Giovanni Gallina (diplomat)

Count Giovanni Gallina (30 December 1852 – 17 August 1936[2]) was an Italian diplomat and politician. He became a senator on 16 October 1913.[2]

Giovanni Gallina
Italian Ambassador to China
In office
19 December 1901[1] – 10 July 1904
Preceded byGiuseppe Salvago Raggi
Succeeded byCarlo Baroli
Italian Ambassador to France
In office
1908–1910
Preceded byGiuseppe Tornielli Brusati di Vergano
Succeeded byAntonino Paternò Castello
Senator of the Kingdom of Italy
Assumed office
16 October 1913[2]
Personal details
Born30 June 1852
Turin, Kingdom of Sardinia
DiedAugust 17, 1936(1936-08-17) (aged 84)
Turin, Italy
NationalityItalian

Biography

Count Giuseppe Pietro Maria Giovanni Gallina[2] was born on 30 December 1852 in Turin, Kingdom of Sardinia, to a father who was an Italian patriot from 1821.[2]

He graduated in law in 1880. In the same year He started his diplomatic career and was sent first to the Italian legation in St Petersburg, then to the legation in Constantinople, where he remained for several years.[3]

In 1892 he is transferred to Beijing and later was ambassador in Tokyo and Paris. Since 1913 he sat in the Italian senate.[2] He was Italian Ambassador to China from 19 December 1901 until 10 July 1904[1] and Italian Ambassador to France.[4]

Honors

Grand Officer of Saints Maurice and Lazarus

Grand Officer of the Order of the Crown of Italy

See also

References
  1. "Storia & Diplomazia Rassegna dell'Archivio Storico del Ministero degli Affari Esteri" (PDF) (1). Ministry of Foreign Affairs. February 2013: 40–43. Retrieved 14 April 2021. {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  2. "Gallina Giovanni". Italian Senate. Archived from the original on 22 December 2015. Retrieved 16 April 2021.
  3. Università degli Studi di Lecce (1987). La formazione della diplomazia nazionale (1861-1915) Repertorio bio-bibliografico dei funzionari del Ministero degli Affari Esteri (in Italian). Roma: Istituto Poligrafico e Zecca della Stato. pp. 344-345
  4. Almanacco italiano Volume 15. Bemporad-Marzocco. 1910. p. 182.
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