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The
armiger was born in
Gorizia (Italy) on 1964
and is a diplomat and
journalist. He is a
member of the Equestrian
Order of the Holy
Sepulchre of Jerusalem
(2003); The Sacred
Military Constantinian
Order of Saint George
(2003); The Order of the
Wing of St. Michael
(2004); The Order of St.
Mary in Jerusalem
(Teutonic Order, 2004),
of the Order of Saints
Maurice and Lazarus
(2005); Order of St.
Joseph (2008); Commander
of the Orders of Merit
of Spain (1999) and of
the Italian Republic
(2005) and a Knight of
Magisterial Grace in the
Sovereign Military Order
of Malta.
The armiger was educated
in Padua University
(1987, Political
Science, and MD in
International Relations,
1988) and joined the
Italian Ministry of
Foreign Affairs in 1991,
serving in Uganda
(1993-1996), Netherlands
(1996-1999), Sri Lanka
(1999-2001) and Iraq
(2004-2006), where he
was Deputy Head of
Mission. He is currently
Italian Ambassador in
Guatemala since August
30th, 2008.
The armiger has
published several
articles on foreign and
international politics
and the following books
in italian: "The civil
war in Rwanda" (1997),
"The question of
Trieste" (2006) and
"Yol: prisoner of
freedom" (2006)
and "Towards
negotiation" (2007).
The
armiger's ancestry can
be traced from 13th
century in Piedmont and
Eastern Lumbardy as
Bonardi, Bonardel and
Benardinelli, and (with
the current surname),
from 1605, in Gorizia.
Other ancestral surnames
include the names of
Bonardo (1600 circa -
1656), Natale
(established himself in
1661 in Cormòns),
Giuseppe Domenico Andrea
(1764-1830 circa), major
of the town of Cormòns,
Guido (doctor and member
of the Parliament at the
Counties of Gorizia and
Gradisca) and Gualtiero
(1904-1972, armiger's
father and diplomat).
Prominent in the
armiger’s family tree
are the painters Giacomo
(1741-1815), Giovanni
Battista (1819-1858) and
Domenico Mazzoni
(1852-1923).
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