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Mario Giro

Mario Giro (born 29 July 1958, in Rome) is an Italian trade-unionist, and since 1990 a mediator for peace in the Community of Sant'Egidio.

Born in Rome on 29 July 1958, he earned his degree in mathematics and in 1984 graduated in to Sapienza.

In 1975 he became a member of the Community of Sant’Egidio and participated in the activities of school support for the poor children of the Roman periphery and since 1979 he became responsible for adolescent and young people of Sant'Egidio in different neighborhoods of the Roman periphery. In the mid -1980s, he began to engage in interreligious dialogue, especially with the Muslim world, and participated in the organization of international annual prayer encounters for peace.

Since 1989 he has been working in Africa for the development of the community of Sant'Egidio, Côte d'Ivoire and Cameroon. In 1996 he attended preliminary meetings in Rome to resolve the crisis in Burundi.

In 1996 participates in Rome in the pact negotiations for the future of Albania. In Kosovo, he helped implement the agreement of 1 September 1996 between Serbian President Milosevic and Kosovar leader Rugova, who guaranteed access to Kosovar Albanian schools in 1997–1998. Since 1998 he has been responsible for the international relations of the community of Sant'Egidio.

In 2006 he participated in several missions as a mediator in South Sudan. In 2012, he was adviser to the Minister for International Cooperation and Integration Andrea Riccardi.

At the 2013 political elections he was nominated for the Senate of the Republic, in Campania, in the center list with Monti For Italy (third position), but he is the first of the non-elected.

On 2 May 2013, he was appointed Undersecretary for Foreign Affairs.

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