San Marino. Official visit of the president of the Campania Region Vincenzo De Luca
On Wednesday 29 and Thursday 30 June, the President of the Campania Region Vincenzo De Luca visited the Republic of San Marino at the invitation of the Secretary of State for Education and Culture Andrea Belluzzi.
A announced a press release from the Secretariat of State. “In May the Secretary accompanied their Excellencies Oscar Mina and Paolo Rondelli on an important institutional mission in the city of Naples in which the San Marino delegation had the pleasure of meeting Governor De Luca. The invitation to climb Mount Titano wants to reciprocate the hospitality and splendid welcome received in Naples.
Vincenzo De Luca has dedicated his life to the service of institutions, local but also national, covering various roles. He graduated in Philosophy at the University of Salerno and accompanied a brilliant university career with political commitment. After graduation he becomes professor of Philosophy in some high schools of Salerno. Animated by a strong political passion, at the age of twenty he joined the Italian Communist Party of which he immediately became a very active exponent. At the beginning of his political activity, he mainly devoted himself to the problems of the agricultural sector in the role of trade unionist representative of the PCI. From 1990 he began a political and institutional career that will see him resell the position of Mayor of Salerno for four terms, until he obtains the title of ‘Most loved Mayor of Italy’ by the Sole 24 Ore. Then, in the 2001 and 2006 general elections he was elected to the Chamber of Deputies, while in 2013 he was appointed Deputy Minister for Infrastructure and Transport of the Letta government. In the regional elections of 2015 and 2020 he was elected President of the Campania Region with a broad consensus.
Yesterday afternoon De Luca met the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs Luca Beccari and in the evening he presented his latest editorial initiative entitled: “Democracy at the crossroads”. At the Titano Theater, President De Luca talked with the journalist Sergio Barducci on the issues of Security, Justice, Democracy, Bureaucracy, Labor and war in Ukraine, bringing ideas and reflections of great interest on politics and current affairs .
This morning the Governor De Luca was received in audience by the most excellent Captains Regent Oscar Mina and Paolo Rondelli. In his speech, the Secretary Belluzzi introduced De Luca calling him an illustrious friend of the Republic of San Marino and said: ‘Today’s is not an ordinary audience. The presence of President De Luca is very welcome and significant. In a moment of undisputed criticality, it is essential that Italy and San Marino be even more united and supportive in the management of the emergency and in the discussion of common priorities. I am convinced that, also thanks to the help of Governor De Luca, our two Republics will be able to use the bilateral system in a renewed way, confirming at the same time that historical and sincere friendship that has always characterized our relations. ‘
He took the floor De Luca he has declared: ‘This is the second time for me in San Marino. From the first I brought a memory of a reality as small, as rich in history as it is beautiful, a cross between a family reality, a reality of a state institution, a reality that has its own charm and specificity. A small Republic that preserves the great value of freedom. ‘ ‘I was struck and disconcerted that Italy was unable to guarantee a minimum level of solidarity on the occasion of the supply of vaccines,’ he continued. ‘We will work on a Memorandum of Understanding and Collaboration between the Campania Region and the Republic of San Marino through which the Campania Region undertakes to protect the Republic from a health point of view. It would be a matter of honor for us. ‘