was appointed Consul and Agent of the Kingdom of Sardinia in Bucharest soon after the emergence of the United Principalities through the 1859 union between Moldavia and Wallachia (at a time when, in the aftermath of the Crimean War, Sardinia was one of the European powers overseeing the new state). Between the two dates, Sardinia ensured Italian unification, with Strambio being the first to represent the new Italian state.
From 1988 to 1995 he was employed at the Italian Embassies in Pakistan and in Jordan.
He returned to Rome and served in the Middle East and Mediterranean Office of the General Directorate for Political Affairs of the Farnesina.
From 1999 to 2007 he was sent to Lebanon, at the Embassy of Italy in Beirut, and he was Consul General in Los Angeles.
From 2007 to 2010 he was the head of the Foreign Ministry Office responsible for the G8 political agenda, anti-terrorism and the fight against organized crime.
From 2010 to 2012 he was President of the Interministerial Committee for Human rights.[1]