Colonel Luigi Riggio

Luigi Riggio, Head of the Space and Aerospace policies unit within the office of the Military Advisor to the President of the Council of Ministries. Colonel Luigi RIGGIO, born in Palermo, Sicily, on February 28, 1966, is an Italian Air Force pilot with an extensive operational background on tanker and AWACS aircraft. He has served in numerous staff positions within the Air Force Staff, the Defence Staff and the Minister of Defence cabinet Office, dealing with military operations policy, crisis management, international cooperation, civil-military cooperation as well as space operations and policies. In particular, from 2015 to 2019, he has supported the Minister of Defence in his/her participation to the Inter-Ministerial Committee for space policies and aerospace research. From 2019 to 2021 he has managed the Italian Air force space policies in the Air Staff. Since May 2021 he is holding the current position supporting the Military Advisor in his role as Secretary of the Inter-Ministerial Committee. Col. Riggio is also part of the Italian delegations to the European Union Space Working Party and to the European Space Agency Council. In October 2022 he has been nominated by the Italian Air Force as Chairman of the Criptaliae Spaceport Scientific Committee.