedoms.[9]
Within the EU and NATO, Minister Terzi was a strong advocate for a renewed "Pratica di Mare" partnership with the
Diplomatic crisis with India and resignation
The seizure by India of two Italian marines (marò) in international waters off the Kerala coast on 16 February 2012 over an alleged incident and the shooting deaths of two fishermen which India claimed had involved the Italian tanker Enrica Lexie and its Military Protection Unit, while on official duty in the framework of international anti-piracy activities, caused a dispute between India and Italy on jurisdiction.
The dispute was brought by the Italian Government to the UN, EU, regional and global fora, and discussed at bilateral and multilateral levels with India, with the intent of settling the dispute through the arbitration procedure[11] established by the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS), to which both Italy and India are signatories.[12] Having India formally rejected all Italian proposals for convening UNCLOS Arbitration, Terzi on 11 March 2013 announced – on behalf of and in agreement with the government – that the two Italian marines, Massimiliano Latorre and Salvatore Girone – who had meanwhile been sent back to Italy having obtained from the Indian authorities a "temporary leave" to exert their electoral duties – would not have left the country to return to India until the arbitration established by UNCLOS[13] decided on the matter of jurisdiction.
The Indian reaction leads to growing tensions until on 21 March the Prime Minister's Office reversed Terzi's policy and announced the decision to send the two back to India.[14] Such a sudden change in the government's strategy was severely criticized and rejected formally in writing by Terzi.[15] While Terzi was waiting for clarifications from the PM Monti, he clarified that he had no intention to resign.[16]
Three days later, on 26 March 2013 – as soon as the plenary session of the Chamber of Deputies reconvened to discuss the latest developments on the case – Terzi announced in parliament his resignation because of his dissent with the position of the government which had reversed a previously agreed decision of keeping the two Marines in Italy until the UNCLOS arbitration would have deliberated on the matter of jurisdiction.
In a 27 March 2013 address to the Italian parliament, Monti revealed that Terzi repeatedly hampered efforts to settle the dispute with India in a quiet manner by perpetuating controversies through hawkish statements posted on Twitter.[22] Monti attributed the "hardening" of India's stance to "rash" statements to the press by Terzi and concluded his parliamentary briefing on the debacle, saying that Italy's strategy "shouldn't have been the subject of premature statements to the press, which Minister Terzi decided instead to make, previewing a final result which at that point couldn't be taken for granted,".[23] According to Monti, Terzi's resignation was aimed at achieving "other results that will soon become more evident". Terzi immediately contested Monti's innuendos publicly, reiterating in various interviews and articles reasons and facts which had led to his resignation. On 29 March 2013 Terzi unveiled during a TV interview the heavy pressures he had received in order to give his consent to the return of the two Italian marines to India.[24][25][26][27] Pressures that he firmly refused,[28][29] since the Marines return to India before the UNCLOS Arbitration would have infringed principles and norms enshrined in the Italian Constitution.
Later activities
After the 2013 political elections, although not running himself for office, Terzi joined the right-wing
In 2015 Terzi is appointed together with General Vincenzo Camporini to the Commission of Inquiry and Control of the High-level Group on
Since 2016 Terzi has been a member of the advisory board and representative in Italy of the lobby United Against Nuclear Iran (UANI),[33] President of the Global Committee for the rule of law,[34] President of the International Relations Department of Fondazione Luigi Einaudi[35] and President of the Italian-Kosovo Chamber of Commerce.[36]
Honors
Order of Merit of the Italian Republic 1st Class / Knight Grand Cross – November 22, 2010
See also
References
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- ^ Post su Facebook con notizia dell'adesione
- ^ Nota stampa sul gruppo internazionale di inchiesta sulla guerra Israelo Palestinese del giugno 2014
- ^ "Link alla scheda Terzi sul sito UANI". Archived from the original on 5 May 2016. Retrieved 5 May 2016.
- ^ Link a articolo di stampa che conferma la nomina a Presidente del GCRL
- ^ articolo di giornale sull'insediamento al Dip. Rel Int. della FLE di Giulio Terzi, in occasione del convegno “Politica internazionale e investimenti esteri del nuovo quadro dei rapporti tra Unione Europea e USA”
- ^ articolo di giornale sulla firma del protocollo d'intesa commerciale Italia-Kosovo, presso l'Ambasciata del Kosovo in Italia