Giuseppina Zarra

Giuseppina Zarra is an Italian diplomat with more than three decades of experience in international relations, multilateral negotiations, European affairs and economic diplomacy. She joined the Italian Diplomatic Service in 1991 after graduating with honours in political science and international relations.

Since April 2025, she has served as Head of the PNRR Unit, responsible for Italy's National Recovery and Resilience Plan, and Coordinator for Relations with the Private Financial Sector. From 2021 to 2025, she was Ambassador of Italy to Bulgaria, where she had also served earlier in her diplomatic career.

She has held senior positions within the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and other government institutions, including Diplomatic Adviser to the Minister for European Affairs and to the Minister for Infrastructure and Transport. She has worked extensively on multilateral economic and political negotiations, representing Italy in organisations including the OECD, WTO and UNCTAD.

At Italy's Permanent Mission to the United Nations in New York, she focused on peacekeeping and peacebuilding and served on the Italian delegation to the UN Security Council in 2007 and 2008. She is an Officer of the Order of Merit of the Italian Republic.