| Ambassador of Italy to Saudi Arabia | 
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|  Emblem of Italy | 
| IncumbentRoberto Cantone
 
 since June 2, 2020 | 
| Inaugural holder | Ottavio De Peppo | 
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| Formation | May 26, 1932 | 
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The Italian ambassador in Riyadh is the official representative of the Government in Rome to the Government of Saudi Arabia. 
| Diplomatic accreditation | Ambassador | Title | Italian prime minister | King of Saudi Arabia | Term end | 
| May 26, 1932 | Ottavio De Peppo |  | Benito Mussolini | Ibn Saud |  | 
| November 24, 1933 | Giovanni Persico | Chargé d'affaires | Benito Mussolini | Ibn Saud |  | 
| May 11, 1936 | Giovanni Persico |  | Benito Mussolini | Ibn Saud |  | 
| February 18, 1837 | Luigi Sillitti |  | Benito Mussolini | Ibn Saud |  | 
| June 14, 1940 | Guglielmo Rulli |  | Benito Mussolini | Ibn Saud |  | 
| April 11, 1947 | Filippo Zappi |  | Ferruccio Parri | Ibn Saud |  | 
| September 14, 1949 | Ugo Turcato |  | Ferruccio Parri | Ibn Saud |  | 
| April 5, 1953 | Giuseppe Capace Galeota della Regina |  | Giuseppe Pella | Saud of Saudi Arabia |  | 
| June 18, 1955 | Alberto Brugnoli |  | Antonio Segni | Saud of Saudi Arabia |  | 
| August 2, 1958 | Mario Alessandro Paulucci | Envoy | Amintore Fanfani | Saud of Saudi Arabia |  | 
| May 20, 1960 | Mario Alessandro Paulucci | Ambassador | Fernando Tambroni | Saud of Saudi Arabia |  | 
| December 7, 1961 | Dante Matacotta |  | Fernando Tambroni | Saud of Saudi Arabia |  | 
| October 31, 1966 | Luigi Sabetta |  | Giovanni Leone | Faisal of Saudi Arabia |  | 
| October 28, 1971 | Massimo Casilli D’Aragona |  | Emilio Colombo | Faisal of Saudi Arabia |  | 
| July 25, 1973 | Alberto Ramasso Valacca |  | Mariano Rumor | Faisal of Saudi Arabia |  | 
| April 28, 1978 | Alberto Solera |  | Giulio Andreotti | Khalid of Saudi Arabia |  | 
| May 10, 1981 | Marcello Salimei |  | Giovanni Spadolini | Khalid of Saudi Arabia |  | 
| January 11, 1986 | Francesco Ripandelli |  | Bettino Craxi | Fahd of Saudi Arabia |  | 
| April 8, 1989 | Mario Emanuele Maiolini |  | Giulio Andreotti | Fahd of Saudi Arabia |  | 
| July 7, 1994 | Mario Scialoja |  | Silvio Berlusconi | Fahd of Saudi Arabia |  | 
| November 1, 1996 | Marco Sorace Maresca |  | Romano Prodi | Fahd of Saudi Arabia |  | 
| November 7, 2000 | Torquato Cardilli |  | Giuliano Amato | Fahd of Saudi Arabia |  | 
| June 15, 2003 | Armando Sanguini |  | Silvio Berlusconi | Fahd of Saudi Arabia |  | 
| November 15, 2005 | Eugenio d’Auria |  | Silvio Berlusconi | Abdullah of Saudi Arabia |  | 
| July 19, 2010 | Valentino Simonetti |  | Silvio Berlusconi | Abdullah of Saudi Arabia |  | 
| February 5, 2013 | Mario Boffo |  | Enrico Letta | Abdullah of Saudi Arabia |  | 
| March 7, 2016 | Luca Ferrari (ambassador) |  | Matteo Renzi | Salman of Saudi Arabia |  | 
| June 2, 2020 | Roberto Cantone[1] |  | Giuseppe Conte | Salman of Saudi Arabia |  | 
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Austria-HungaryCzechoslovakiaOttoman EmpireKingdom of SardiniaSoviet UnionWest GermanyYugoslaviaZanzibar
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