Ambassador Alberto Colella has taken up his duties in Oslo as of 12 February 2018.
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CV
Alberto Colella is born in Naples, Italy, on 7 April 1962.
He graduated in Law from the University of Naples in 1985 with specialization in International Law.
He joined the Italian Diplomatic Service in 1986. Before being appointed Ambassador of Italy to Oslo, he has been Consul in Belo Horizonte (Brazil) and Consul General in Geneva (Switzerland). Abroad he has also served at the Embassy of Italy in Brasilia and the Permanent Mission of Italy to the United Nations in New York.
In Rome, at the Ministry of foreign Affairs, he has worked with legal affairs (1986-1990) and consular matters (1998-1999). From 2012 up to today he has been the head of the Visa Unit of the Ministry.
He is married to Maria Rosaria Gallo and has five children.
Among his hobbies are reading, early medieval history and sports.
GET IN TOUCH directly with the Ambassador writing to: ambasciatore.oslo@esteri.it
SPEECHES AND STATEMENTS
- Convention on the Prohibition of the Use, Stockpiling, Production and Transfer of Anti-Personnel Mines and on their Destruction, 4th Review Conference (Oslo, 29 November 2019) - Statement by Ambassador of Italy Alberto Colella on renewing Italy's political commitment to the Convention
- Statement by Ambassador of Italy Alberto Colella at the inauguration ceremony of the research vessel Kronprins Haakon (Tromsø, 17 November 2018)
- Speech by Ambassador Alberto Colella on the occasion of the celebration of the Italian National Day (4 June 2018)
- Statement by Ambassador of Italy to Norway and Iceland Alberto Colella, on behalf of the Italian 2018 OSCE Chairmanship, at the event: Language policy and conflict prevention. Revisiting the Oslo recommendations regarding the Linguistic Rights of National Minorities (Oslo, 31 May 2018)
ARTICLES/OPINION PIECES ON THE PRESS
- Economic-financial daily Dagens Næringsliv, Tuesday 4 August 2020: Ambassador Colella replies to an article by journalist Kjetil Wiedswang on the economic situation in Italy ("Italienske tilstander")
- Daily Aftenposten, Saturday 2 February 2019: two opinion pieces by Ambassador Alberto Colella with comments and clarifications on two issues largely debated by Norwegian media (kidnapping and purchase of NH90 helicopters)
- St. Olav, magazine of the Catholic community in Oslo, n. 3/2018: interview with Ambassador Colella
- Economic-financial daily Dagens Næringsliv, Monday 11 June 2018: Ambassador Colella comments on the Italian economic situation replying to an article by the chief economist of the Norwegian Confindustria (NHO) Øystein Dørum, published by the same newspaper a few days earlier
