List of Secretaries of Italian Fascist parties

This article lists the Secretaries of Italian Fascist parties founded and led by Benito Mussolini between 1919 and 1945, namely Fasci Italiani di Combattimento (FIC), National Fascist Party (PNF) and Republican Fascist Party (PFR).

The Secretaries were effective, day-to-day leaders of parties, while Mussolini was the overall (supreme) leader, as well as Duce of the Fascist-ruled Kingdom of Italy between 1922 and 1943, and the Nazi-dominated Italian Social Republic (RSI) between 1943 and 1945.

Secretaries

No.	Portrait	Secretary	Took office	Left office	Time in office	Party	National Congress	Ref
Fasci Italiani di Combattimento (FIC)
1		DuumvirateDuumvirate Members: Michele Bianchi and Attilio Longoni	March 1919	August 1919	153 days	Fasces of Combat	—	—
2		Passela, UmbertoUmberto Pasella (1870–1957)	August 1919	November 1921	2 years, 92 days	Fasces of Combat	1st (Florence, 9–10 October 1919) 2nd (Milan, 24–25 May 1920) 3rd (Rome, 7–10 November 1921)	—
National Fascist Party (PNF)
1		Bianchi, MicheleMichele Bianchi (1883–1930) One of the Quadrumvirs	10 November 1921	13 October 1923	1 year, 337 days	Fascist Party	—	—
2		Giunta, FrancescoFrancesco Giunta (1887–1971)	13 October 1923	23 April 1924	193 days	Fascist Party	—	[1]
3		QuadrumvirateQuadrumvirate Members: Roberto Forges Davanzati, Cesare Rossi, Giovanni Marinelli[lower-alpha 1] and Alessandro Melchiori	23 April 1924	15 February 1925	298 days	Fascist Party	—	—
4		Farinacci, RobertoRoberto Farinacci (1892–1945[lower-alpha 2])	15 February 1925	30 March 1926	1 year, 43 days	Fascist Party	4th (Rome, 21–22 June 1925)	[2]
5		Turati, AugustoAugusto Turati (1888–1955)	30 March 1926	7 October 1930	4 years, 191 days	Fascist Party	—	—
6		Giuriati, GiovanniGiovanni Giuriati (1876–1970) [lower-alpha 3]	7 October 1930	12 December 1931	1 year, 66 days	Fascist Party	—	—
7		Starace, AchilleAchille Starace (1889–1945[lower-alpha 2]) [lower-alpha 4]	12 December 1931	31 October 1939	7 years, 323 days	Fascist Party	—	—
8		Muti, EttoreEttore Muti (1902–1943[lower-alpha 5])	31 October 1939	30 October 1940	365 days	Fascist Party	—	—
9		Serena, AdelchiAdelchi Serena (1895–1970)	30 October 1940	26 December 1941	1 year, 57 days	Fascist Party	—	—
10		Vidussoni, AldoAldo Vidussoni (1914–1982)	26 December 1941	19 April 1943	1 year, 114 days	Fascist Party	—	[3]
11		Scorza, CarloCarlo Scorza (1897–1988)	19 April 1943	27 July 1943	99 days	Fascist Party	—	[3]
Republican Fascist Party (PFR)
1		Pavolini, AlessandroAlessandro Pavolini (1903–1945[lower-alpha 2]) [lower-alpha 6]	15 November 1943	28 April 1945	1 year, 164 days	Republican Fascist Party	1st (Verona, 14–15 November 1943)	—

Timeline

See also

• List of senior officers of the Blackshirts

Notes

1. Convicted of treason during the Verona trial, and executed by firing squad.
2. Executed by Italian partisans during the collapse of the RSI, at the conclusion of the Liberation War/Civil War and the end of World War II.
3. Simultaneously served as the President of the Chamber of Deputies, between 1929 and 1934.
4. Afterwards served as Chief of Staff of the Blackshirts, between 1939 and 1941.
5. Killed by the Carabinieri during the fall of the Fascist regime.
6. Simultaneously served as commander-in-chief of the Black Brigades.

References

1. Adrian Lyttelton, The Seizure of Power, 2004, p. 183
2. "Black Farinacci". Time Magazine. 1929-02-04. Retrieved 2008-08-10.
3. Kitchen, Martin (1990). A World in Flames: A Short History of the Second World War in Europe and Asia, 1939–1945. New York: Longman. p. 252. ISBN 0-582-03407-8.