Born and raised in Italy, Cristiano Maggipinto is a graduate of the University of Florence with a major in Political Science.
He entered the diplomatic career in 1989 and pursued his diplomatic training in international commerce and trade while assigned at the General Directorate for Economic Affairs of the Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
In 1993 he was posted at the Italian Embassy in Tel Aviv as First Counselor for Economic Affairs.
In 1997 he was transferred to Germany where he was in charge of the section for emigration and social affairs first in Bonn then in Berlin, following the relocation of the Embassy to this city.
In January 2001 he returned to Rome at the General Directorate for Italians Abroad and Emigration Policy.
In January 30, 2006 he officially assumed the head of post of the Consulate General of Italy in Houston as Consul General.
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