Eugenio Rubino | |
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Italian Ambassador to Philippines | |
In office 5 October 1961[1] – 30 October 1966 | |
Preceded by | Paolo Arturo Coppini |
Succeeded by | Dante Matacotta |
Italian Ambassador to Thailand | |
In office 1969[2]–1972 | |
Preceded by | Andrea Ferrero |
Succeeded by | Diego Soro |
Italian Ambassador to Vietnam | |
In office 27 February 1972[3] – 2 May 1975 | |
Preceded by | Vincenzo Tornetta |
Succeeded by | Gabriele Menegatti |
Italian Ambassador to Uganda | |
In office 10 March 1977[4] – 19 July 1981 | |
Preceded by | Renzo Falaschi |
Succeeded by | Michele Martinez |
Personal details | |
Born | 20 August 1916 Trapani, Sicily, Italy[5] |
Eugenio Rubino (born 20 August 1916)[6] was an Italian diplomat. He was called "one of the most prestigious sons of the city Trapani."[5]
Eugenio Rubino was born on 20 August 1916 in Trapani, on the west coast of Sicily, in Italy.[5][6]
He became a diplomat in the 1950s. He was Italian Ambassador to Philippines, an office which he held from 1961 until 1966.[1] During his mission to the Philippines, he founded, together with Filipino Ambassador Proceso E. Sebastian, the Philippine Italian Association , which was established on 19 February 1962.[7]
He then became Italian Ambassador to Thailand, an office which he kept from 1969 until 1972.[2] On 27 February 1972 he was appointed Italian Ambassador to Vietnam, keeping this office until 1975.[3]
Rubino was nominated Italian Ambassador to Uganda on 10 March 1977.[4] He arrived in Uganda in March 1977, presenting his credentials to Idi Amin on 18 March 1977. During his mission to Uganda, he initially resided in Kampala.[8] He held this office until 1981.[4]
He went out of service on 1 September 1981.[9]
In the 1990s he founded the Associazione degli ex studenti del Liceo classico Ximenes in Trapani, Italy.[10]