Ettore Sequi joined the Italian Foreign Service on 1 February 1985. After completing the professional training activity at the Italian Diplomatic Institute, he worked until 1989 in the Department for Economic Affairs of the Italian Foreign Affairs Ministry. In charge of issues related to International technological Cooperation as: ESA (European Space Agency); IAEA (International Atomic Energy Agency); ITU (International Telecommunication Union), etc…

From December 1988: Deputy Chief of the Secretariat of the Department General for Economic Affairs.

From August 1989 to February 1994 he was assigned as Consul of Italy to Tehran.

From February 1994 to February 1998 he worked as Counsellor in the Italian Permanent Mission to the United Nations in New York. In charge of issues related to Multilateral Cooperation and to the Reform of the UN.

Assistant to the President of the UN Security Council

Assistant to the President of ECOSOC (UN Economic and Social Council) in New York

From February 1998 to April 2000 he worked as Counsellor in the Foreign Minister’s Cabinet as Personal Assistant to the Minister and successfully completed the Higher Diplomatic Course at the Italian Diplomatic Institute.

From July 2000 to 2004 he was Deputy Chief of Mission at the Embassy of Italy - Tirana December 2004: Appointed Ambassador of Italy to Kabul

January 2007: Promoted Minister Plenipotentiary

September 2008: European Union Special Representative for Afghanistan

July 2009: European Union Special Representative for Afghanistan and Pakistan

April 2010: Department General for European Affairs, Italian Foreign Affairs Ministry

January 2011: Appointed Head of the European Union Delegation to Albania

April 2014: Head of Cabinet of Foreign Minister Federica Mogherini

October 2014: Head of Cabinet of Foreign Minister Paolo Gentiloni

January 2105: Promoted Ambassador

20th July 2015 Appointed Ambassador of Italy to the People’s Republic of China and to Mongolia

Awards
Medal of Officer of the Order of Merit of the Italian Republic

Encomienda de Numero in the Order of Isabel the Catholic, Spain

Medal of Ghazi Mir Bacha Khan for highest contribution to peace and security of Afghanistan

Peace prize Giuseppe Dossetti