Valeria Ciavatta (born 16 January 1959) is a

Sammarinese Sammarinese () are citizens and people of the Republic of San Marino. Language San Marino recognizes Italian as the official language. The indigenous language, known as Sammarinese, is a variety of Romagnol spoken by approximately 83 percent o ...

politician, who was a co- captain-regent (joint head of state) of

San Marino San Marino (, ), officially the Republic of San Marino ( it, Repubblica di San Marino; ), also known as the Most Serene Republic of San Marino ( it, Serenissima Repubblica di San Marino, links=no), is the fifth-smallest country in the world an ...

along with

Luca Beccari Luca Beccari (born 29 October 1974) is a Sammarinese politician who served as co-Captain Regent for a six-month term in 2014, alongside Valeria Ciavatta. He is a resident of Serravalle and a former official with the Central Bank of San Marino. H ...

for the semester of April to September 2014. She is a member of the Popular Alliance of Democrats.

Political history

Ciavatta was co-captain-regent alongside Giovanni Lonfernini from October 2003 to March 2004. On 27 July 2006, she became the

interior minister An interior minister (sometimes called a minister of internal affairs or minister of home affairs) is a cabinet official position that is responsible for internal affairs, such as public security, civil registration and identification, emergency ...

of San Marino. She was a

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for many years, before becoming a founding member of the Popular Alliance in the early 1990s.

Honors

Order of Merit of the Italian Republic The Order of Merit of the Italian Republic ( it, Ordine al Merito della Repubblica Italiana) is the senior Italian order of merit. It was established in 1951 by the second President of the Italian Republic, Luigi Einaudi. The highest-ranking ...

(Italy, 2014)

References

Index Ci-Cl
Rulers.org. Accessed 2010-01-20.

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