Raniero Vanni d'Archirafi
Raniero Vanni d'Archirafi (born 7 June 1931) is a former Italian diplomat and European bureaucrat. He served as amb*ador of Italy to Spain and the Federal Republic of Germany. He was also one of the European Commissioners of Italy.
Contents
- 1 Early life and education
- 2 Career
- 3 Honors and awards
- 4 See also
- 5 References
- 6 External links
Early life and education
D'Archirafi was born in Geneva on 7 June 1931. He has a bachelor's degree in law from the University of Rome. In 1954, he received a PhD in law.
Career
D'Archirafi began his career at the ministry of foreign affairs in 1956. In 1957, he served at the Italian Consulate in Munich. He became representative of Italy to the European Economic Community (ECC) in Brussels in 1961. From 1966 to 1969, he worked at the Italian emb*y in Buenos Aires. He was Italian amb*ador to Spain (1984-1987) and to the Federal Republic of Germany (1987-1989).
Then he began to serve as general director of economic affairs at the government led by Prime Minister Giulio Andreotti in 1989. He then became general director of political affairs in 1991.
He served as a member of the European Commission from 1993 to 1995. During this period, he was the European commissioner for internal market and services together with Martin Bangemann. D'Archirafi was responsible for enterprise policy as commissioner.
He left politics after completing his tenure at the commission in January 1995. He is one of the EuropEFE Board of Directors.
On 20 February 1995 he was nominated Amb*ador of Italy to Spain.
Honors and awards
Order of Merit of the Italian Republic 1st Cl* / Knight Grand Cross – 18 April 1990
In 1994, D'Archirafi was awarded the Robert Schuman medal.
See also
- Foreign relations of Italy