Fatti di Rovereta
| Fatti di Rovereta | |||
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| Part of the Cold War | |||
An armed militant belonging to the San Marino provisional government in Rovereta | |||
| Date | 19 September – 11 October 1957 (22 days) | ||
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| Resulted in | Provisional government victory | ||
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The fatti di Rovereta (Italian: "Rovereta affair") was a constitutional crisis that occurred in San Marino from 19 September to 11 October 1957. The Committee of Freedom lost its majority in the Grand and General Council in protest of its reaction to the Hungarian Revolution of 1956. The Grand and General Council was deliberately rendered inquorate by the Committee of Freedom to prevent the scheduled election of the Captains-Regent. Opposition led by the Sammarinese Christian Democratic Party established a provisional government in the village of Rovereta supported by Italy, with the government and provisional government forming militias as San Marino appeared to be heading towards civil war.
The Committee of Freedom conceded after a 22-day standoff and the provisional government was recognised as legitimate by the Captains-Regent. The fatti di Rovereta marked the end of San Marino having the only Communist government in Western Europe, and the beginning of the Christian Democratic Party's dominance in Sammarinese politics.