Michele Chiaruzzi

Michele Chiaruzzi (born September 12, 1983, in San Marino) is a Sammarinese academic and diplomat, since 2008 ambassador of San Marino to Bosnia and Herzegovina.

Biography

Chiaruzzi holds a Ph.D. in history from the Scuola Superiore di Studi Storici di San Marino.[1][2] He has researched the British scholar Martin Wight, publishing in 2016 the book Martin Wight on Fortune and Irony in Politics.

A Clare Hall, Cambridge life member,[3] and professor at the University of Bologna,[1] he is the founding director of the Research Centre for International Relations at the University of San Marino.[4]

Appointed at age 25 in 2008, Chiaruzzi has served as first resident ambassador of San Marino to Bosnia and Herzegovina.[5][6]

His unusual diplomatic figure has attracted international media attention,[7] also featuring in Goran Milic's documentary for Al Jazeera "Alkemija Balkana".[8]

In July 2010, on his initiative, the municipality of Chiesanuova in San Marino placed a plaque in memory of the Srebrenica genocide, one of the first monuments in Europe dedicated to it.[9]

In 2019 Chiaruzzi created the sculpture Dialogue, popularly rebranded New Chapel, the first ever monument devoted to interfaith dialogue.[10][11]

References

  1. ^ a b "Michele Chiaruzzi — University of Bologna — Home Page".
  2. ^ "Dottorato di ricerca… ‹ archivio didattica DSS ‹ archivio DSS ‹ Università degli Studi di San Marino".
  3. ^ "Clare Hall Life Member Dr Michele Chiaruzzi launches new book | Clare Hall".
  4. ^ "Michele Chiaruzzi".
  5. ^ "Ambasade u BiH".
  6. ^ "Segreteria Esteri".
  7. ^ "Priča o ambasadoru i BiH: Sjećanje na Srebrenicu je temelj savremene Evrope".
  8. ^ Archived at Ghostarchive and the Wayback Machine: Alhemija/Alkemija Balkana: Bosna i Hercegovina - 1. epizoda. YouTube.
  9. ^ Anniversario dell'eccidio di Srebrenica, San Marino RTV
  10. ^ "Kapela tri religije". Al Jazeera. Retrieved 16 October 2019.
  11. ^ "San Marino parla al mondo". RTV San Marino. Retrieved 22 January 2025.