Lieutenant General Vasco Angelotti was born on September 22, 1963. He obtained a Bachelor's degree in Strategic Science from the 164th Military Academy Course in Modena and Application School in 1986, graduated from the 121 st Army Staff Collage in 1995 and graduated from the Joint Staff Collage in 2000.
His assignments include Coy Commander in the 184th Combat Engineer Battalion and 8th Combat Engineer Regiment from 1988 to 1994, Staff Officer in the Logistic Department of the Infrastructure and Engineer Equipment Office of the Army General Staff from 1995 to 1999, Commander of the Sapper Engineer Battalion "Tresimeno" within the 6th Engineer Regiment from 2000 to 2001, Section Head of the Secretariat General of Defence/National Armaments Directorate from 2001 to 2005, Engineer Branch Head within the Supreme Headquarters Allied
Powers in Europe (SHAPE) in 2005, Commander of the 4th Combat Engineer Regiment in 2008, Branch Chief at the Logistic and Infrastructure Department within the Defence General Staff in 2009, Commander of the "Pozzuolo del Friuli" Cavalry Brigade from 2012 to 2014.
He has been deployed twice. Once in support of Joint Guardian Operations as Engineer Task Force Commander within the NATO Multinational Brigade West from 2000 to 2001 and deployed again in support of UNIFIL in Lebanon as the Commander of Sector West in 2013.
He was assigned to the Army General Staff where he was appointed as Deputy Director of the Logistic Department in September 2014 and then the Director of the Infrastructure Department in January 2016. While at the Army General Staff he was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant General in January 2021.
Lieutenant General ANGELOTTI was appointed as Chief of Staff at Allied Joint Force Command Naples HQ and Head of European Union Command Element on October 18, 2021.
Lieutenant General ANGELOTTI is married to Mrs. Angela and they have one son, Simone (32).