Benito Mussolini

Italian politician and journalist who founded and led the National Fascist Party

• Born: 1883-07-29 (Predappio)
• Died: 1945-04-28 (Giulino) (located in the administrative territorial entity: Mezzegra; street address: via XXIV maggio)
• Country of citizenship: Italian Social Republic; Kingdom of Italy
• Occupation: journalist; politician; teacher
• Member of political party: Fasci Italiani di Combattimento (period: 1919-01-01 through 1921-01-01); Italian Socialist Party (period: 1901-01-01 through 1914-01-01); National Fascist Party (period: 1921-01-01 through 1943-01-01); Republican Fascist Party (period: 1943-01-01 through 1945-01-01)
• Member of: Grand Council of Fascism
• Military rank: First marshal of the empire
• Military branch: Italian Air Force; Regia Aeronautica; Voluntary Militia for National Security
• Position held: First marshal of the empire (period: 1938-03-30 through 1943-07-25; together with: Vittorio Emanuele III); Prime Minister of the Kingdom of Italy (has immediate cause: March on Rome; period: 1922-10-31 through 1943-07-25; replaced by: Pietro Badoglio; replaces: Luigi Facta); foreign minister (of: Italian Social Republic; period: 1943-09-23 through 1945-04-28); member of the Chamber of Deputies of the Kingdom of Italy (parliamentary term: 26th Legislature of the Kingdom of Italy, 27th Legislature of the Kingdom of Italy, 28th Legislature of the Kingdom of Italy, 29th Legislature of the Kingdom of Italy; period: 1921-06-11 through 1924-01-25, 1924-05-24 through 1929-01-21, 1929-04-20 through 1934-01-19, 1934-04-28 through 1939-03-02); minister of Air Force of the Kingdom of Italy (nature of statement: acting; period: 1923-01-24 through 1925-08-30, 1925-08-30 through 1926-01-04, 1926-01-04 through 1929-09-12, 1933-11-06 through 1943-07-25; replaced by: Benito Mussolini, Italo Balbo, Renato Sandalli; replaces: Benito Mussolini, Italo Balbo); minister of Corporations of the Kingdom of Italy (nature of statement: acting; period: 1926-07-02 through 1929-07-20, 1929-09-12 through 1936-06-11; replaced by: Ferruccio Lantini, Giuseppe Bottai; replaces: Giuseppe Bottai); minister of Foreign Affairs of the Kingdom of Italy (nature of statement: acting; period: 1922-10-31 through 1924-06-17, 1924-06-17 through 1929-09-12, 1932-07-19 through 1936-06-11, 1943-02-06 through 1943-07-25; replaced by: Benito Mussolini, Dino Grandi, Galeazzo Ciano, Raffaele Guariglia; replaces: Benito Mussolini, Carlo Schanzer, Dino Grandi, Galeazzo Ciano); minister of Interior of the Kingdom of Italy (period: 1922-10-31 through 1924-06-17, 1926-11-05 through 1943-07-25; replaced by: Luigi Federzoni, Umberto Ricci; replaces: Luigi Federzoni, Paolino Taddei); minister of Italian Africa of the Kingdom of Italy (nature of statement: acting; period: 1924-06-17 through 1924-07-01, 1928-12-18 through 1929-09-12, 1935-01-18 through 1943-07-25; replaced by: Emilio De Bono, Melchiade Gabba, Pietro Lanza di Trabia; replaces: Emilio De Bono, Luigi Federzoni); minister of Public Works of the Kingdom of Italy (nature of statement: acting; period: 1929-04-30 through 1929-09-12, 1930-02-03 through 1930-12-13, 1935-08-07 through 1935-09-05; replaced by: Araldo di Crollalanza, Giuseppe Cobolli Gigli, Michele Bianchi; replaces: Giovanni Giuriati, Luigi Razza, Michele Bianchi); minister of War of the Kingdom of Italy (nature of statement: acting; period: 1925-04-04 through 1926-01-03, 1926-01-03 through 1929-09-12, 1933-07-22 through 1943-07-25; replaced by: Antonio Sorice, Benito Mussolini, Pietro Gazzera; replaces: Antonino Di Giorgio, Benito Mussolini, Pietro Gazzera); minister of the Navy of the Kingdom of Italy (nature of statement: acting; period: 1925-05-08 through 1926-01-03, 1926-01-03 through 1929-09-12, 1933-11-06 through 1943-07-25; replaced by: Benito Mussolini, Giuseppe Sirianni, Raffaele de Courten; replaces: Benito Mussolini, Giuseppe Sirianni, Paolo Ignazio Maria Thaon di Revel); national councillor to the Chamber of Fasci and Corporations (parliamentary term: 30th Legislature of the Kingdom of Italy; period: 1939-03-23 through 1943-08-02); prime minister (of: Italian Social Republic; period: 1943-09-23 through 1945-04-28)
• Employer: Avanti! (work period (end): 1914-01-01; work period (start): 1912-01-01)
• Educated at: University of Lausanne (academic major: social science; period: 1904-01-01 through 1904-01-01)
• Spouse: Ida Dalser; Rachele Mussolini (period: 1915-12-16 through 1945-04-28)
• Residence: Palazzo Venezia (since: 1929-09-01)
• VIAF ID: https://viaf.org/viaf/90162262
• ISNI: https://isni.org/isni/0000000121431748
• WorldCat Identities ID: https://worldcat.org/identities/lccn-n78095482
• Library of Congress authority ID: https://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n78095482