Emanuela Claudia Del Re (born 6 December 1963) is an Italian politician and sociologist who has been serving as European Union Special Representative (EUSR) for the Sahel since 2021.

Since 1990 she has conducted intense field research - supported by prestigious institutions - in conflict areas, in particular the Balkans, the Caucasus, Africa and the Middle East, where she has witnessed social and political crises and the voice of populations, especially of the victims.

Earlier in her career, Del Re was a researcher and professor of Sociology of political phenomena at the International telematic university "UniNettuno", she taught for years at the Faculty of Communication Sciences of the "La Sapienza" University of Rome, where she was also "Jean Monnet" Professor with a teaching funded by the European Commission on European citizenship and governance.

During the campaign, she was already presented by the party's leader Luigi Di Maio as a possible Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation in case of an election win.

[3] Under Del Re's leadership, Italy notably increased its contribution to the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria in 2017, to 140 million euros for the three-year period beginning in 2017.