​Lieutenant General Salvatore CAMPOREALE is an Armoured Cavalry officer.

He was born on 20th August 1962 in Barletta and spent his childhood and teenage years in Margherita

di Savoia, getting his scientific high school diploma in 1979/80.

He joined the 162nd "Honour" class (1980 – 1984) at the Military Academy of Modena and the

Application School of Turin.

As Lieutenant, he was assigned to the 1st Tank Battalion “M.O. Cracco”, serving as platoon Leader

and Company Commander. In 1989 he was promoted to Captain and moved to the 11th Tank Battalion

“M.O. Calzecchi”, where he was appointed as Company Commander and Chief S2/S3. Subsequently,

from 1991 to 1997, he served at the Military Academy as Cadets’ Company Commander and Head

of Study Branch.

Tutor for the 4th Class of the Joint Services Senior Staff College in 1997-1998, he was later assigned

to the Defense General Staff as staff officer to the Deputy Chief of Defense.

In 1999, as Lieutenant Colonel he was appointed Commander of the 11th Tank Battalion “M.O.

Calzecchi”. Chief of the Coordination and Studies Branch at the Deputy Chief of Defense Office

from 2000 to 2001, he moved to the Army General Staff as Head of Protocol and External Relations

Branch from 2001 to 2004.

Promoted Colonel in 2004, he was appointed Commander of the 235th Training Regiment.

In 2005, he was assigned to the Quirinale Palace, in Rome, as Military Assistant and Aide de Camp

for the Army to the President of the Italian Republic, being very much involved in the meetings of

the Supreme Council of Defence. The Council is a body set forth by the Constitution, chaired by the

President of the Republic and constitutes the permanent institutional seat in which to hold a

multidisciplinary debate and analysis of problems related to security and defense.

During the second half of 2009, he spent a tour of duty serving the International Security Assistance

Force (ISAF) Regional Command Capital in Kabul, as DCOS Operations.

Promoted to Brigadier General, he was appointed as Commander of the "Ariete” Armoured Brigade.

Moreover, from 2011 to 2013 he was again serving in the Italian Army General Staff, as Deputy

Chief of the General Affairs/Protocol Department.

Promoted to Major General in July 2014, he was appointed as Commander of the Military Academy.

Furthermore, he served as Deputy Commander of the Capital Military HQ in Rome from August 2017

to October 2018.

Promoted to LTG, as Deputy Commander of the Resolute Support Mission in Afghanistan, he was

deployed to Kabul from 10th November 2018 to 3rd November 2019.

Following the international mission, he was nominated Commander of the Army Education,

Specialization and Doctrine Command in Rome.

From 21st April 2022 to 11th May 2023, he served as Commander of the Northern Land Operational

Forces.

From 12th May 2023 to 5th July 2023 he was assigned to the Army Land Operational Forces and of

the Operation HQ as Deputy Commander.

From 6th July 2023 to 4th April 2024 he served as Commander of the Army Land Operational Forces.

On 5th April 2024, he has been appointed as Deputy Chief of the Army General Staff.

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Highlights of studies and courses he attended include:

- Basic and Advanced Staff Courses at the Italian Army Staff College (1993 and 1995);

- Joint Senior Staff Course (1996);

- Royal College of Defence Studies (course 2014) in London;

- Key Leader Seminar on Gender Perspective (NCGM-Stockholm).

LTG Camporeale holds a Master's Degree in Strategic Sciences, a Master's Degree in International

and Diplomatic Relations and completed a Master in Institutional Communication.

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