The U.S. Ambassador to Malta

U.S. AMBASSADOR ANTHONY H. GIOIA

On April 4, 2001, President George W. Bush announced his intention to nominate Anthony H. Gioia to be Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United States of America to the Republic of Malta. The new ambassador was sworn in on Wednesday, August 8, 2001, by U.S. Secretary of State Colin Powell, and arrived in Malta on Thursday, August 23.

"Anthony Gioia is a leader in the New York business community and has a record of public service. I am confident that he will bring commitment and competence to the post of Ambassador to Malta," said President Bush.

A former Chairman and CEO of Gioia Management Company, a management and investment holding company located in Buffalo, New York, he also served in the Gioia family pasta business as Vice President and then president/CEO until RHM, Inc., purchased Gioia Macaroni. He then became the President and CEO of RHM Pasta, Inc. Ambassador Gioia is the former Chairman of the National Pasta Association and was appointed by Governor George Pataki to be a Board Member of the New York State Urban Development Corporation. He is a graduate of the State University of New York at Buffalo, and received his M.B.A. from the University of Southern California.

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