State Department Terminates Paolo Zampolli 19 Months After 2025 Envoy Appointment
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Updated · The New York Times · Oct 22
State Department Terminates Paolo Zampolli 19 Months After 2025 Envoy Appointment
2 articles · Updated · The New York Times · Oct 22
Summary
Oct. 15 brought Paolo Zampolli’s abrupt removal as special envoy for global partnerships, with the State Department confirming he had been terminated.
Hours earlier, Politico reported a “nasty email fight” between Zampolli and Deputy Secretary of State Christopher Landau, whom Zampolli had long irritated.
Zampolli gave shifting explanations for his exit, saying there was “no scandal,” that “everybody’s getting out,” and that he needed to make money.
March 2025 marked his appointment to the role, and his firing capped a brief, turbulent tenure that stood out even within Trump’s second administration.