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 Italian Fasces of Combat (FIC), National Fascist Party (PNF) and Republican Fascist Party (PFR).

Secretary of the National Fascist Party
Segretario del Partito Nazionale Fascista (Italian)
Rank insignia
Longest serving Achille Starace 12 December 1931–31 October 1939
National Fascist Party
Type	Party secretary
Member of	Grand Council of Fascism
Appointer	the Duce
Formation	23 March 1919
First holder	Duumvirate
Final holder	Alessandro Pavolini
Abolished	28 April 1945

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.

List of officeholders

Italian Fasces of Combat

No.	Portrait	Name (Birth–Death)	Term of office			Party		Ref.
			Took office	Left office	Time in office
1		Duumvirate[a]	23 March 1919	1 August 1919	131 days		Italian Fasces of Combat	[1]
2		Umberto Pasella [it] (1870–1957)	1 August 1919	10 November 1921	2 years, 101 days		Italian Fasces of Combat	[2]

National Fascist Party

No.	Portrait	Name (Birth–Death)	Term of office			Party		Ref.
			Took office	Left office	Time in office
1		Michele Bianchi (1883–1930)	10 November 1921	13 October 1923	1 year, 337 days		National Fascist Party	[3]
2		Francesco Giunta (1887–1971)	13 October 1923	23 April 1924	193 days		National Fascist Party	[4]
3		Quadrumvirate[b]	23 April 1924	15 February 1925	298 days		National Fascist Party	[5]
4		Roberto Farinacci (1892–1945)	15 February 1925	30 March 1926	1 year, 43 days		National Fascist Party	[6]
5		Augusto Turati (1888–1955)	30 March 1926	7 October 1930	4 years, 191 days		National Fascist Party	[7]
6		Giovanni Giuriati (1876–1970)	7 October 1930	12 December 1931	1 year, 66 days		National Fascist Party	[8]
7		Achille Starace (1889–1945)	12 December 1931	31 October 1939	7 years, 323 days		National Fascist Party	[9]
8		Ettore Muti (1902–1943)	31 October 1939	30 October 1940	365 days		National Fascist Party	[10]
9		Adelchi Serena (1895–1970)	30 October 1940	26 December 1941	1 year, 57 days		National Fascist Party	[11]
10		Aldo Vidussoni (1914–1982)	26 December 1941	19 April 1943	1 year, 114 days		National Fascist Party	[12]
11		Carlo Scorza (1897–1988)	19 April 1943	27 July 1943	99 days		National Fascist Party	[13]

Republican Fascist Party

No.	Portrait	Name (Birth–Death)	Term of office			Party		Ref.
			Took office	Left office	Time in office
1		Alessandro Pavolini (1903–1945)	15 November 1943	28 April 1945	1 year, 164 days		Republican Fascist Party	[14]

Timeline

See also

• List of commanders of the Blackshirts

Notes

1. Consisted of Michele Bianchi and Attilio Longoni [it].
2. Consisted of Roberto Forges Davanzati, Cesare Rossi, Giovanni Marinelli and Alessandro Melchiori [it].

References

1. Dai Fasci italiani di combattimento al regime fascista, Associazione Nazionale Partigiani d'Italia
2. Lezioni di storia con Emilio Gentile al Faraggiana: “Mussolini un potente vinto, ma la democrazia va difesa”, La Stampa
3. Michele Bianchi, Associazione Nazionale Partigiani d'Italia
4. Adrian Lyttelton, The Seizure of Power, 2004, p. 183
5. Quadrumviri – Dizionario di Storia, Enciclopedia Treccani
6. "Black Farinacci". Time Magazine. 4 February 1929. Archived from the original on 27 October 2010. Retrieved 10 August 2008.
7. Augusto Turati, Associazione Nazionale Partigiani d'Italia
8. Giovanni Giuriati – Dizionario Biografico, Enciclopedia Treccani
9. Achille Starace – Dizionario Biografico, Enciclopedia Treccani
10. Ettore Muti – Dizionario Biografico, Enciclopedia Treccani
11. Adelchi Serena – Dizionario Biografico, Enciclopedia Treccani
12. 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.
13. Carlo Scorza – Dizionario Biografico, Enciclopedia Treccani
14. Alessandro Pavolini – Dizionario Biografico, Enciclopedia Treccani