{"id":134,"date":"2023-04-11T17:53:01","date_gmt":"2023-04-11T15:53:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/amblavalletta.esteri.it\/chi-siamo\/lambasciatore\/"},"modified":"2025-07-02T11:54:46","modified_gmt":"2025-07-02T09:54:46","slug":"lambasciatore","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/amblavalletta.esteri.it\/en\/chi-siamo\/lambasciatore\/","title":{"rendered":"The Ambassador"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Ambassador of Italy to Malta, H.E. Valentina Setta<\/p>\n

Born in Pescara, May 28, 1972. She graduated in law from the University of Salerno in 1996.<\/p>\n

Following a competitive exam, she was appointed Volunteer in the diplomatic career in 2000.<\/p>\n

She served at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs at the Secretariat of the Directorate General for Multilateral Economic and Financial Cooperation until 2002.<\/p>\n

She was the Regent of the Consulate General in Bar (Montenegro) from August 2002 and the Regent of the Consulate General in Podgorica from September 2004.<\/p>\n

She subsequently held the role of First Secretary at the Permanent Representation to the UN in New York, from 2006 to 2010.<\/p>\n

She served at the Ministry at the Directorate General for Multilateral Political Cooperation and Human Rights \u2013 Directorate<\/p>\n

General for Political Affairs and Security from 2010 to 2012.<\/p>\n

She was promoted Counsellor of Legation in 2011. She was then assigned to Warsaw where she served as Commercial Counsellor from 2012 to 2016.<\/p>\n

She was promoted to Counsellor of Embassy in 2015 and held the role of Consul General of Italy in Dubai from 2016 to 2020.<\/p>\n

From 2020 to 2025, she held various positions at the Ministry:<\/p>\n

Head of Off. V of the Dir. Gen. Promotion of the Country System<\/p>\n

Head of Off. V of the Dir. Gen. Public and Cultural Diplomacy.<\/p>\n

Head of the Visa Unit of the General Directorate for Italians Abroad and Migration Policies<\/p>\n

She has been appointed Plenipotentiary Minister since January 2024.<\/p>\n

Ambassador Setta is married to Mr. Dragan Sekulovic and was awarded the honor of Knight of the Order of Merit of the Republic in 2012.<\/p>\n

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Message from Ambassador Setta to her fellow compatriots<\/p>\n

Dear fellow compatriots,<\/p>\n

It is with great emotion and a deep sense of responsibility that I address you for the first time as Ambassador of Italy to Malta.<\/p>\n

Taking on this role in a country so close to Italy in terms of history, culture and traditions is a special honor for me. Malta has been a crossroads of peoples and civilizations for centuries, and the Italian presence here is alive, dynamic and an integral part of the social and economic fabric of the island.<\/p>\n

I would like to extend you a warm greeting and assure you of my commitment to be, together with the entire Embassy, \u200b\u200ban open, available and attentive point of reference for your needs.<\/p>\n

Our community \u2013 made up of professionals, entrepreneurs, students, families and pensioners \u2013 is a concrete witness to the value of Italy abroad. Your contribution to the promotion of our language, our culture and our spirit of collaboration is a source of pride for our entire country.<\/p>\n

There will be many occasions in which we will be able to meet and collaborate, and I count on constant dialogue with each of you to further strengthen the bond between Italy and Malta.<\/p>\n

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With warmest regards and gratitude,<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

Valentina Setta<\/p>\n

Ambassador of Italy in Malta<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"  Ambassador of Italy to Malta, H.E. Valentina Setta Born in Pescara, May 28, 1972. She graduated in law from the University of Salerno in 1996. Following a competitive exam, she was appointed Volunteer in the diplomatic career in 2000. She served at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs at the Secretariat of the Directorate General […]","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":129,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-134","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/amblavalletta.esteri.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/134","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/amblavalletta.esteri.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/amblavalletta.esteri.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/amblavalletta.esteri.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/amblavalletta.esteri.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=134"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/amblavalletta.esteri.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/134\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3327,"href":"https:\/\/amblavalletta.esteri.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/134\/revisions\/3327"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/amblavalletta.esteri.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/129"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/amblavalletta.esteri.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=134"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}