# Denise Bronzetti and Italo Righi sworn in as San Marino’s new captains regent
San Marino marked the start of a new six-month regency with a solemn ceremony, military pageantry and a speech focused on peace, Europe and social rights.
Denise Bronzetti and Italo Righi were sworn in as the Republic’s new Captains Regent on the event date, taking office for the semester running from April 1 to October 1, 2025. The San Marino RTV report describes a ceremony that began with the raising of the flag to the national anthem, performed by the military band, before the regents and military corps moved through the historic center in procession.
The ceremonial sequence is central to San Marino’s constitutional identity. According to the source, the incoming regents received honours from accredited diplomatic representatives at Palazzo Valloni, then joined a solemn Mass at the Basilica del Santo before returning to Palazzo Pubblico for the formal transfer of power. The report says the oration was delivered by Donatella Sciuto, the rector of the Politecnico di Milano, and that the handover was introduced by Foreign Secretary Luca Beccari.
The swearing-in itself was marked by the Latin formula read by Interior Secretary Andrea Belluzzi, followed by the exchange of the Collar of Grand Master of San Marino, which the source describes as the final and most intense act of the ceremony. The pageantry is not decoration around the office; it is the office. In San Marino, the Captains Regent embody the highest constitutional authority in a system built around shared and short-term leadership.
Bronzetti and Righi are both serving the role for the second time, which adds another layer to the event. The source says they are taking the supreme magistracy again after previously holding it, a reminder that the republic’s rotation system often returns experienced figures to the post. The significance lies not only in their personal return, but in the continuity of a centuries-old model that still structures the state’s civic life.
The political themes of the day were equally clear. The regents’ incoming remarks stressed peace, international cooperation, the importance of the coming Association Agreement with the European Union and attention to youth and social rights. Those priorities point to a republic trying to link its ceremonial identity with a practical European future.
For a country as small as San Marino, the regency remains both symbolic and substantive. The ceremony is a public demonstration of continuity, legitimacy and civic memory. The source captures that balance well: military procession, diplomatic protocol, religious observance and constitutional ritual all folded into one transition. On the event date, Bronzetti and Righi did not simply assume a title. They inherited a system designed to make the passing of authority itself a national event.
