Tommas Bezzina

His Excellency Tommas Bezzina
Bezzina in 2019
President of Vitruvia
Incumbent
Assumed office 26 July 2017
Deputy	Cointa Favaloro
Preceded by	Saladino Contessa
Spokesman of the Green Party
In office 30 December 1998 – 31 October 2009
Mayor of Incudine
In office 1 August 1996 – 6 April 1998
Personal details
Born	Tommas Luís Osvaldo Bezzina (1964-02-12) February 12, 1964 Precea, Luzela, Paretia
Citizenship	Vitruvio
Political party	Independent (since 2016)
Spouse	Eloisa Camillo (m. 1994)
Children	4
Parents	Stiliano Bezzina (father) Lea Di Salvatore (mother)
Alma mater	Univeristy of Castellu

Tommas Bezzina (Estmerish pronounciation:tˈɑːməz bˈɛzɪnə, born February 12, 1964) is a Vitruvio politician and current President of Vitruvia. He previously served as a professor in economics and the classics at the Univeristy of Castellu and then as a spokesperson for the Green Party of Vitruvia after joining politics.

Bezzina was born in Precea, Luzela, to a Vitruvio father and a Luzelan mother who met on a student exchange program. He was born in February of 1964, where his parents given two options of citizenship. Ultimately, they chose Vitruvia.

He was a member of the National Council where he represented the Green Party of Vitruvia as a speaker from 30 December 1998 – 31 October 2009, he served as the leader of the party and parliamentary group during these years.

For the first time in the 2017 Vitruvian Presidential Election Bezzina ran as an independent politician with support from the Greens, where he finished first out of six in the first round before facing Erasmo Zaccheo of the Liberal Democratics in the second round, which he also went on to win. He was sworn into office on the 27th July 2017.

Bezzina has described himself as being a centrist liberal, and supporter of green and social liberalist political views. He is also open about his support for the Euclean Community and his hope for a Vitruvian entry into the organisation in the future.

Personal Life

Early Life

Tommas was born on the morning of the 12th of February 1964 in the Paretian capital of Precea to writer and journalist Stiliano Bezzina (of Vitruvio descent) and Lea Di Salvatore (of Luzelan descent). His parents had met in the summer of 1962 due to a foreign student exchange program between two universities that meant that the two came to meet. The day prior to his birth his father had flown from Incudine and arrived just in time. For the first two months of his life he lived alone with his mother in her flat in Precea while she awaited a visa to live in Vitruvia with Stiliano. Tommas relocated into Vitruvia and lived in Incudine for the remainder of his childhood. He was baptized in June of 1964 at the St. Nicholas' Church. His father was an active journalist but also a businessman and due to this was away for work for a lot of his childhood in foreign countries.

In 1975, after finishing primary school, Bezzina was switched to a prestigious grammar school at the Academic Grammar School of Ania, where he took his CGES in 1981. In 1982 his mother gained full Vitruvio citizenship. Bezzina managed to avoid the mandatory conscription of Vitruvia due to being deemed unfit in 1983 and after passing in 1984 he was excused due to exams. After that, he was never called for service due to his later professorship.

Education

Bezzina studied economics and the classics at the Univeristy of Castellu, obtaining a masters degree in economics in 1986. He was awarded the title of Dr. in 1988.

Political Career

Joining Politics

Bezzina was a member of the Liberal Democratics from the late 1980's until 1997.

Presidential Career

Bezzina with Etrurian President Francesco Carcaterra.