List of senior officers of the Blackshirts
This is a list of senior officers of the Blackshirts (MVSN, "Voluntary Militia for National Security"), a paramilitary wing of the Italian National Fascist Party (PNF), between the years of 1923[lower-alpha 1] and 1943.
The supreme commander of the entire MVSN was Comandante generale, literally "Commandant-General", a titular position, while Capo di stato maggiore, literally "Chief of Staff", oversaw the day-to-day operations of the group.
Commandants−General
Commandant-General of the MVSN
Comandante generale della MVSN | |
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Rank insignia | |
Command flag | |
Blackshirts (MVSN) of Fascist Italy | |
Status | Commanding officer of a paramilitary organization |
Member of | Stato Maggiore della MVSN |
Appointer | Benito Mussolini |
Formation | 1 February 1923 |
First holder | Held simultaneously by: |
Final holder | Renato Ricci |
Abolished | 8 December 1943 |
No. | Portrait | Commandant−General | Took office | Left office | Time in office | Party | Ref |
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1 | Marshal of Italy Emilio De Bono (1866–1944) One of the Quadrumvirs | 1 February 1923 | 31 October 1924 | 1 year, 273 days | Fascist Party | — | |
1 | Marshal of the Air Italo Balbo (1896–1940) One of the Quadrumvirs | 1 February 1923 | 21 November 1924 | 1 year, 294 days | Fascist Party | — | |
1 | Army corps general Cesare Maria De Vecchi (1884–1959) One of the Quadrumvirs | 1 February 1923 | 10 July 1925 | 2 years, 159 days | Fascist Party | — | |
2 | Asclepia Gandolfo (1864–1925) | General1 December 1924 | 31 August 1925 † | 273 days | Fascist Party | — | |
3 | Maurizio Ferrante Gonzaga (1861–1938) | General12 September 1925 | 9 October 1926 | 1 year, 27 days | Fascist Party | — | |
4 | First marshal of the empire Benito Mussolini (1883–1945) | 12 October 1926 | 25 July 1943 | 16 years, 286 days | Fascist Party | — | |
5 | Quirino Armellini (1889–1975) | General26 July 1943 | 8 September 1943 | 44 days | Independent | — | |
5 | Renato Ricci (1896–1956) | 20 September 1943 | 8 December 1943 | 79 days | Independent | — |
Chiefs of Staff
Chief of Staff of the MVSN
Capo di stato maggiore della MVSN | |
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Rank insignia | |
Command flag | |
Blackshirts (MVSN) of Fascist Italy | |
Status | Chief of staff of a paramilitary organization |
Member of | Stato Maggiore della MVSN |
Appointer | Benito Mussolini |
Formation | 1 February 1923 |
First holder | Francesco Sacco |
Final holder | Renzo Montagna (acting) |
Abolished | 20 September 1943 |
No. | Portrait | Chief of Staff | Took office | Left office | Time in office | Party | Ref |
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1 | Francesco Sacco (1877–1958) | Lieutenant general1 February 1923 | 1 December 1924 | 1 year, 304 days | Fascist Party | [1] | |
2 | Enrico Bazan (1864–1947) | Lieutenant general1 December 1924 | 23 December 1928 | 4 years, 22 days | Fascist Party | — | |
3 | Attilio Teruzzi (1882–1950) | Lieutenant general1929 | 1935 | 5–6 years | Fascist Party | — | |
4 | Luigi Russo (1882–1964) | Lieutenant general3 October 1935 | 3 November 1939 | 4 years, 31 days | Fascist Party | — | |
5 | Achille Starace (1889–1945) | 3 November 1939 | 16 May 1941 | 1 year, 194 days | Fascist Party | — | |
6 | Enzo Galbiati (1897–1982) | Lieutenant general25 May 1941 | 26 July 1943 | 2 years, 62 days | Fascist Party | [2] | |
– | Renzo Montagna (1894–1978) Acting | Consul general17 September 1943 | 20 September 1943 | 3 days | Independent | — |
Notes
- After approval by the Council of Ministers (Mussolini Cabinet) on 28 December 1922, the draft law on founding the MVSN was approved by a resolution of the Grand Council of Fascism on 12 January 1923. The draft became law under Royal Decree No. 31 of 14 January 1923, issued by the King Victor Emmanuel III. The activities of the MVSN began on 1 February 1923.
References
- "Francesco Sacco, Senatori dell'Italia fascista" (in Italian). Retrieved 7 December 2018.
- Philip Rees, Biographical Dictionary of the Extreme Right Since 1890, 1990, p. 144
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