Cesare Maria De Vecchi
Cesare Maria De Vecchi (born November 14, 1884 in Casale Monferrato , † June 23, 1959 in Rome ) was an Italian lawyer , officer and fascist politician . De Vecchi held governor posts in Italian Somaliland (1923-1928) and on the Italian Aegean Islands (1936-1940), he was also briefly Italian Minister of Education (1935-1936).
As governor of the Somali colony, he was responsible for the “war of pacification” there (1925–1927) .
Career
De Vecchi studied law and initially established himself as a successful lawyer in Turin . In the war, which he welcomed as an interventionist, he took part as an officer and, after the end of the war, became chairman of the local combatants' association and head of the local fasci . In 1918 he was a founding member of the Futurist Political Party, into which he brought his Fasci. When the Fascist movement was founded on March 23, 1919, the Futurists merged with Mussolini's movement. On November 7, 1921, the National Fascist Party (PNF) was founded in Rome, De Vecchi was nominated as MP. As such, he always represented the loyal, monarchist wing. As the commander of the militia , he was a member of the Quadrumvirates ( Emilio De Bono , Italo Balbo , Michele Bianchi , Cesare Maria De Vecchi) and took part in the March on Rome , not without first trying to get Antonio Salandra to join a Mussolini government to move. In the Mussolini government, he was initially Undersecretary for Finance. From 1923 to 1928 he served as governor of Italian Somaliland , which began his real political career. He was by King Victor Emanuel III. ennobled and received (in memory of his Arditi's war mission on Monte Grappa in October 1918) the title of Conte di Val Cismon , and he was also appointed senator . After the conclusion of the Concordat , he became the first ambassador to the Vatican , and then served as Minister of Education in 1935 and 1936.
From 1936 to 1940 he was governor of the Aegean Islands , where he implemented the anti-Semitic racial laws , and was appointed to the Grand Fascist Council in 1941. In 1943 he voted for Mussolini's deposition, was sentenced to death in the Verona show trial in 1944 and hidden by Salesians in Turin. With church support and a passport, he fled Paraguay to Argentina in 1947 .
De Vecchi returned in 1949 to Italy, after the prosecution has been completed against him and was involved in Italian Social Movement from Rodolfo Graziani , but had all the features back.
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| SURNAME | De Vecchi, Cesare Maria |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Italian politician, companion of Mussolini and officer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | November 14, 1884 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Casale Monferrato |
| DATE OF DEATH | June 23, 1959 |
| Place of death | Rome |