A Sardinian Consulate had been established in Alexandria (Egypt) in 1825. (inventory available at https://archiviconsolari.it/regno-di-sardegna-consolato-generale-di-s-m-il-re-di-sardegna-in-alessandria-degitto).
Following the unification of Italy, the Royal Consulate of Italy gradually assumed the functions previously exercised by the other consulates of the former Italian states.
The Consulate General of Italy in Alexandria, Egypt, will close in December 2013.
From 1860 onwards, they served as consuls in Alexandria, Egypt:
- Giovanni Domenico Bruno Cunci, consul with credentials as agent and consul general (1860-1865), appointed on 11 August 1860
- Giuseppe De Martino, from 1 September 1870, also agent and consul general for Egypt, in Alexandria (1865-), appointed on 21 December 1864
- Giulio Malmusi, consul (1877-1879), appointed on 13 February 1877
- Giovanni Battista Machiavelli, vice-consul with consul credentials, then consul (1880-1885), appointed on 23 November 1879
- Giovanni Venanzi, vice-consul with credentials as, then consul (1885-1888), appointed on 22 March 1885
- Giuseppe Pirrone, consul (1889-1894), appointed on 18 July 1889
- Cesare Romano, consul (1894-1902), appointed on 12 April 1894
- Giulio Amedeo Iona, consul (1902-1904), appointed on 28 July 1902
- Enrico Acton, consul with general consul credentials (1904-), appointed on 22 August 1904
- Guido Meli Lupi di Soragna, consul with general consul credentials (1906-), appointed on 14 October 1906
- Mario Paolo Camicia, consul with general consul credentials (1909- ), appointed on 17 September 1907
- Girolamo Naselli, consul with general consul credentials (1912-1915), appointed on 15 June 1911
- Mario Paolo Camicia, general consul (1915), appointed on 7 February 1915
- Felice Maissa, consul general (1915-1919), appointed on 21 November 1915
- Guglielmo Vivaldi, consul general (1919-1923), appointed on 22 August 1919
- Galeazzo Della Croce di Dojola, consul with general consul credentials (1923-1932), appointed on 10 July 1923
- Ugo Sabetta, consul general (1932-1933), appointed on 23 June 1932
- Franco Fontana, consul with general consul credentials (1933-1937), appointed on 18 May 1933
- Silvio Camerani, consul general (1937-1939), appointed on 30 November 1936
- Camillo Giuriati, consul, then consul general (1939 -), appointed on 6 June 1839