The Secretary for Foreign Affairs is the Minister for Foreign Affairs of the small Republic of San Marino situated inside Italy.
Together with the Secretary for Interior and the Secretary for Treasury, he is one of the three members of the executive Congress of State who is directly appointed by the Grand and General Council, the parliament of the republic. Due to the absence of the office of Prime Minister in the constitutional structure of the State, the Secretary for Foreign Affairs is traditionally seen as the most relevant post in the Sammarinese government.
Since 2008, the Secretary for Foreign Affairs has been Antonella Mularoni of the Pact for San Marino centre-right coalition.
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