Paolo Ruggiero
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Paolo Ruggiero (born 26 September 1957, in Naples) is a General in the Italian Army who served as Deputy Supreme Allied Commander Transformation of NATO from 19 July 2019 to 7 July 2022 when he was replaced by General Chris Badia of the German Air Force.
Military career
Ruggiero joined the military in the 1970's. He reached the rank of Brigadier General by 2005. He commanded the "Ariete" Armoured Brigade in
In 2009 he was promoted to
Upon promotion to
In 2015 he was deployed to Afghanistan with the "Resolute Support" Mission where he served first as Chief of Staff[4] and then as Deputy Commander[5]
From January 2016 to February 2019, Ruggiero was appointed Deputy Commander of the NATO Allied Land Command (
During his career, Ruggiero has held several positions in both the Italian Army General Staff (GS) and the Department of Defense. From 1997 to 2000, he was the Assistant Military Attaché at the Italian Embassy in
Awards and decorations
Golden Cross of Merit of the Army | |
"Kabul (Afghanistan), February – September 2015." — 13 October 2016[11] |
Silver Cross of Merit of the Army | |
"Tibnin (Lebanon), October 2007 - May 2008." — 28 July 2010[12] |
Foreign decorations
Commander of the Legion of Merit (USA)[13] | |
Other decorations
Lebanon)[14]
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References
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- ^ "Future Artillery 2012 Conference | ASDEvents". www.asdevents.com.
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- ^ "I Rappresentanti Permanenti di Germania, Italia, Turchia e Stati Uniti incontrano le autorità politiche e militari di Herat". www.difesa.it.
- ^ "Il Generale di Corpo d'Armata Paolo Ruggiero assume la carica di COS-RS e la qualifica di ITA-SNR". www.difesa.it.
- ^ "Generale Ruggiero primo Vice Comandante italiano del NATO Allied LANDCOM di Izmir". www.difesa.it.
- ^ "Allied Land Command transitions Deputy Commanders". DVIDS.
- ^ "NATO: avvicendamento del Deputy Commander al SACT". www.difesa.it.
- ^ "On July 19, #NATO ACT welcomed General Paolo Ruggiero as the new Deputy Supreme Allied Commander Transformation". Joint Warfare Centre. 23 July 2019 – via www.facebook.com.
- ^ "Diplomatic List, Summer 1998 (I thru P)". 1997-2001.state.gov.
- ^ "Le onorificenze della Repubblica Italiana". www.quirinale.it.
- ^ "Atto Completo". www.gazzettaufficiale.it.
- Washington DC. 28 November 2018.
- ^ a b "UNIFIL Medal".