Michele Chiaruzzi
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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.{{Cite web|url=https://www.unibo.it/sitoweb/michele.chiaruzzi/en|title = Michele Chiaruzzi — University of Bologna — Home Page}}{{Cite web|url=http://www.unirsm.sm/it/dottorato-ricerca-studi-storici/_2161.htm|title = Dottorato di ricerca… ‹ archivio didattica DSS ‹ archivio DSS ‹ Università degli Studi di San Marino}} 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,{{Cite web|url=https://www.clarehall.cam.ac.uk/news/18-04-2016/clare-hall-life-member-dr-michele-chiaruzzi-launches-new-book|title = Clare Hall Life Member Dr Michele Chiaruzzi launches new book | Clare Hall}} and professor at the University of Bologna, he is the founding director of the Research Centre for International Relations at the University of San Marino.{{Cite web|url=https://www.unirsm.sm/persona/michele-chiaruzzi/|title=Michele Chiaruzzi
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Appointed at age 25 in 2008, Chiaruzzi has served as first resident ambassador of San Marino to Bosnia and Herzegovina.{{Cite web|url=http://www.mfa.gov.ba/ambasade_konzulati_misije/ambasade_u_bih/Default.aspx|title=Ambasade u BiH}}{{Cite web|url=http://www.esteri.sm/on-line/en/home/diplomatic-and-consular-corps/diplomatic-representations-of-san-marino/scheda1001539.html|title=Segreteria Esteri}}
His unusual diplomatic figure has attracted international media attention,{{Cite web|url=https://balkans.aljazeera.net/teme/2021/12/24/prica-o-ambasadoru-i-bih-sjecanje-na-srebrenicu-je-temelj-savremene-evrope|title=Priča o ambasadoru i BiH: Sjećanje na Srebrenicu je temelj savremene Evrope}} also featuring in Goran Milic's documentary for Al Jazeera "Alkemija Balkana".Archived at [https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211208/GcWIh_fYwwc Ghostarchive]{{cbignore}} and the [https://web.archive.org/web/20140513104349/http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GcWIh_fYwwc Wayback Machine]{{cbignore}}: {{cite AV media| url = https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GcWIh_fYwwc| title = Alhemija/Alkemija Balkana: Bosna i Hercegovina - 1. epizoda | website=YouTube}}{{cbignore}}
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.[https://www.sanmarinortv.sm/news/attualita-c4/24-anni-dal-massacro-di-srebrenica-chiesanuova-avanguardia-di-solidarieta-a174092 Anniversario dell'eccidio di Srebrenica, San Marino RTV]
In 2019 Chiaruzzi created the sculpture Dialogue, popularly rebranded New Chapel, the first ever monument devoted to interfaith dialogue.{{cite web|url=https://m.youtube.com/watch?feature=youtu.be&v=9JMaBpUpOtM|title=Kapela tri religije|publisher=Al Jazeera|accessdate=16 October 2019}}{{cite web|url=https://www.sanmarinortv.sm/news/cultura-c6/san-marino-parla-al-mondo-con-dialogo-a177687|title=San Marino parla al mondo|publisher=RTV San Marino|accessdate=22 January 2025}}