The General Assembly of members has elected the new bodies of the Italian Society for International Organization (SIOI). Ambassador Riccardo Sessa is the new President of SIOI. Together with Ambassador Sessa, the Bureau, the Vice Presidents make up: Amb. Marcello Salimei, Prof. Sergio Marchisio, Dr.ssa Sara Cavelli.
Riccardo Sessa takes over from President Franco Frattini, who passed away last December 2022
Ambassador Sessa has been Ambassador of Italy in Belgrade, Tehran, Beijing and Permanent Representative to NATO in Brussels. He was also Director General for the Mediterranean countries and the Middle East, and previously, Head of the Office for Relations with Parliament in the Foreign Minister’s Cabinet, Diplomatic Advisor to the Defense Minister and Head of the Prime Minister’s Secretariat of Ministers Giulio Andreotti.
The General Assembly has also appointed for the three-year period 2023-2025 a Board of Directors of personalities mainly from the diplomatic and academic world.