ITALY : MINISTERS PART III
Ministers of Education and Cultural Affairs
Ministers of Public Instruction
Ministri della Pubblica istruzione
1869 - 1872 Cesare Correnti (2x) 1815 - 1888
1872 - 1874 Antonio Scialoja 1817 - 1877
1874 - 1876 Ruggiero Bonghi 1828 - 1895
1876 - 1878 Michele Coppino 1822 - 1901
1878 Federico De Sanctis 1817 - 1883
1878 - 1879 Michele Coppino (2x)
1879 Francesco Paolo Perez 1812 - 1892
1879 - 1880 Federico De Sanctis (2x)
1880 - 1884 Guido Baccelli 1830 - 1916
1884 - 1888 Michele Coppino (3x)
1888 - Paolo Boselli
- 1891 ...
1891 - 1892 Pasquale Villari 1827 - 1917
1892 - 1893 Ferdinando Martini 1841 - 1928
1893 - 1896 Guido Baccelli (2x)
1896 - 1897 Emmanuele Gianturco
1897 - 1898 Niccolo Gallo 1849 - 1907
1898 Luigi Cremona 1830 - 1903
1898 - 1900 Guido Baccelli (3x)
1900 - 1901 Niccolo Gallo (2x)
1901 - 1903 Nunzio Nasi 1850 - 1935
1903 - 1905 Vittorio Emmanuele Orlando
1905 Leonardo Bianchi 1848 - 1927
1905 - 1906 Enrico De Marinis
1906 Paolo Boselli (2x)
1906 Guido Fusinato 1860 - 1913
1906 - 1909 Luigi Rava
1909 - 1910 Eduardo Daneo 1851 -
1910 - 1914 Luigi Credaro 1860 - 1939
1914 Eduardo Daneo (2x)
1914 - 1916 Pasquale Grippo
1916 - 1917 Pasquale Ruffini 1834 -
1917 - 1919 Agostino Berenini 1858 - 1939
1919 - 1920 Alfredo Baccelli 1863 - 1955
1920 Andreo Torre 1866 -
1920 - 1921 Benedetto Croce 1866 - 1952
1921 - 1922 Orso Mario Cornino 1876 - 1937
1922 Antonio Anile 1869 - 1943
1922 - 1924 Giovanni Gentile 1875 - 1944
1924 - 1925 Alessandro, Conte Casati 1881 - 1953
1925 - 1928 Pietro Fedele 1873 - 1943
1928 - 1929 Giuseppe Belluzzo 1876 - 1952
Ministers of National Education
Ministri dell'Educazione nazionale
1929 - 1932 Balbino Giuliano 1879 - 1958
1932 - 1935 Francesco Ercole 1884 - 1945
1935 - 1936 Cesare Maria De Vecchi 1884 - 1959
1936 - 1943 Giuseppe Bottai 1895 - 1959
1943 Carlo Alberto Biggini 1902 - 1945
1943 Leonardo Severi, first post-PNF minister 1882 -
1943 - 1944 none (1)
1944 Adolfo Omodeo
(1) Undersecretary of State
(Sottosegretario di Stato)
1943 - 1944 Giovanni Cuomo
Ministers of Public Instruction
Ministri della Pubblica istruzione
1944 Adolfo Omodeo s.a.
1944 Guido De Ruggero
1944 - 1945 Vincenzo Arangio-Ruiz 1884 - 1964
Ministers of Presse and Propaganda
Ministri della Stampa e della Propaganda
1935 - 1936 Galeazzo, Conte Ciano de Cortellazzo e
Buccari 1903 - 1944
1936 - 1937 Dino Alfieri 1886 - 1966
Ministers of Popular Culture
Ministri della Cultura popolare
1937 - 1939 Dino Alfieri s.a.
1939 - 1943 Alessandro Pavolini 1903 - 1945
1943 Geatano Polverelli 1886 - 1966
1943 Guido Rocco, first post-PNF minister
1943 - 1944 none (2)
1944 Giovanni Cuomo*
1944 : Ministry abolished
(2) Undersecretary of State
(Sottosegretario di Stato)
1943 - 1944 Carlo Galli
Ministers of Oversea Dependencies
1... - 1912 the Ministers of Foreign Affairs
Directors General of the Colonial Bureau
at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs
...
1902 - 1912 Giacomo Agnesa 1860 - 1919
Ministers for the Colonies
Ministri delle Colonie
1912 - 1914 Pietro Bertolini
1914 - 1916 Ferdinando Martini
1916 - 1919 Gaspare Colosimo
1919 - 1920 Luigi Rossi
1920 Francesco Saverio Nitti* s.a.
1920 Bartolomeo Meuccio Ruini
1920 - 1921 Luigi Rossi (2x)
1921 - 1922 Giuseppe Girardini
1922 Giovanni Amendola
1922 - 1924 Luigi Federzoni, first PNF minister 1878 - 1967
1924 - 1926 Pietro Principe Lanza di Scalea 1863 - 1938
1926 - 1928 Luigi Federzoni (2x)
1928 - 1929 Benito Amilcare Andrea Mussolini 1883 - 1945
Undersecretary of State
(Sottosegretario di Stato)
1928 - 1929 Emilio De Bono 1866 - 1944
1929 - 1935 Emilio De Bono s.a.
1935 - 1936 Benito Amilcare Andrea Mussolini (2x)
Undersecretary of State
(Sottosegretario di Stato)
1929 - 1936 Alessandro Lessona 1891 -
1936 - 1937 Alessandro Lessona s.a
Ministers of Italian Africa
Ministri dell' Africa Italiana
1937 Alessandro Lessona s.a.
1937 - 1939 Benito Amilcare Andrea Mussolini (3x)
Undersecretary of State
(Sottosegretario di Stato)
1937 - 1939 Attilio Teruzzi 1882 - 1943
1939 - 1943 Attilio Teruzzi s.a.
1943 Melchiade Gabba, first post-PNF minister
1943 - 1944 Pietro Badoglio* 1871 - 1956
1944 - 1945 Ivanoe Bonomi* s.a.
Ministers without Portfolio
Ministri senza Portafoglio
1944 -Benedetto Croce s.a.
-Pietro Mancini
-Giulio Rodiṇ 1889 - 1950
-Carlo, Conte Sforza 1872 - 1952
-Palmiro Togliatti 1893 - 1964
1944 -Alberto Cianca
-Alcide De Gasperi 1881 - 1954
-Bartolomeo Meuccio Ruini s.a.
-Giuseppe Saragat 1898 - 1988
-Carlo, Conte Sforza (2x)
-Palmiro Togliatti (2x)
-Nicoḷ Carandini (joined later)
-Benedetto Croce (2x) (joined later)
1944 - 1945 Manlio Giovanni Brosio 1897 - 1980
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The P.N.F. was founded in 1921 and came to power in 1922.
Fascist Grand Council
Gran Consiglio del Fascismo
Since 1928, when this Council - the highest organ of the P.N.F. - received
a legal status, its membership consisted of :
- Benito Amilcare Andrea Mussolini (1883 - 1945) as chairman, formally
styled Duce del Fascismo
- the Quadrumviri, organisators of the march on Rome
- several high officials including, among others :
- the Ministers of Foreign Affairs, Justice, Interior, Finance, ...
- the Presidents of the Senate, of the Chamber of Fasces and Corporations,
of the Special Tribunal for the Defence of the State and of the
Royal Academy of Italy
- the Commanders of the Militia
- the Secretaries of the Party.
- other individuals appointed by Mussolini.
Quadrumviri
1928 - 1930 Michele Bianchi 1883 - 1930
1928 - 1940 Italo Balbo 1896 - 1940
1928 - 1943 Emilio De Bono 1866 - 1944
Cesare Maria De Vecchi di Val Crisnon 1884 - 1959
Presidents of the Senate
Presidenti del Senato
1928 - 1929 Tommaso Tittoni 1855 - 1931
1929 - 1939 Luigi Federzoni 1878 - 1967
1939 - 1943 Giacomo, Conte Suardo 1853 - 1947
Presidents of the Chamber of Fasces and Corporations
Presidenti della Camera dei Fasci e delle Corporazioni
(styled Chamber of Deputies / Camera dei Deputati until 1939)
1928 - 1929 Antonio Casertano 1863 - 1938
1929 - 1934 Giovanni Giuriati 1876 - 1970
1934 - 1939 Costanzo, Conte Ciano di Castellazzo 1876 - 1939
1939 - 1943 Dino Grandi 1895 - 1988
Presidents of the Special Tribunal for the Defence of the State
Presidenti del Tribunale Speciale per la Difesa dello Stato
1928 - 1932 G. Cristini
1932 - 1943 Antonino Tringali Casanova 1888 - 1943
Presidents of the Royal Academy of Italy
Presidenti della Reale Accademia d'Italia
1929 - 1930 Tommaso Tittoni s.a.
1930 - 1937 Guglielmo Marconi 1874 - 1937
1937 - 1938 Gabriele D'Annunzio 1863 - 1938
1938 - 1943 Luigi Federzoni s.a.
Commander of the Voluntary Militia of National Security
Comandante della Militia Volontaria per la Sicurezza Nationale - M.V.S.N.)
1928 - 1943 Benito Amilcare Andrea Mussolini s.a.
Chiefs of Staff (acting Commanders)
(Capi di Stato Maggiore)
1928 - 1935 Attilio Teruzzi 1882 - 1950
1935 - 1939 Luigi Russo 1887 -
1939 - 1941 Achille Starace 1889 - 1945
1941 - 1943 Enzo Galbiati 1897 -
National Secretaries
Segretari Nazionale
1921 - 1923 Michele Bianchi s.a.
1923 Nicola Sansanelli 1891 -
1923 - 1924 Francesco Giunta 1887 - 1971
1924 - 1925 none
Provisional directorate I
1924 -Roberto Forges Davanzati 1880 - 1936
-Cesare Rossi 1887 - 1967
-Alessandro Melchiori 1901 -
-Giovanni Marinelli 1879 - 1944
Provisional directorate II
1924 -Roberto Forges Davanzati s.a.
-P. Barnaba
-A. Belloni
-Alfredo Cucco 1893 -
-Roberto Farinacci 1892 - 1945
-Italo Foschi
-Dino Grandi s.a.
-Maurizio Maraviglia 1878 - 1955
-Alessandro Melchiori s.a.
-Sergio Panunzio 1886 - 1944
Executive Committee of the National Directorate
1924 - 1925 -Roberto Farinacci s.a.
-Roberto Forges Davanzati s.a.
1925 - 1926 Roberto Farinacci s.a.
1926 - 1930 Augusto Turati 1888 - 1955
1930 - 1931 Giovanni Giuriati 1876 - 1970
1931 - 1939 Achille Starace s.a.
1939 - 1940 Ettore Muti 1902 - 1943
1940 - 1941 Adelchi Serena 1895 -
1941 - 1943 Aldo Vidussoni 1914 -
1943 Carlo Scorza 1897 -
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