Andrea Ferrero

Andrea Ferrero (18 Novembre 1903 – 10 June 1996) was an Italian diplomat. After graduating in law in Turin, he joined Italy's foreign service, working as a diplomat in Washington, D.C., Pittsburgh, New York City, Moscow, and Athens. After World War II he became Second Secretary in London. In this capacity, he helped with the repatriation of Italian prisoners of war.

Andrea Ferrero
Ferrero (left) with Christiaan Barnard (centre) and Golda Meir (right)
Italian Ambassador to Uruguay
In office
2 December 1958  15 August 1962
Preceded byEnrico Martino
Succeeded byLamberto Forino
Italian Ambassador to Czechoslovakia
In office
27 September 1962  2 April 1964
Preceded byEnrico Aillaud
Succeeded byRemigio Danilo Grillo
Italian Ambassador to Thailand
In office
1965  1 December 1968
Preceded byEzio Mizzan
Succeeded byEugenio Rubino
Italian Ambassador to Egypt (chargé)
In office
1951–1953
Preceded byRenato Prunas
Succeeded byPasquale Iannelli
Personal details
Born18 November 1903
Bianzè (Vercelli)
Died10 June 1996
Rome
NationalityItalian
SpouseOrietta Ferrero
Alma materUniversity of Turin
Awards
  • Grand Officer of the Order of Merit of the Italian Republic

Ferrero then served as Counsellor in Cairo from 1950 to 1954, during the critical times of the Egyptian Revolution. In that period, the Italian ambassador to Egypt passed away and Italy, following the dictates of the British, didn't appoint a new ambassador, in order to avoid to specify whether the new representative would be accredited to King Farouk as King of Egypt or King of Egypt and Sudan. Thus Ferrero became the chargé d'affaires, providing reports about the conflcit in this capacity.

In the mid 1950s he served as Consul General in Geneva and Italian Delegate to the United Nations in the same city. Ferrero then served as Italian Ambassador to Uruguay, Italian Ambassador to Czechoslovakia, and finally as Italian Ambassador to Thailand. After his retirement he settled in Rome, where he died on 10 June 1996.

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