On the morning of January 15th 2021, a ceremony held at the “O. De Tommaso” headquarter of the Carabinieri Allievi Legion in Rome honoured the newly appointed Commander General of the Carabinieri Teo Luzi, who succeeded Giovanni Nistri.
The celebration, conducted according to the current regulations for the reduction of the pandemic, was awarded the presence of the Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte, the Minister of Defence Lorenzo Guerini, the Minister of the Interior Luciana Lamorgese and the Chief of the Defence Staff General Enzo Vecciarelli.
Due to the restrictions a limited number of political, religious, administrative and military authorities was allowed to the honour gallery, nevertheles the highest institutional authorities, the heads of the Armed Forces and Police, the President of the National Association of Retired Carabinieri General C.A. Libero Lo Sardo, the President of the O.N.A.O.M.A.C. General C.A. Cesare Vitale and members of all the representative bodies of the Army attended the ceremony.
Before the alternation ceremonial, Generals Nistri and Luzi honoured the dead soldiers by placing a laurel wreath at the Sacellum of the Unknown Soldier at the Altare della Patria and at the Memorial for the Fallen Soldiers by the Historical Museum of the Army.
