| Paola Amadei | |
| Office: | Italian Ambassador to Iran |
| Term Start: | 18 March 2024 |
| Predecessor: | Giuseppe Perrone |
| Office1: | Italian Ambassador to Bahrain |
| Term Start1: | 8 January 2020 |
| Term End1: | March 2024 |
| Predecessor1: | Domenico Bellato |
| Office2: | Italian Ambassador to Oman |
| Term Start2: | 24 September 2012 |
| Term End2: | 2016 |
| Predecessor2: | Paolo Dionisi |
| Successor2: | Giorgio Visetti |
| Birth Date: | 15 July 1964 |
| Birth Place: | Rome |
| Alma Mater: | Sapienza University of Rome |
Paola Amadei is an Italian diplomat and ambassador of Italy to Iran since March 2024.[1] She entered the diplomatic corps in 1992.[2] [3]
She graduated with Political Science with honors from the University of Rome La Sapienza in 1988. She had her master's degree in Advanced European Studies at the College of Europe in Bruges in 1992.
In her first foreign post, she was Deputy Head of Mission and Head of the Commercial Office at the Italian Embassy in Singapore from 1996 to 2000. Amadei was appointed as the Italian ambassador to Oman from 24 September 2012 – 1 March 2016.[4] From June 2018 to January 2020, she was head of Cabinet to the Undersecretary for Foreign Affairs, Minister Plenipotentiary, Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation in Rome. She was the Italian ambassador to the Kingdom of Bahrain from January 2020.[5] [6] Since March 2024 she is the ambassador of Italy to Iran.