LieutenantGeneral

SalvatoreFARINA

Chief

oftheItalianArmy

GeneralStaff

In the courseof his career,GeneralSalvatoreFarinahas gained a wide range of experience across theinstitutional,operational, inter-servicespectrum. Hehas developed his leadership and command skillstogether with a profound knowledge of the Armyandagenuineinter-servicespiritthankstohisactiverole over the last 20 years in the operations andplanning areas, inthe relations among the ItalianArmedForcesandbetweentheItalianDefenceandNATOandtheEU.Commander of detached and stand-alone Companyfor 7 years,Commanderof SignalBattaliondeployedNATOmissioninBosnia,servedasSO2G3atthe3rd

UK Division, Chief Joint Operations Centre, Chief of Army Staff Plans Office,Commander of Signal Brigade, Chief of Defence Staff Department Policy Strategy,Commander of NATO Forces in Kosovo – COM KFOR 18, Chief of the Army LandForces Transformation Department, Chairman of the Steering Committee for theimplementationoftheDefenceWhitePaper.

From 4 March 2016 to 21 February 2018 General Farina was Commander of theNATO Joint Force Command Brunssum (The Netherlands). He is the first ItalianOfficertohaveassumedthe roleofNATO4 starCommanderofa JointOperationsCommand.

HeismarriedtoAmeliaGiannaandhastwodaughters,ElisaeNicoletta,andtwogranddaughters,FlaminiaandDiletta.

SUMMARY OF NATIONAL COMMAND ASSIGNMENTS- 1980-1989:PlatoonandCompanyCommanderof 33rdElectronicWarfare

BattalionandofAlpineArmyCorps’7thCompanyinBassanodelGrappa;- 1995-1996:CommanderofSignalBattalion“Leonessa”inCivitavecchia;- 2000-2001:Commanderof1st SignalRegimentinMilan,hetookcareof

modernizingtheunitandputtingitunderthecommandofNATORapidReactionforces;

- 2007-2008:CommanderofSignalBrigadeinAnzio(Rome).SUMMARY OF STAFF POSTS IN THE ITALIAN ARMY

- 1994-1995:OperationsOfficeroftheBrigade“Ariete”inPordenone;- 2001-2004:ChiefoftheArmyGeneralStaff’sPlansOfficeinRome,

responsibleofkeyprojectssuchastheprofessionalizationandreorganizationoftheArmyinviewofthenewmissions.

SUMMARY OF JOINT SERVICE ASSIGNMENTS

- 1996-1999: ChiefoftheDefenceGeneralStaff’sJointOperationsCentre. InthisroleheplannedanddirectedallmilitaryoperationsofourArmedForcesinBosnia,Albania,Macedonia,Kosovo,EastTimor;

- 2008-2010:DeputyChiefofDefenceGeneralStaff’s DepartmentresponsibleofjointserviceGeneralPlans;

- 2011-2013:ChiefofDefenceGeneralStaff’sDepartmentPolicyStrategy.DuringthisperiodheplayedafundamentalroleinthereviewprocessoftheItalianMilitary;

- 2015-2016:ChairmanoftheLeadingCommitteefortheimplementationoftheDefenceWhitePaper.

SUMMARY OF INTERNATIONAL AND OPERATIONAL ASSIGNMENTS

- 1989-1990:ChiefofSectionTrainingandSecurityoftheJSGofNATOCommand(FTASE),Verona;

- 1992-1993:StaffOfficer(SO2OPS/PLANS)at 3rdUKDivision–UnitedKingdom;

- 1995-1996:CommanderSignalBattalion “Leonessa”inOperation “JointEndeavour”,Bosnia-IFOR;

- 2004-2007:MilitaryattachéattheItalianEmbassyinLondon;- 2013-2014:CommanderofNATOOperation“JointEnterprise”–COMKFOR

18;- 2016-2018:Commaderof NATOJointForceCommand,Brunssum(The

Netherlands).EDUCATION AND QUALIFICATIONS

- Hecompletedthe158th courseoftheAccademiaMilitareinModena,andArmyandinter-serviceadvancedstaffcoursesattheScuoladiApplicazione(officers’school)inTurin,theScuoladiGuerra(warcollege)andtheISSMI(JointServicesStaffCollege);

- Heattendedthe26BritishArmyStaffCollegeinCamberley,UK;- DegreeinElectrotechnicalEngineeringfromtheUniversityofPadova;- DegreeinStrategicSciencesfromtheScuoladiApplicazione–Universityof

Turin;- DegreeinInternationalpoliticsanddiplomaticrelationsfromtheUniversityof

Trieste;- MasterdegreeinDefenceResourceManagementfromtheUSA’sDRM

InstituteinMonterey,California;- MasterdegreeforGeneralManagersoftheMinistryofDefencefromLink

Campus,Rome;- Heholdsaparachutistlicenseandamilitaryphysicaltraininginstructor

certificate.Severalspecializedmagazineshavepublishedhisarticlesondefencethemes,bothinItaly(RivistaMilitare,InformazionidellaDifesa,TecnologiaeDifesa)andintheUnitedKingdom(BritishArmyReview,DefenceReview).

NATIONAL DECORATIONS

- Knight'sCrossoftheMilitaryOrderofltaly;- KnightGrandCrossoftheOrderofMeritoftheItalianRepublic;- MauritianMedalofMeritforfiftyyearsofMilitaryCareer;- SilverMedalofMeritforLongCommand;- CommemorativeMedalforpeacekeepingmissions;- KnightoftheConstantinianOrderofSaintGeorge.

INTERNATIONAL DECORATIONS- NATOMeritoriousServiceMedal;- LegionofMeritMedal,USA;- ChevalieroftheLégiond’honneur,France- NATOCommemorativeMedalforoperationsinBosniaandHerzegovina;- NATOCommemorativeMedalforoperationsinKosovo;- PortugueseCommemorativeMedalforSpecialServices;- SlovenianMedalforInternationalcooperation(1stdegree);- AlbanianMedalofDistinguishedService;- MedalofMeritofthePresidentofKosovo;- MedalofMeritoftheHungarianDefenceForces;- MedalofMeritoftheEstonianDefenceForces.