Chiara Porro (born 30 July 1984) is an Australian diplomat who served as Ambassador to The Holy See. Porro was born in

Milan Milan ( , , ; ) is a city in northern Italy, regional capital of Lombardy, the largest city in Italy by urban area and the List of cities in Italy, second-most-populous city proper in Italy after Rome. The city proper has a population of nea ...

but left Italy at age three. She graduated from the

University of York The University of York (abbreviated as or ''York'' for Post-nominal letters, post-nominals) is a public Collegiate university, collegiate research university in York, England. Established in 1963, the university has expanded to more than thir ...

, England with a Bachelor of Arts in politics, philosophy and economics. She subsequently completed a Master of Arts in international relations and diplomacy from

Leiden University Leiden University (abbreviated as ''LEI''; ) is a Public university, public research university in Leiden, Netherlands. Established in 1575 by William the Silent, William, Prince of Orange as a Protestantism, Protestant institution, it holds the d ...

, Netherlands. Porro worked in the Department of Prime Minister and Cabinet, before moving to the

Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade The Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT) is the department of the Australian government responsible for foreign policy and international relations, development aid (under the name Australian Aid), consular services, overseas trad ...

, where her service has included time in

India India, officially the Republic of India, is a country in South Asia. It is the List of countries and dependencies by area, seventh-largest country by area; the List of countries by population (United Nations), most populous country since ...

and

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. Porro is married to cyclist Rien Schuurhuis who holds Dutch citizenship due to his birth,

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as she is Australian, and Vatican citizenship since Schuurhuis resides there and as Porro had been the Australian Ambassador to the Holy See at the time. They have two children, Thomas and George.

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Living people Ambassadors of Australia to the Holy See Australian women ambassadors Alumni of the University of York Leiden University alumni 1984 births Diplomats from Milan Italian emigrants to Australia {{Australia-diplomat-stub