The Permanent Representative, H. E. Debora Lepre
Born in Cividale del Friuli in 1971, Debora Lepre entered the diplomatic career in 1998. She served in the Italian Embassies in Paris, Moscow and Berlin and in the Permanent Representation to the EU in Brussels.
From 2018 to 2023, she worked at Palazzo Chigi, in the Office of the Diplomatic Advisor to the Prime Minister, where in December 2021 assumed the role of Deputy Diplomatic Advisor.
She is Permanent Representative of Italy to the II.OO. in Vienna from 2 October 2023.
She was awarded the honor of Knight of the Order of Merit of the Italian Republic, and Knight of the Legion of Honor of the French Republic.
She speaks fluently in English, French, German and has a good knowledge of Spanish and Russian.
A convinced promoter of gender equality and equal opportunities, she is among the founders of the DID Association (Association of Italian Diplomatic and Executive Women), of which she was Vice-President in the period 2021-22.
She loves ballet – practiced since she was a child – music, reading and cinema. She is passionate about mathematics and communication strategies.
Debora Lepre has a partner with whom she shares her private and professional life. The couple has a daughter.