Leopoldo Zunini
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Leopoldo Zunini (20 December 1868, Savona - June 1944, Sasello) was an Italian diplomat.
Zunini joined the consular service in 1896. He was appointed to Marseilles, Berne, Tunis, Montevideo and Lima, before becoming Vice-Consul of Western Australia in 1902. In 1906 he wrote L'Australia attuale (published in 1910), translated in English in 1999 as Western Australia As It Is Today (ISBN-10: 1875560971). Later he was the Italian Consul General of Chicago from May 18, 1922 until June 1, 1928 when he was promoted to the rank of Minister plenipotentiary by Benito Mussolini.