Grand Council of Fascism - Members of The Council

Members of The Council

Its members, selected among the party's gerarchi, were as follows:

  • The Head of Government and Duce of Fascism:
Benito Mussolini (9 December 1928 - 25 July 1943)
  • The Quadrumvirs, the people who led the March on Rome – Michele Bianchi (died in 1930), Emilio De Bono, Cesare Maria De Vecchi and Italo Balbo (died in 1940).
  • The President of the Senate and the President of the Chamber of Deputies, from 1939 the Chamber of Fasci and Corporations
  • The Ministers of Justice, Foreign Affairs, Agriculture and Forestry, Education, Corporations, and Popular Culture
  • The Presidents of the Royal Academy of Italy, of the special court of state emergency and defense, and those of the Corporations; Industrialists, Agriculture workers, Industrial workers and Farmers. The inventor Guglielmo Marconi was the President of the Academy of Italy, making him a council member.
  • The Chief of Staff i.e. commander of the MVSN
  • The Secretary of the National Fascist Party (who is also the secretary of the Council)
  • Various people chosen by Mussolini himself, who held a 3-years position

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