Career diplomat Mario Andrea Vattani, 54, is Italy's new ambassador to Singapore, the foreign ministry announced in a statement on Monday.
"Proud to serve Italy in Singapore, a crossroads of talents and innovation in a region of the world that is its new centre of gravity," Vattani wrote in a foreign ministry tweet.
Vattani will "work for synergies (between Italy and the variegated reality of Singapore aimed at the success of the two nations", he added.
