1987 - 2000

In 1987, having returned permanently to Rome, Luigi Vittorio after a full 35 years decided to leave his diplomatic career in order to return to university teaching. He was appointed State Councillor, a post he held from 1987 to 2000, the year when his retirement due to age limits took place.

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Luigi Vittorio devoted himself to his last post with his usual professionalism and dedication. At the end of this period he was awarded the honorary title of Section President and, after 2000, he was assigned the presidency of arbitration panels and a Commission at Consip.

 

The Foreign Ministry entrusted him with the leadership of OSCE delegations to Warsaw and Berlin during Italy's six-month European presidency in 1996 and 2003; it also entrusted him with missions to the Balkans and Albania in 1997 and a seminar in Moscow in 1995. On the initiative of Chief of Cabinet Aragona he was appointed Undersecretary for Foreign Affairs in the first half of 1996 (Prime Minister Lamberto Dini and Foreign Minister Susanna Agnelli) with an intense activity of missions to EU member countries and Brussels, a period on which there is a report by him.

 

In addition, Luigi Vittorio was a member of the committee for promotion to Legation Councillor in 1997; of the Board of Trustees of the United College of Trieste from 1997 to 1999; of the Committee for the Selection of Fellows of the University Institute (EUI) of Fiesole from 1997 to 2001; Chairman of the Selection Committee for the European College of Bruges from 2001 to 2013; and Chairman of the Prunas Mutual Fund from 2005 to 2014.