Francesco La Camera | |
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![]() Francesco La Camera in 2018 | |
2nd Director-General of the IRENA | |
Assumed office 4 April 2019 | |
Preceded by | Adnan Z. Amin |
Personal details | |
Born | Italy |
Alma mater | University of Messina |
Francesco La Camera is an Italian civil servant, academic, diplomat who was elected the second Director-General of the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA), and assumed office on 4 April 2019.[1][2] At the IRENA, he has a four-year tenure, after succeeding Adnan Z. Amin of Kenya, who served in a two-term tenure from 2011 to 2019 and has been given the honorary title of Director-General Emeritus.[1][3] La Camera's election took place in the context of the Ninth Session of the annual Assembly of the International Renewable Energy Agency in Abu Dhabi.[1][4] La Camera was previously the Director-General for Sustainable Development, Energy and Climate at the Italian Ministry of Environment, Land and Sea, where he was involved in international cooperation and partnerships agreements globally, especially in Small Island Developing States (SIDS).[1][5][6]