Luigi De Chiara is an Italian diplomat currently serving at the Directorate General for Sub-Saharan Africa, Latin America, Asia and Oceania of the Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, where he has also held the position of Coordinator for Legal Diplomacy since April 2026.

A career diplomat since 1992, he has held several senior diplomatic positions in Italy and abroad. He served as Italian Ambassador to Mexico and Belize (2019–2024) and Ambassador to Bolivia (2010–2014). Earlier in his career, he was posted to the Italian Permanent Mission to the United Nations in New York, where he served as Counsellor and First Counsellor, and to the Italian Permanent Mission to International Organizations in Geneva. He also served at the Italian Embassy in Riyadh and participated in a special diplomatic mission to Somalia.

Throughout his career, he has held several senior positions at the Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, particularly in multilateral economic cooperation, development policy and international financial affairs. He served as Coordinator for Multilateral Development Policies and Head of the Unit for Strategy, Global Processes and International Organizations within the Directorate General for Development Cooperation. From 2024 to April 2026, he also served as Coordinator for International Financial Affairs and Relations with the Bank of Italy.

De Chiara graduated in Political Science from the Istituto Universitario Orientale of Naples in 1988 and holds the diplomatic rank of Minister Plenipotentiary.