Paolo Rondelli

Paolo Rondelli (nacido el 17 de junio de 1963) es un político y diplomático sanmarinense que se desempeñó como Capitán Regente de San Marino junto con Oscar Mina desde el 1 de abril hasta el 1 de octubre de 2022. ^{[ 1 ] [ 2 ]}

Nacido en San Marino el 17 de junio de 1963, Rondelli estudió ingeniería química en la Universidad de Bolonia y se graduó en 1990 con una tesis sobre "Riesgos asociados al transporte de sustancias tóxicas". En 1994 y 1995, estudió ciencias y tecnología ambientales, también en la Universidad de Bolonia. En mayo de 2010, Rondelli obtuvo una maestría en periodismo en un programa impartido por las Universidades de Urbino y Tor Vergata en Roma. Ese mismo año, se graduó de la Facultad de Humanidades de la Universidad de Bolonia con una tesis titulada "Democracias en transición: estado de jóvenes y mayores, herencia del futuro".

As an engineer, Rondelli specialised in environmental and sustainable development issues and worked as a junior engineer for SOL SpA Group in Italy from March 1989 to March 1990 and then as a junior engineer for ENI Group from May 1991 to July 1993. In 1993, he joined the San Marinese administration and was first employed as an expert in technology and environment at the Institute of Social Security and Health, where he worked from July 1993 to November 1998. He was then transferred to the Department of Corporate Services, where he remained until July 2001. In that month, he was appointed Coordinator of the Department of Territory.

Just one month before his transfer in November 1998, Rondelli was appointed Chairman of the Board of the Azienda Autonoma di Stato di Produzione (Ministry of Public Works). He held this post until November 2003. In July 2001, midway through his term as Chairman, Rondelli was also appointed Head of the Department for Planning, Environment and Agriculture of the Republic of San Marino and Chief of Staff to the Minister of Labour. He remained in this position until October 2003, when he became head of the Department of Prevention and Protection, Public Administration and Civil Protection. From April 2005 to August 2006, Paolo Rondelli was Head of the Department for Foreign and Political Affairs, Economic Planning and Justice of the Republic of San Marino and Chief of Staff to the Minister. As such, he was also his nation's representative at the UN General Assembly in New York in September 2005, the UNESCO General Assembly in Paris (France) in October 2005 and the UNESCO World Heritage Committee in Vilnius (Lithuania) in July 2006.

Since April 2005, Rondelli has been a member of the San Marino delegation to the Congress of Local and Regional Authorities of the Council of Europe. In this capacity, he was a member of the election observation missions to Azerbaijan (October 2006 and December 2009), Moldova (December 2006, March 2007 and March 2008), Albania (February 2007), Kosovo (November 2007 and December 2008), Serbia (January 2007 and May 2008), Armenia (September 2008 and June 2009), Israel (November 2008) and Macedonia (March 2009). Finally, Rondelli joined the Steering Committee on Local and Regional Democracy and the Committee of Experts on Democratic Participation and Public Ethics at the Local and Regional Level of the Council of Europe in 2005.

From October 2006 to May 2007, Rondelli was Special Representative of the Chairman of the Committee of Ministers for Serbia and Montenegro to the Council of Europe and Rapporteur for the Committee on Sustainable Development from April 2005 to May 2010.

Desde el 25 de julio de 2007 hasta octubre de 2016, Rondelli fue embajador de San Marino en Estados Unidos . Presentó sus credenciales al presidente George W. Bush el 25 de julio de 2007. ^{[ 3 ]} Según el Departamento de Estado de Estados Unidos, ambos países mantienen «excelentes relaciones». ^{[ 4 ]}

Desde 2019, es miembro del Parlamento de San Marines por el Movimiento RETE .

En marzo de 2022, Rondelli fue elegido como uno de los dos nuevos Capitanes Regentes de San Marino, para ejercer el cargo desde el 1 de abril de 2022 hasta el 1 de octubre de 2022, convirtiéndose en el primer jefe de Estado abiertamente LGBTQ+ del mundo. ^{[ 5 ] [ 6 ]}

• Order pro Merito Melitensi ( Soberana Orden Militar de Malta , 2000)
• Orden del Mérito de la República Italiana (Italia, 2006)
• Ordre des Palmes académiques (Francia, 2007)

Referencia: ^{[ 2 ]}

• Lista de jefes de estado y de gobierno abiertamente LGBT