Stefano Del Col is Analysis Director at the General Secretariat of the Presidency of the Republic (Supreme Defence Council Secretariat) since July 2022. Previously, he served as UNIFIL Head of Mission/Force Commander and he assumed the rank of UN Assistant Secretary General (ASG). He holds degrees in Military Strategic Sciences and in International and Diplomatic Sciences at the University of Trieste and he has attended the Royal College of Defence Studies (RCDS) in London (UK). He has served in a wide variety of positions through Italy and abroad. He has commanded the 11 Bersaglieri Battalion, the 8th Bersaglieri regiment, the Pinerolo Infantry Brigade, the NATO Task Force in Kosovo (KFOR) in 2000, the Battle Group in Lebanon UNIFIL in 2008, and the Western Sector of UNIFIL in 2014. He oversaw operations in Lebanon (UNIFIL), Afghanistan (NATO ISAF) and Libya (NATO OUP).