Umberto Barulli
{{Short description|Sammarinese politician}}
Umberto Barulli (1921 – 1993'Unitá. [http://archiviostorico.unita.it/cgi-bin/highlightPdf.cgi?t=ebook&file=/golpdf/uni_1998_12.pdf/01INT02A.pdf&query=Cristiana%20Cella A 5 anni dalla scomparsa in Repubblica di San Marino del compagno Umberto Barulli]) was a Sammarinese politician. A leader of the Sammarinese Communist Party, Barulli served as head of state of San Marino in 1988.
Prior to his political career, Barulli worked at the Ansaldo factory in Genoa, Italy.l'Unitá. [http://82.85.28.102/cgi-bin/showfile.pl?file=golpdf/uni_1997_03.pdf/02INT02A.pdf Genova, quartiere operaio addio]l'Espresso. [http://espresso.repubblica.it/dettaglio/e-nell%C2%B4ex-citta-dell%C2%B4acciaio-penetro-il-rumore-del-mare/1320909 E nell´ex città dell´acciaio penetrò il rumore del mare] Barulli was the general secretary of the Sammarinese Communist Party between 1973 and 1984.Foreign Broadcast Information Service. [https://books.google.com/books?id=bC7UK2r7QAoC Daily report. West Europe, Edition 241; Edition 249]. 1990. p. 28Zagladin, V. V. [https://books.google.com/books?id=-2tLAAAAMAAJ Europe and the Communists]. Moscow: Progress Publishers, 1977. p. 256 Prior to his appointment as party general secretary, he served as deputy general secretary.[https://books.google.com/books?id=eKiyAAAAIAAJ The Current digest of the Soviet press, Vol. 23]. 1971. p. 42 As a leader of the Communist Party, Barulli advocated for Sammarinese economic self-sufficiency, arguing that dependency on tourism would be reduced whilst industries and agricultural sectors would be developed. In a 1978 interview, he said that San Marino ought to stop 'living as a parasite on Italy'.Reuters. [http://www.itnsource.com/en/shotlist/RTV/1978/05/31/BGY510280455/?s=* SAN MARINO: EMIGRANTS RETURN HOME TO VOTE IN GENERAL ELECTIONS.]
Barulli represented the Sammarinese Communist Party at different international events. He represented the Sammarinese communists as a guest of honour at the tenth anniversary jubilee celebrations of the People's Republic of China in 1959.Peking Review. [http://www.massline.org/PekingReview/PR1959/PR1959-40.pdf Guests of Honour Present at the Banquet]. 1959[https://books.google.com/books?id=PS81AQAAIAAJ Survey of China mainland press, Edition 2107–2127]. 1959. p. 15 Barulli visited the 25th Congress of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union in 1976, and gave a speech at the event.Communist Party of the Soviet Union. [https://books.google.com/books?id=jD80AAAAIAAJ Our friends speak: greetings to the 25th CPSU Congress]. 1976. During a visit to the Soviet Union in January 1983, Barulli and the Sammarinese Communist Party chairman Ermenegildo Gasperoni were awarded with the Order of Friendship of Peoples at a ceremony in the Kremlin.[https://books.google.com/books?id=iBRnAAAAMAAJ World affairs report, Vol. 13]. 1983. 52
Barulli served as one of the two Captains Regent (i.e. the head of state of San Marino) for one term between April and September 1988, along with Rosolino Martelli. At the time the country was governed by a coalition between the Communist Party and the Christian Democrats.Europa Publications Limited. [https://books.google.com/books?id=NQCGAAAAIAAJ Western Europe]. London, England: Europa Publications Ltd, 1989. p. 412