Macerata, September 2, 2026 – Macerata is in shock over the death of Andrea Angeli, former official and UN peacekeeper, found dead in his home on via Gramsci, in the historic center. The discovery was made shortly after 9 PM today by his brother-in-law and sister, alerted by some friends of the 69-year-old, worried because they had not heard from him for several days. According to initial reconstructions, the death may date back to last Thursday.
Read more Fear on A1, a truck caught fire: driver unharmed and no injuries
The emergency services also intervened, but the medical staff could only confirm Angeli’s death.
An inspection was also carried out by the police for the necessary investigations, although there seems to be no doubt that the death occurred due to natural causes.
South America, Iraq, Sarajevo and New York: his career
Andrea Angeli was one of the city’s most illustrious sons. In his long career as a UN official, he witnessed the fall of a dictator in South America and the death of 19 carabinieri in Iraq, saved a woman under bombs in Sarajevo, and played tennis with ambassadors in New York.
Active and elegant, sociable but aware of places and roles, Angeli traveled the world in all its dimensions, from the Middle Eastern desert to the Glass Palace, always making new cross-sectional friends, from generals to mission cooks, from journalists to bishops, leaving such a mark that in 2018 the UN recalled him from retirement for one last mission in the Balkans.
Angeli had studied Law in Macerata. Degree on time and less than two years later also in Political Science. The job at the United Nations – as he told Carlino – was not in his plans. He had happily landed at the Foreign Office of Guzzini, but a friend made him take the exam for the Foreign Trade Institute at the last minute, thanks to which the doors opened for UN assignments. The first was in Pinochet’s Chile, it was 1987.
After retirement: between Macerata and Rome
Among the most significant experiences, three years in Sarajevo during the war, then Iraq and Kosovo. Recently, after retirement, he divided his time between Macerata and Rome. Last year, with the courtesy that distinguished him, he spoke to Carlino as an honored guest at the celebration for the newspaper’s 140th anniversary. Angeli had also recounted his professional life in some books. The news of Angeli’s death quickly spread in Macerata: countless messages of condolence have arrived for the family in recent hours.
