Paolo Rondelli (born 17 June 1963) is a Sammarinese politician and diplomat who served as Captain Regent of San Marino alongside Oscar Mina from 1 April to 1 October 2022. Career Born in San Marino on 17 June 1963, Rondelli studied chemical engineering at the University of Bologna and graduated in 1990 with a thesis on "Risks associated with the transport of toxic substances". In 1994 and 1995, he studied environmental science and technology, also at the University of Bologna. In May 2010, Rondelli obtained a Master's in Journalism from a programme run by the Universities of Urbino and Tor Vergata in Rome. In the same year, Rondelli graduated from the Faculty of Humanities of the University of Bologna with a thesis entitled "Democracies in transition: state of young and old, heritage of the future". As an engineer, Rondelli specialised in environmental and sustainable development issues and worked as a junior engineer for SOL SpA Group in Italy from March 1989 to March 1990 and then as a junior engineer for ENI Group from May 1991 to July 1993. In 1993, he joined the San Marinese administration and was first employed as an expert in technology and environment at the Institute of Social Security and Health, where he worked from July 1993 to November 1998. He was then transferred to the Department of Corporate Services, where he remained until July 2001. In that month, he was appointed Coordinator of the Department of Territory. Just one month before his transfer in November 1998, Rondelli was appointed Chairman of the Board of the Azienda Autonoma di Stato di Produzione (Ministry of Public Works). He held this post until November 2003. In July 2001, midway through his term as Chairman, Rondelli was also appointed Head of Department for Planning, Environment and Agriculture of the Republic of San Marino and Chief of Staff to the Minister of Labour. He remained in this position until October 2003, when he became head of the Department of Prevention and Protection, Public Administration and Civil Protection. From April 2005 to August 2006, Paolo Rondelli was Head of Department for Foreign and Political Affairs, Economic Planning and Justice of the Republic of San Marino and Chief of Staff to the Minister. As such, he was also his nation's representative at the UN General Assembly in New York in September 2005, the UNESCO General Assembly in Paris (France) in October