Sovereign Order of Malta
Embassy to Albania

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Order of St John of Jerusalem of
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Ambassador Palumbo’s Southern Albania Visit: Strengthening Ties in Fier
The Grand Master received in audience by Pope Francis
Ambassador Palumbo’s Visits to Gjirokaster Celebrate 30 Years of Diplomatic Relations
First Secretary of the Embassy Awarded Cross of Officer pro Merito
Italian Consul General in Vlore Receives Cross with Crown pro Merito
Grand Chancellor’s Address Celebrates 30 Years of Albania and Sovereign Order of Malta Diplomatic Relations
The Embassy of the Order of Malta hosts the annual national feast on the occasion of the Solemnity of St John the Baptist together with the celebration of the 30th anniversary of relations with Albania
Monsignor Giovanni Peragine Appointed Coadjutor Archbishop of Shkodër-Pult
The streets of Lourdes flooded with the Order of Malta’s pilgrims’ uniforms
Order of Malta’s 66th international pilgrimage to Lourdes

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The Ambassador

Stefano Palumbo was born in Rome on July 24^th, 1968. He graduated in Political Science from LUISS University in Rome. He is married and father of three children.

Mr. Palumbo has been active in the Order of Malta for over twenty years in fundraising for the Order’s charitable activities in Italy and abroad. He became a Knight of Magistral Grace in October 2004. In 2014, he was appointed Ambassador to the Republic of Albania.

For more than 20 years Mr. Palumbo has been involved in philanthropy by leading projects for the benefit of local communities that also address issues of global relevance.

He was awarded Grand Cross of the Order pro Merito Melitensi, Grand Officer of the Royal Order of Skanderbeg (Albania), Commander of the Order of Merit of the Italian Republic, Knight of the Order of Isabel the Catholic (Spain) and Knight of the Sacred Military Costantinian Order of Saint George.