Ezio Mizzan | |
|---|---|
 Ezio Mizzan (right) and American actor Kirk Douglas at an informal dinner at Prince and Princess Sanidh Rangsit, Thailand in 1964 | |
| Italian Ambassador to Thailand | |
| In office 24 February 1959 – 21 August 1965 | |
| Preceded by | Guelfo Zamboni |
| Succeeded by | Andrea Ferrero |
| Italian Ambassador to Pakistan | |
| In office 23 August 1966 – 26 March 1969 | |
| Preceded by | Luca Dainelli |
| Succeeded by | Franco Bounous |
| Italian Ambassador to China (chargé) | |
| In office November 1950 – December 1951 | |
| Preceded by | Sergio Fenoaltea |
| Succeeded by | Antonino Restivo |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 12 January 1905 Trieste, Austria-Hungary |
| Died | 26 March 1969 (aged 64)[1] Rawalpindi, Pakistan |
| Nationality | Italian |
| Spouse | |
| Children | 1 |
| Awards | |
Ezio Mizzan (12 January 1905 – 26 March 1969) was an Italian diplomat. After graduating in law in Rome, Mizzan started his career at the Farnesina. He was sent as consul to Rio and Annaba, and acted as a diplomat in the Italian Embassies in Bucharest, Brussels, Berlin and Paris. In the middle of 1946 he was sent to China, where he was initially appointed consul of Hankou. Mizzan lived firsthand the advent of Communism in China, where he remained, as first secretary of the Italian embassy and the de facto leader of diplomatic relations, after the Italian ambassador fled to Italy in 1950.
In 1951, fearing political repercussions for Italy and for the lives of the Italian diplomats in China, who were still stationed in Nanjing, China's former capital and the claimed capital of the Republic of China, he advised Italy to make a firm choice, either formally recognizing China, and thence moving him to Beijing, China's new capital, or breaking all relations and moving all diplomats out. Italy chose to dismantle the embassy and Mizzan left for Hong Kong at the end of 1951. He then became the second Italian Ambassador to Thailand (1959-1965) and the ninth Italian Ambassador to Pakistan (1966-1969).
- ^ "DIPLOMATICI CESSATI DAL SERVIZIO Dal 2 giugno 1946 al 1 aprile 2004". La penna del diplomatico. Archived from the original on 22 July 2013. Retrieved 13 April 2021.