Rolando Mosca Moschini, (born 9 March 1939) is an

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. Mosca Moschini started his career as a cadet of the Nunziatella military academy of

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. He was commissioned as an officer in 1959, and initially served with

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units of the Italian army. In 1959, he become official of the

Italian Army The Italian Army ( []) is the Army, land force branch of the Italian Armed Forces. The army's history dates back to the Italian unification in the 1850s and 1860s. The army fought in colonial engagements in China and Italo-Turkish War, Libya. It ...

and was enlisted in the "Folgore" and "Mantova"

divisions. Mosca Moschini served as a military attaché at the Embassy of Italy, London from 1980 to 1983, Commandant General of the

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from January 1997 to March 2001, and as Chief of the Defence Staff from April 2001 to March 2004. In April 2004 he was named

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, an office he held until 7 November 2006, when he was succeeded by Henri Bentégeat. The following day he flew in Italy to be appointed as military consultant within the general secretary of the Italian President

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, remaining in charge until his resignations in 2015. Subsequently, the Italian President Mattarella recalled him to same role. Moschini is also the High Council of Defence's secretary.

Honours

Italian

* Knight Grand Cross of the

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* Grand Officer of the

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Foreign

* Knight Grand Cross with Star

Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany The Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany (, or , BVO) is the highest state decoration, federal decoration of the Federal Republic of Germany. It may be awarded for any field of endeavor. It was created by the first List of president ...

(Germany) * Knight Grand Cross of the

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(Holy See) * Knight Grand Cross of the

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(Hungary) * Knight Grand Cross of the

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(

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) * Knight Grand Cross of the

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(Sovereign Military Order of Malta) * Commander of the

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(United States) * Grand Officer of the Order of Merit of the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg (Luxembourg)

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Mosca Moschini, Rolando 1939 births Italian Army generals Living people Knights Commander of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany Commanders of the Legion of Merit Italian military attachés Chairmen of the European Union Military Committee Italian officials of the European Union Nunziatella Military School alumni