Francesca Di Giovanni | |
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Undersecretary for Multilateral Affairs of the Roman Curia's Section for Relations with States | |
Assumed role 15 January 2020 | |
Monarch | Francis |
Personal details | |
Born | 24 March 1953 Palermo, Sicily, Italy |
Occupation | attorney |
Francesca Di Giovanni (born 24 March 1953), is an Italian lawyer who has worked in the Secretariat of State of the Holy See since 1993. In January 2020 she was appointed by Pope Francis to serve as the Undersecretary for Multilateral Affairs in the Section for Relations with States, becoming the first woman to hold a managerial position in that branch of the Roman Curia.