Francesco Bongarrà
Francesco Bongarrà (Palermo, Italy, 1974) is an Ambassador at large of the Republic of San Marino and the Chairman of the OFCOM of the most ancient Republic in the world. Since January 2024, he is the Director of the Italian Cultural Institute in London. As an experienced reporter, Francesco was previously the Chief of the Parliamentary service of the Italian news agency ANSA, for which he was a correspondent in Berlin, London and Buenos Aires. For San Marino, he served as Permanent Representative at the International Maritime Organization in London and as non resident Ambassador to Perù.
Bongarrà lectures Parliamentary and Political journalism and Crisis communication at the LUMSA University in Rome. He is a Knight of Magistral Grace of the Sovereign Military Order of Malta, a Commander of the Order of Merit of the Italian Republic and a Great Officer of the Order of Saint Agatha in San Marino. A Law graduate at Palermo University, he is a Visiting Scholar at Pembroke College, University of Cambridge, Honorary Senior Visiting Fellow at Bayes Business School.
Before ANSA, he worked at the Osservatore Romano, The Times, Reuters, BBC, as well as serving as Head of the Press Office at the Municipality of Palermo.
