# Luigi Russo > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Luigi_Russo > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Luigi_Russo.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luigi_Russo > Source revision: 1348065119 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) {{Short description|Italian Fascist politician (1882–1964)}} {{Infobox officeholder | name = Luigi Russo | image = Luigi russo.jpg | image_size = | alt = | caption = | office = Undersecretary to the Presidency of the Council of Ministers of the [Kingdom of Italy](/source/Kingdom_of_Italy) | term_start = 31 October 1939 | term_end = 6 February 1943 | predecessor = [Giacomo Medici Del Vascello](/source/Giacomo_Medici_Del_Vascello) | successor = [Amilcare Rossi](/source/Amilcare_Rossi) | office2 = Member of the [Chamber of Deputies of the Kingdom of Italy](/source/Chamber_of_Deputies_of_the_Kingdom_of_Italy) | term_start2 = 24 May 1924 | term_end2 = 21 January 1929 | office3 = Member of the [Chamber of Fasces and Corporations](/source/Chamber_of_Fasces_and_Corporations) | term_start3 = 23 March 1939 | term_end3 = 29 April 1943 | predecessor3 = | successor3 = | office4 = Member of the [Senate of the Kingdom of Italy](/source/Senate_of_the_Kingdom_of_Italy) | term_start4 = 29 April 1943 | term_end4 = 22 March 1945 | predecessor4 = | successor4 = | office5 = [Prefect](/source/Prefect) of [Chieti](/source/Chieti) | term_start5 = 16 September 1927 | term_end5 = 1 August 1932 | predecessor5 = Alberto Maroni | successor5 = Guido Letta | office6 = [Prefect](/source/Prefect) of [La Spezia](/source/La_Spezia) | term_start6 = 1 August 1932 | term_end6 = 25 July 1935 | predecessor6 = [Oscar Uccelli](/source/Oscar_Uccelli) | successor6 = [Adalberto Mariano](/source/Adalberto_Mariano) | office7 = [Prefect](/source/Prefect) of [Forlì](/source/Forl%C3%AC) | term_start7 = 25 July 1935 | term_end7 = 4 October 1935 | predecessor7 = Dino Borri | successor7 = Giuseppe Toffano | birth_name = | birth_date = {{Birth date|1882|9|28|df=y}} | birth_place = [Verona](/source/Verona), [Kingdom of Italy](/source/Kingdom_of_Italy) | death_date = {{Death date and age|1964|12|20|1882|9|28|df=y}} | death_place = [Rome](/source/Rome), [Italy](/source/Italy) | death_cause = | resting_place = | resting_place_coordinates = | citizenship = | party = [National Fascist Party](/source/National_Fascist_Party)
[Republican Fascist Party](/source/Republican_Fascist_Party) | other_party = | awards = [Order of the Crown of Italy](/source/Order_of_the_Crown_of_Italy)
[Order of Saints Maurice and Lazarus](/source/Order_of_Saints_Maurice_and_Lazarus)
[Colonial Order of the Star of Italy](/source/Colonial_Order_of_the_Star_of_Italy)
[Order of the Holy Sepulchre](/source/Order_of_the_Holy_Sepulchre_(Catholic))
[Sovereign Military Order of Malta](/source/Sovereign_Military_Order_of_Malta) | nickname = | allegiance = {{flag|Kingdom of Italy}} | branch = {{army|Kingdom of Italy}}
23px|border [MVSN](/source/Blackshirts) | service_years = | rank = [Colonel](/source/Colonel) (Army)
[Major General](/source/Major_General) (MVSN) | unit = | commands = | battles = * [World War I](/source/World_War_I) ** [Battles of the Isonzo](/source/Battles_of_the_Isonzo) | mawards = [Silver Medal of Military Valor](/source/Silver_Medal_of_Military_Valor)
[Military Order of Savoy](/source/Military_Order_of_Savoy)
[Cross of Military Merit](/source/Cross_of_Military_Merit) | footnotes = }} '''Luigi Russo''' ([Verona](/source/Verona), 28 September 1882 – [Rome](/source/Rome), 20 December 1964) was an Italian [Fascist](/source/Fascist) [politician](/source/politician) and civil servant, who served as Undersecretary to the Presidency of the Council of the [Kingdom of Italy](/source/Kingdom_of_Italy) from 1939 to 1943. He was also [Chief of Staff of the Volunteer Militia for National Security](/source/List_of_commanders_of_the_Blackshirts) from 3 October 1935 to 3 November 1939. ==Biography== He participated in the [First World War](/source/First_World_War) as a [Bersaglieri](/source/Bersaglieri) officer, with the rank of [captain](/source/captain_(rank)) and later [major](/source/major_(rank)), being wounded and twice awarded the [Silver Medal of Military Valor](/source/Silver_Medal_of_Military_Valor) during the [Tenth](/source/Tenth_Battle_of_the_Isonzo) and [Eleventh Battle of the Isonzo](/source/Eleventh_Battle_of_the_Isonzo).[http://decoratialvalormilitare.istitutonastroazzurro.org/docs/e-1918%20vol_4/e-1918%20vol_4_00000479.jpg Istituto del Nastro Azzurro][http://decoratialvalormilitare.istitutonastroazzurro.org/docs/e-1922%20vol_2/e-1922%20vol_2_00000071.JPG Istituto del Nastro Azzurro] Having ended the war with the rank of [colonel](/source/colonel), he was later a member of the National Directory of the National Veterans Association (of which he was later commissioner from 1925 to 1927).[https://notes9.senato.it/Web/senregno.NSF/d7aba38662bfb3b8c125785e003c4334/3dd72f45239f74db4125646f005f3a59?OpenDocument Senato della Repubblica] In 1922 he joined the [National Fascist Party](/source/National_Fascist_Party), with which he was elected to the [Italian Chamber of Deputies](/source/Italian_Chamber_of_Deputies) in 1924.[https://storia.camera.it/deputato/luigi-russo-18820928 Camera dei Deputati][https://notes9.senato.it/Web/senregno.NSF/d7aba38662bfb3b8c125785e003c4334/3dd72f45239f74db4125646f005f3a59?OpenDocument Senato della Repubblica] From 6 February to 22 September 1927 he served as ''[podestà](/source/podest%C3%A0)'' (mayor) of [Udine](/source/Udine), then as [Prefect](/source/Prefect) of [Chieti](/source/Chieti) (from 16 September 1927 to 1 August 1932), [La Spezia](/source/La_Spezia) (1 August 1932–25 July 1935) and [Forlì](/source/Forl%C3%AC) (25 July–4 October 1935).[https://archiviodistatotorino.beniculturali.it/pdf/Governo_alte-cariche_ecc_Sussidi_2b.pdf Prefetti][https://storia.camera.it/deputato/luigi-russo-18820928 Camera dei Deputati][https://notes9.senato.it/Web/senregno.NSF/d7aba38662bfb3b8c125785e003c4334/3dd72f45239f74db4125646f005f3a59?OpenDocument Senato della Repubblica] [[File:MVSN in piazza di Siena.jpg|thumb|left|240px|Russo and General [Federico Baistrocchi](/source/Federico_Baistrocchi) reviewing a Blackshirt unit in Rome, March 1936]] In 1923 he became ''console'' ([colonel](/source/colonel)) in the [Volunteer Militia for National Security](/source/Volunteer_Militia_for_National_Security), then ''console generale'' ([brigadier general](/source/brigadier_general)) in 1929 and ''luogotenente generale'' ([major general](/source/major_general)) from January 1936; in 1935 he became [Chief of Staff of the MVSN](/source/List_of_commanders_of_the_Blackshirts) until 1939.Mario Missori, ''Gerarchie e statuti del PNF'', p. 271 He was also a member of the National Directorate of the PNF, and in 1939 he became a member of the [Chamber of Fasces and Corporations](/source/Chamber_of_Fasces_and_Corporations).[https://storia.camera.it/deputato/luigi-russo-18820928 Camera dei Deputati] He was Undersecretary of State to the Presidency of the Council of Ministers of the [Mussolini Cabinet](/source/Mussolini_Cabinet) from 31 October 1939 to 6 February 1943, after which he was appointed Senator of the Kingdom.[https://storia.camera.it/deputato/luigi-russo-18820928 Camera dei Deputati][https://notes9.senato.it/Web/senregno.NSF/d7aba38662bfb3b8c125785e003c4334/3dd72f45239f74db4125646f005f3a59?OpenDocument Senato della Repubblica] After the [armistice of Cassibile](/source/armistice_of_Cassibile) he joined the [Italian Social Republic](/source/Italian_Social_Republic), where he was commissioner of the National Veterans' Organisation. On 7 August 1944 he was referred to the High Court of Justice for Sanctions against Fascism, which on 22 March 1945 revoked his seat as senator; after the end of the war Russo appealed this sentence, but without success.[https://notes9.senato.it/Web/senregno.NSF/d7aba38662bfb3b8c125785e003c4334/3dd72f45239f74db4125646f005f3a59?OpenDocument Senato della Repubblica] ==References== {{Reflist}} {{authority control}} {{s-start}} {{s-gov}} {{s-bef|before=[Attilio Teruzzi](/source/Attilio_Teruzzi)}} {{s-ttl|title=Chief of Staff of the [Volunteer Militia for National Security](/source/Volunteer_Militia_for_National_Security)|years=3 October 1935 – 3 November 1939}} {{s-aft|after=[Achille Starace](/source/Achille_Starace)}} {{s-end}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Russo, Luigi}} Category:1882 births Category:1964 deaths Category:Mussolini Cabinet Category:National Fascist Party politicians Category:Members of the Chamber of Fasces and Corporations Category:Members of the Chamber of Deputies (Kingdom of Italy) Category:Members of the Senate of the Kingdom of Italy Category:Recipients of the Silver Medal of Military Valor Category:Italian prefects Category:Italian Army generals Category:Blackshirts --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Luigi Russo](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luigi_Russo) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luigi_Russo?action=history)). 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