Lorenzo Bugli

Lorenzo Bugli
Captain Regent of San Marino
Assumed office
1 October 2025
Serving with Matteo Rossi
Preceded byDenise Bronzetti
Italo Righi
Personal details
Born (1995-02-20) 20 February 1995 (age 30)
Borgo Maggiore, San Marino
Political partyPDCS
ProfessionPolitician

Lorenzo Bugli (born 20 February 1995) is a Sammarinese politician who is a Captain Regent in office since 1 October 2025 along with Matteo Rossi. A member of the Sammarinese Christian Democratic Party, he is currently the youngest state leader in the world.[citation needed]

Biography

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Bugli was born on 20 February 1995 in Borgo Maggiore, San Marino.[1][2] He has received a diploma in accounting.[1] He has studied at the Institute of Philosophical Studies in Lugano, Switzerland, and works in insurance.[2] Outside of politics, Bugli is a football fan and became president of the club SS Murata in 2025.[3] His club participated in qualifying for the 2025–26 UEFA Champions League, narrowly missing out.[2]

A member of the Sammarinese Christian Democratic Party (Partito Democratico Cristiano Sammarinese, PDCS), Bugli entered politics in 2013.[2] He ran for the town council of the City of San Marino in 2014 on a platform of relocating the city's health clinic, increasing Wi-Fi, and providing support for events taking place in the city.[4] He won election, aged only 18 at the time.[4] Bugli served five years as President of the Young Christian Democrats in San Marino, and in 2019 he was elected to the Grand and General Council.[2] He has also served as a member of his party's board of directors since 2017.[1]

Bugli has served as president of San Marino's delegation to the Inter-Parliamentary Union and as vice president of Internazionale Democratica Centrista (Centrist Democratic International), also helping create the latter's youth wing.[2] He is a member of the Joint Committee for the Association Agreement with the European Union.[2] In 2024, he was re-elected to the Grand and General Council.[2]

On 10 September 2025, he was unanimously nominated by his party to serve as one of the next Captains Regent, along with Matteo Rossi of the Party of Socialists and Democrats (PSD).[5] His term as Captain Regent began on 1 October and is to run through 1 April 2026.[5]

References

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  1. ^ a b c "Bugli Lorenzo" (in Italian). Sammarinese Christian Democratic Party.
  2. ^ a b c d e f g h Fabbri, Monica (16 September 2025). "Eletti i Capitani Reggenti per il prossimo semestre: saranno Matteo Rossi e Lorenzo Bugli" [The Captains Regent for the next semester have been elected: Matteo Rossi and Lorenzo Bugli.] (in Italian). San Marino RTV.
  3. ^ "È nato il nuovo Murata: Lorenzo Bugli è il presidente" [The new Murata is born: Lorenzo Bugli is the president] (in Italian). San Marino RTV. 21 July 2025.
  4. ^ a b "Lorenzo Bugli (GDC): "Maggior concretezza nel paese, ecco cosa può salvarci"" [Lorenzo Bugli (GDC): "Greater concreteness in the country, that's what can save us"] (in Italian). San Marino RTV. 26 June 2019 – via Wayback Machine.
  5. ^ a b "Reggenza, la Dc sceglie Lorenzo Bugli" [Regency: The DC chooses Lorenzo Bugli] (in Italian). San Marino RTV.