Revolutionary syndicalist turned Fascist party secretary and quadrumvir of the March on Rome
Born in Belmonte Calabro, he studied law in Rome, joined the Italian Socialist Party, worked on Avanti! and was jailed for antimilitarist agitation. In 1907 and 1908 he helped lead the syndicalists out of the PSI and became a leading figure of the Milan unions and the Italian Syndicalist Union. He campaigned for intervention in the First World War and volunteered. After the war he joined Mussolini's Fasci di combattimento and in 1921 became secretary of the National Fascist Party, sanctioning the squads' violence. As a quadrumvir he led the March on Rome in 1922 and stood for the party's syndicalist left. Elected deputy in 1924 and minister of public works in 1929, he died of tuberculosis in 1930.
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1908–1914
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1919–1930
National Fascist Party (PNF)Main
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1925–1930
Italy state institutionsMinister of Public Works
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