Lorenzo Bugli

Lorenzo Bugli (born 20 February 1995) is a Sammarinese politician who is a Captain Regent in office since 1 October 2025 along with Matteo Rossi. A member of the Sammarinese Christian Democratic Party, he is currently the youngest state leader in the world.^{[citation needed]}

Lorenzo Bugli
Captain Regent of San Marino
Incumbent
Assumed office 1 October 2025 Serving with Matteo Rossi
Preceded by	Denise Bronzetti Italo Righi
Member of the Grand and General Council
Incumbent
Assumed office 8 December 2019
Personal details
Born	(1995-02-20) 20 February 1995 (age 30) Borgo Maggiore, San Marino
Political party	PDCS
Profession	Politician

Biography

Bugli was born on 20 February 1995 in Borgo Maggiore, San Marino.^[1][2] He has received a diploma in accounting.^[1] He has studied at the Institute of Philosophical Studies in Lugano, Switzerland, and works in insurance.^[2] Outside of politics, Bugli is a football fan and became president of the club SS Murata in 2025.^[3] His club participated in qualifying for the 2025–26 UEFA Champions League, narrowly missing out.^[2]

A member of the Sammarinese Christian Democratic Party (Partito Democratico Cristiano Sammarinese, PDCS), Bugli entered politics in 2013.^[2] He ran for the town council of the City of San Marino in 2014 on a platform of relocating the city's health clinic, increasing Wi-Fi, and providing support for events taking place in the city.^[4] He won election, aged only 18 at the time.^[4] Bugli served five years as President of the Young Christian Democrats in San Marino, and in 2019 he was elected to the Grand and General Council.^[2] He has also served as a member of his party's board of directors since 2017.^[1]

Bugli has served as president of San Marino's delegation to the Inter-Parliamentary Union and as vice president of Internazionale Democratica Centrista (Centrist Democratic International), also helping create the latter's youth wing.^[2] He is a member of the Joint Committee for the Association Agreement with the European Union.^[2] In 2024, he was re-elected to the Grand and General Council.^[2]

On 10 September 2025, he was unanimously nominated by his party to serve as one of the next Captains Regent, along with Matteo Rossi of the Party of Socialists and Democrats (PSD).^[5] His term as Captain Regent began on 1 October and is to run through 1 April 2026.^[5]