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The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation ( or ''MAECI'') is the foreign ministry of the government of the
Italian Republic Italy, officially the Italian Republic, is a country in Southern Europe, Southern and Western Europe, Western Europe. It consists of Italian Peninsula, a peninsula that extends into the Mediterranean Sea, with the Alps on its northern land b ...
. It is also known as the Farnesina as a
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from its headquarters, the Palazzo della Farnesina in Rome. The current Minister of Foreign Affairs is Antonio Tajani.


History

The first official manifestation of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs was called ''The Secretary of the State of Foreign Affairs'' for the now defunct
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. The original name was derived from the Albertine Statute that founded the Ministry in 1848. The original location was the
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in Rome, where it remained until 1922. The first significant
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came under the direction of the minister
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who reorganized the Ministry around territorial bases. However, this system was later replaced during
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's fascist regime. During this time the Ministry was housed at Palazzo Chigi; after a brief period in
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during the war, Cabinet President
Pietro Badoglio Pietro Badoglio, 1st Duke of Addis Abeba, 1st Marquess of Sabotino ( , ; 28 September 1871 – 1 November 1956), was an Italian general during both World Wars and the first viceroy of Italian East Africa. With the fall of the Fascist regim ...
restored the full services of the Ministry with a ministerial
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on 15 July 1944. Since 1959 the Ministry has been at its current location in Palazzo della Farnesina, which together with the Reggia di Caserta is one of the biggest buildings in Italy.


Functions

The current role of the MAECI are laid out in the laws passed on 23 April 2003 n. 109 which states that the Ministry holds the explicit function of representing and guarding the interests of Italy concerning its
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,
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,
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, and
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relations with the world and its direct relations with other states and
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. The ministry represents Italy in its implementation and revisions of
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and international conventions. Within the organization of the
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, the ministry advocates Italy's positions on councils of foreign politics and common security such as, CFSP, The European Community and Euratom. It cooperates with international organizations on issues of
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, and the protection of Italians and workers abroad.


List of ministers (since 1946)


See also

* Carabinieri Foreign Ministry Command


References


External links


Ministry of Foreign Affairs Official Site
* Ministero degli Affari Esteri
Archivio Storico Diplomatico
(archives); + collectio

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