{"id":98,"date":"2022-12-16T16:26:05","date_gmt":"2022-12-16T08:26:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/conshongkong.esteri.it\/chi-siamo\/il-console-generale\/"},"modified":"2026-11-04T10:17:57","modified_gmt":"2026-11-04T02:17:57","slug":"il-console-generale","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/conshongkong.esteri.it\/en\/chi-siamo\/il-console-generale\/","title":{"rendered":"Il Console Generale"},"content":{"rendered":"

Francesco Paolo Cannito<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

Consul General of Italy in Hong Kong and Macao<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Message from the Consul General of Italy in Hong Kong and Macao, Francesco Paolo Cannito (<\/em><\/u><\/strong>19th<\/sup> October 2026)<\/u><\/strong><\/em><\/a><\/p>\n

Francesco Paolo Cannito graduated in International and Diplomatic Sciences from the University of Naples \u201cL\u2019Orientale\u201d<\/em> in 2004. In 2005, he completed a postgraduate Master\u2019s programme in Diplomacy at the Italian Society for International Organisation (SIOI) in Rome.<\/p>\n

He joined the Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation as a career diplomat in 2007. He initially served as Desk Officer at the Directorate General for Mediterranean and Middle Eastern Affairs, before being appointed Deputy Chief of Staff to the Director General for Development Cooperation in 2008. From 2008 to 2012, he served as Deputy Head of the Office for Strategic Planning and Budget at the same Directorate General.<\/p>\n

From 2012 to 2016, he was posted to the Embassy of Italy in Seoul, where he served as Head of the Political Affairs and Press Section and Italy\u2019s Alternate Liaison Officer to the United Nations Command (UNC).<\/p>\n

From 2016 to 2020, he served at the Embassy of Italy in Washington, D.C., as Head of the Human Resources and Protocol Section and Deputy Head of the Trade, Science and Space Affairs Section.<\/p>\n

In 2020, he returned to Rome as Chief of Staff to the Head of Legal Affairs, Diplomatic Disputes and International Agreements at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation.<\/p>\n

In 2022, he was appointed Head of the Economic and Commercial Section and Coordinator for Agriculture, Science, Technology & Innovation, Space Economy, Mobility and Infrastructure Sectors at the Embassy of Italy in Tokyo.<\/p>\n

On 19 October 2026, he took up his appointment as Consul General of Italy in Hong Kong and Macau.<\/p>\n

He speaks English, French and Spanish, and has knowledge of Korean, Chinese and Arabic.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Francesco Paolo Cannito Consul General of Italy in Hong Kong and Macao Message from the Consul General of Italy in Hong Kong and Macao, Francesco Paolo Cannito (19th October 2026) Francesco Paolo Cannito graduated in International and Diplomatic Sciences from the University of Naples \u201cL\u2019Orientale\u201d in 2004. In 2005, he completed a postgraduate Master\u2019s programme […]","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"parent":11,"menu_order":2,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-98","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/conshongkong.esteri.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/98","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/conshongkong.esteri.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/conshongkong.esteri.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/conshongkong.esteri.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/conshongkong.esteri.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=98"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/conshongkong.esteri.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/98\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9898,"href":"https:\/\/conshongkong.esteri.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/98\/revisions\/9898"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/conshongkong.esteri.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/11"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/conshongkong.esteri.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=98"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}