Rolando Mosca Moschini

{{Short description|Italian general}}

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|honorific-prefix = General

|name = Rolando Mosca Moschini

|honorific-suffix = OMRI OMI VBD OSGM MKE SMCOSG OPMM LOM OMGDL

|image = Rolando Mosca Moschini.jpg

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|office = Chief of the Defence Staff

|term_start = 1 April 2001

|term_end = 9 March 2004

|predecessor = Mario Arpino

|successor = Giampaolo Di Paola

|office1 = Commandant General of the Guardia di Finanza

|term_start1 = 11 January 1997

|term_end1 = 27 March 2001

|predecessor1 = Costantino Berlenghi

|successor1 = Alberto Zignani

|birth_date = {{birth date|df=yes|1939|3|9}}

|birth_place = Terni, Italy

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|nationality = Italian

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|allegiance = {{flag|Italy}}

|branch = {{army|Italy}}

|serviceyears = 1959 – present

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Rolando Mosca Moschini, {{post-nominals|post-noms=OMRI, OMI, VBD, OSGM, MKE, SMCOSG, OPMM, LOM, OMGDL}} (born 9 March 1939) is an Italian army general.[http://ue.eu.int/uedocs/cmsUpload/CV_Gen_Moschini_en.doc General Rolando Mosca Moschini CV] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120207133805/http://ue.eu.int/uedocs/cmsUpload/CV_Gen_Moschini_en.doc |date=2012-02-07 }}[http://www.difesa.it/SMD/CaSMD/Capi-SMD/Rolando+MOSCA+MOSCHINI.htm Difesa.it:Il Capo di Stato Maggiore della Difesa]

Mosca Moschini started his career as a cadet of the Nunziatella military academy of Naples. He was commissioned as an officer in 1959, and initially served with artillery units of the Italian army. In 1959, he become official of the Italian Army and was enlisted in the "Folgore" and "Mantova" artillery divisions.{{cite web|url=https://www.difesa.it/SMD_/CaSMD/CapiSMD/Pagine/Generale_Rolando_MOSCA_MOSCHINI.aspx#:~:text=Il%20Generale%20Rolando%20Mosca%20Moschini%20dal%201%C2%B0%20aprile%202001,'Unione%20Europea%22%20in%20Bruxelles|title=Generale Rolando osca Moschini|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130404014546/https://www.difesa.it/SMD_/CaSMD/CapiSMD/Pagine/Generale_Rolando_MOSCA_MOSCHINI.aspx|archive-date=April 4, 2013|url-status=live}}

Mosca Moschini served as a military attaché at the Embassy of Italy, London from 1980 to 1983, Commandant General of the Guardia di Finanza from January 1997 to March 2001, and as Chief of the Defence Staff from April 2001 to March 2004. In April 2004 he was named Chairman of the European Union Military Committee, an office he held until 7 November 2006, when he was succeeded by Henri Bentégeat.{{cite web | url=http://www.difesa.it/SMD_/CaSMD/CapiSMD/Pagine/Generale_Rolando_MOSCA_MOSCHINI.aspx | title=Generale Rolando MOSCA MOSCHINI - Difesa.it }}

The following day he flew in Italy to be appointed as military consultant within the general secretary of the Italian President Giorgio Napolitano, remaining in charge until his resignations in 2015. Subsequently, the Italian President Mattarella recalled him to same role.{{cite web|url=https://www.quirinale.it/qrnw/statico/uffici/uffici.htm|title=General Secretariate - Italian President of REpublic|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090726000743/https://www.quirinale.it/qrnw/statico/uffici/uffici.htm|language=Italian|access-date=July 9, 2021|archive-date=2009-07-26}}

Moschini is also the High Council of Defence's secretary.{{cite web|url=http://www.difesa.it/Primo_Piano/Pagine/20151021_Consiglio_Supremo_Difesa.aspx|title=Meeting of the High Council of Defence|location=Rome|date=October 21, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210709143714/https://www.difesa.it/_layouts/15/MdDEvoluzione-Layouts/GalleriaFull/MsMdD.GalleriaFullscreen.aspx?PageId=50afabe0-8253-4856-974e-131bcedecefc&Guid=14b7d9f1-111b-4f99-baa8-a9640777504a|archive-date=July 9, 2021|url-status=live}}