Mussolini government

{{Short description|59th Government of Kingdom of Italy}} {{Use dmy dates|date=January 2023}} {{Infobox government cabinet |cabinet_name = Mussolini government |cabinet_number = 59th |jurisdiction = Italy |flag = Flag of Italy (1861-1946).svg |flag_border = true |image = Mussolini mezzobusto.jpg |date_formed = 31 October 1922 |date_dissolved = 25 July 1943 |government_head = Benito Mussolini |state_head = Victor Emmanuel III |current_number = |former_members_number = |total_number = |political_party = * '''{{small|1922–24}}''': PNF, PPI, PLI,<br>DS, ANI * '''{{small|1924–43}}''': PNF |election = 1924<br />1929<br />1934 |previous = Facta II Cabinet |successor = Badoglio I Cabinet (official)<br>Mussolini Cabinet (in the RSI) }}

The '''Mussolini government''' was the longest-lasting government in the history of Italy. The Cabinet administered the country from 31 October 1922 to 25 July 1943, for a total of 7,572 days, or 20 years, 8 months and 25 days.<ref>[https://storia.camera.it/governi/i-governo-mussolini Governo Mussolini]</ref>

On taking office, the government was composed by members from National Fascist Party, Italian People's Party, Social Democracy, Italian Liberal Party, Italian Nationalist Association and other independent politicians.<ref>[https://storia.camera.it/regno/lavori/leg26/sed189.pdf Legislatura XXVI]</ref> However, since 1 July 1924, all other parties were purged and the government was composed exclusively of Fascists, except for a few military officers.

The government fell following the approval of the Grandi motion by the Grand Council of Fascism on 25 July 1943.

== Government parties == === From 1922 to 1924 === thumb|right|330px|The Mussolini government in the Chamber of Deputies (1930) From its beginnings until 1924, the government was composed by the following parties:

{| class=wikitable style="font-size:100%" |- !colspan=2|Party !Ideology !Leader |- | style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|National Fascist Party}}" | | National Fascist Party | Fascism | Benito Mussolini |- | style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Italian People's Party (1919)}}" | | Italian People's Party | Christian democracy | Luigi Sturzo |- | style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Italian Liberal Party}}" | | Italian Liberal Party | Liberalism | Giovanni Giolitti |- | style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Social Democracy (Italy, 1922)}}" | | Social Democracy | Social liberalism | Giovanni Antonio Colonna |- | style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Italian Nationalist Association}}" | | Italian Nationalist Association | Nationalism | Enrico Corradini |}

=== From 1924 to 1943 === Until July 1, 1924, the government was made up of fascist, popular, liberal and nationalist exponents. From 1924 to 1943, with the transformation of Italy into a one-party totalitarian dictatorship, the government was composed only by members of the National Fascist Party.

== Composition == {|class="wikitable" style="font-size: 100%;" |- ! Office ! Name ! colspan=2|Party ! Term |- | colspan=6| |- ! Head of Government | Benito Mussolini | style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|National Fascist Party}}" | | National Fascist Party | 31 October 1922 – 25 July 1943 |- | colspan=6| |- ! rowspan="5"|Minister of Foreign Affairs | Benito Mussolini (ad interim) | style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|National Fascist Party}}" | | National Fascist Party | 31 October 1922 – 12 September 1929 |- | Dino Grandi | style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|National Fascist Party}}" | | National Fascist Party | 12 September 1929 – 20 July 1932 |- | Benito Mussolini (ad interim) | style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|National Fascist Party}}" | | National Fascist Party | 20 July 1932 – 11 June 1936 |- | Galeazzo Ciano | style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|National Fascist Party}}" | | National Fascist Party | 11 June 1936 – 6 February 1943 |- | Benito Mussolini (ad interim) | style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|National Fascist Party}}" | | National Fascist Party | 6 February 1943 – 25 July 1943 |- | colspan=6| |- ! rowspan="3"|Minister of the Interior | Benito Mussolini (ad interim) | style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|National Fascist Party}}" | | National Fascist Party | 31 October 1922 – 17 June 1924 |- | Luigi Federzoni | style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|National Fascist Party}}" | | National Fascist Party | 17 June 1924 – 6 November 1926 |- | Benito Mussolini (ad interim) | style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|National Fascist Party}}" | | National Fascist Party | 6 November 1926 – 25 July 1943 |- | colspan=6| |- ! rowspan="11"|Minister of Public Works | Gabriello Carnazza | style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Social Democracy (Italy, 1922)}}" | | Social Democracy | 31 October 1922 – 1 July 1924 |- | Gino Sarrocchi | style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|National Fascist Party}}" | | National Fascist Party | 1 July 1924 – 5 January 1925 |- | Giovanni Giuriati | style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|National Fascist Party}}" | | National Fascist Party | 5 January 1925 – 30 April 1929 |- | Benito Mussolini (ad interim) | style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|National Fascist Party}}" | | National Fascist Party | 30 April 1929 – 12 September 1929 |- | Michele Bianchi | style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|National Fascist Party}}" | | National Fascist Party | 12 September 1929 – 3 February 1930 † |- | Araldo di Crollalanza | style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|National Fascist Party}}" | | National Fascist Party | 13 February 1930 – 24 January 1935 |- | Luigi Razza | style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|National Fascist Party}}" | | National Fascist Party | 24 January 1935 – 7 August 1935 † |- | Giuseppe Cobolli Gigli | style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|National Fascist Party}}" | | National Fascist Party | 5 September 1935 – 31 October 1939 |- | Adelchi Serena | style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|National Fascist Party}}" | | National Fascist Party | 31 October 1939 – 30 October 1940 |- | Giuseppe Gorla | style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|National Fascist Party}}" | | National Fascist Party | 30 October 1940 – 6 February 1943 |- | Zenone Benini | style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|National Fascist Party}}" | | National Fascist Party | 6 February 1943 – 25 July 1943 |- | colspan=6| |- ! rowspan=2|Minister of Treasury | Vincenzo Tangorra | style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Italian People's Party (1919)}}" | | Italian People's Party | 31 October 1922 – 21 December 1922 |- | Alberto de' Stefani | style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|National Fascist Party}}" | | National Fascist Party | 21 December 1922 – 31 December 1922 |- | colspan=6| |- ! Minister of Labour and Social Security | Stefano Cavazzoni | style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Italian People's Party (1919)}}" | | Italian People's Party | 31 October 1922 – 26 April 1923 |- | colspan=6| |- ! Minister of Agriculture | Giuseppe De Capitani D'Arzago | style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Italian Liberal Party}}" | | Italian Liberal Party | 31 October 1922 – 1 August 1923 |- | colspan=6| |- ! Minister of Industry and Commerce | Teofilo Rossi | style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Italian Liberal Party}}" | | Italian Liberal Party | 31 October 1922 – 1 August 1923 |- | colspan=6| |- ! rowspan="4"|Minister of National Economy | Orso Mario Corbino | style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Italian Liberal Party}}" | | Italian Liberal Party | 1 August 1923 – 1 July 1924 |- | Cesare Nava | style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|National Fascist Party}}" | | National Fascist Party | 1 July 1924 – 10 July 1925 |- | Giuseppe Belluzzo | style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|National Fascist Party}}" | | National Fascist Party | 10 July 1925 – 9 July 1928 |- | Alessandro Martelli | style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|National Fascist Party}}" | | National Fascist Party | 9 July 1928 – 12 September 1929 |- | colspan=6| |- ! rowspan="2"|Minister of Justice and Worship Affairs | Aldo Oviglio | style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|National Fascist Party}}" | | National Fascist Party | 31 October 1922 – 5 January 1925 |- | Alfredo Rocco | style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|National Fascist Party}}" | | National Fascist Party | 5 January 1925 – 19 July 1932 |- | colspan=6| |- ! rowspan="4"|Minister of Grace and Justice | Pietro De Francisci | style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|National Fascist Party}}" | | National Fascist Party | 20 July 1932 – 24 January 1935 |- | Arrigo Solmi | style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|National Fascist Party}}" | | National Fascist Party | 24 January 1935 – 12 July 1939 |- | Dino Grandi | style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|National Fascist Party}}" | | National Fascist Party | 12 July 1939 – 6 February 1943 |- | Alfredo De Marsico | style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|National Fascist Party}}" | | National Fascist Party | 6 February 1943 – 25 July 1943 |- | colspan=6| |- ! rowspan="5"|Minister of War | Armando Diaz | style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Military}}" | | Military | 31 October 1922 – 30 April 1924 |- | Antonino Di Giorgio | style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|National Fascist Party}}" | | National Fascist Party | 30 April 1924 – 4 April 1925 |- | Benito Mussolini (ad interim) | style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|National Fascist Party}}" | | National Fascist Party | 4 April 1925 – 12 September 1929 |- | Pietro Gazzera | style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|National Fascist Party}}" | | National Fascist Party | 12 September 1929 – 22 July 1933 |- | Benito Mussolini (ad interim) | style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|National Fascist Party}}" | | National Fascist Party | 22 July 1933 – 25 July 1943 |- | colspan=6| |- ! rowspan="4"|Minister of the Navy | Paolo Thaon di Revel | style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Military}}" | | Military | 31 October 1922 – 8 May 1925 |- | Benito Mussolini (ad interim) | style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|National Fascist Party}}" | | National Fascist Party | 8 May 1925 – 12 September 1929 |- | Giuseppe Sirianni | style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|National Fascist Party}}" | | National Fascist Party | 12 September 1929 – 6 November 1933 |- | Benito Mussolini (ad interim) | style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|National Fascist Party}}" | | National Fascist Party | 6 November 1933 – 25 July 1943 |- | colspan=6| |- ! rowspan="4"|Minister of Public Education | Giovanni Gentile | style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Independent politician}}" | | Independent | 31 October 1922 – 1 July 1924 |- | Alessandro Casati | style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|National Fascist Party}}" | | Independent | 1 July 1924 – 5 January 1925 |- | Pietro Fedele | style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|National Fascist Party}}" | | National Fascist Party | 5 January 1925 – 9 July 1928 |- | Giuseppe Belluzzo | style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|National Fascist Party}}" | | National Fascist Party | 9 July 1928 – 12 September 1929 |- | colspan=6| |- ! rowspan="5"|Minister of National Education | Balbino Giuliano | style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|National Fascist Party}}" | | National Fascist Party | 12 September 1929 – 20 July 1932 |- | Francesco Ercole | style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|National Fascist Party}}" | | National Fascist Party | 20 July 1932 – 24 January 1935 |- | Cesare Maria De Vecchi | style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|National Fascist Party}}" | | National Fascist Party | 24 January 1935 – 15 November 1936 |- | Giuseppe Bottai | style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|National Fascist Party}}" | | National Fascist Party | 15 November 1936 – 5 February 1943 |- | Carlo Alberto Biggini | style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|National Fascist Party}}" | | National Fascist Party | 5 February 1943 – 25 July 1943 |- | colspan=6| |- ! rowspan="7"|Minister of the Colonies | Luigi Federzoni | style="color:inherit;background:#00008B" | | Italian Nationalist Association | 31 October 1922 – 17 June 1924 |- | Benito Mussolini (ad interim) | style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|National Fascist Party}}" | | National Fascist Party | 17 June 1924 – 1 July 1924 |- | Pietro Lanza di Scalea | style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|National Fascist Party}}" | | National Fascist Party | 1 July 1924 – 6 November 1926 |- | Luigi Federzoni | style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|National Fascist Party}}" | | National Fascist Party | 6 November 1926 – 18 December 1928 |- | Benito Mussolini (ad interim) | style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|National Fascist Party}}" | | National Fascist Party | 18 December 1928 – 12 September 1929 |- | Emilio De Bono | style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|National Fascist Party}}" | | National Fascist Party | 12 September 1929 – 17 January 1935 |- | Benito Mussolini (ad interim) | style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|National Fascist Party}}" | | National Fascist Party | 17 January 1935 – 11 June 1936 |- | colspan=6| |- ! rowspan="3"|Minister of Italian Africa | Alessandro Lessona | style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|National Fascist Party}}" | | National Fascist Party | 11 June 1936 – 20 November 1937 |- | Benito Mussolini (ad interim) | style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|National Fascist Party}}" | | National Fascist Party | 20 November 1937 – 31 October 1939 |- | Attilio Teruzzi | style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|National Fascist Party}}" | | National Fascist Party | 31 October 1939 – 25 July 1943 |- | colspan=6| |- ! rowspan="6"|Minister of Finance | Alberto de' Stefani | style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|National Fascist Party}}" | | National Fascist Party | 31 October 1922 – 10 July 1925 |- | Giuseppe Volpi | style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|National Fascist Party}}" | | National Fascist Party | 10 July 1925 – 9 July 1928 |- | Antonio Mosconi | style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|National Fascist Party}}" | | National Fascist Party | 9 July 1928 – 20 July 1932 |- | Guido Jung | style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|National Fascist Party}}" | | National Fascist Party | 20 July 1932 – 24 January 1935 |- | Paolo Ignazio Maria Thaon di Revel | style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|National Fascist Party}}" | | National Fascist Party | 24 January 1935 – 6 February 1943 |- | Giacomo Acerbo | style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|National Fascist Party}}" | | National Fascist Party | 6 February 1943 – 25 July 1943 |- | colspan=6| |- ! rowspan=2|Minister of Post and Telegraphs | Giovanni Antonio Colonna | style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Social Democracy (Italy, 1922)}}" | | Social Democracy | 31 October 1922 – 5 February 1924 |- | Costanzo Ciano | style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|National Fascist Party}}" | | National Fascist Party | 5 February 1924 – 3 March 1924 |- | colspan=6| |- ! rowspan="6"|Minister of Communications | Costanzo Ciano | style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|National Fascist Party}}" | | National Fascist Party | 3 March 1924 – 30 April 1934 |- | Umberto Puppini | style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|National Fascist Party}}" | | National Fascist Party | 30 April 1934 – 24 January 1935 |- | Antonio Stefano Benni | style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|National Fascist Party}}" | | National Fascist Party | 24 January 1935 – 31 October 1939 |- | Giovanni Host-Venturi | style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|National Fascist Party}}" | | National Fascist Party | 31 October 1939 – 6 February 1943 |- | Vittorio Cini | style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|National Fascist Party}}" | | National Fascist Party | 6 February 1943 – 24 July 1943 |- | Giuseppe Peverelli | style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|National Fascist Party}}" | | National Fascist Party | 24 July 1943 – 25 July 1943 |- | colspan=6| |- ! Minister for the Lands freed by the Enemy | Giovanni Giuriati | style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|National Fascist Party}}" | | National Fascist Party | 31 October 1922 – 1 March 1923 |- | colspan=6| |- ! rowspan="3"|Minister of the Air Force | Benito Mussolini (ad interim) | style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|National Fascist Party}}" | | National Fascist Party | 30 August 1925 – 12 September 1929 |- | Italo Balbo | style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|National Fascist Party}}" | | National Fascist Party | 12 September 1929 – 6 November 1933 |- | Benito Mussolini (ad interim) | style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|National Fascist Party}}" | | National Fascist Party | 6 November 1933 – 25 July 1943 |- | colspan=6| |- ! rowspan="7"|Minister of Corporations | Benito Mussolini (ad interim) | style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|National Fascist Party}}" | | National Fascist Party | 2 July 1926 – 12 September 1929 |- | Giuseppe Bottai | style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|National Fascist Party}}" | | National Fascist Party | 12 September 1929 – 20 July 1932 |- | Benito Mussolini (ad interim) | style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|National Fascist Party}}" | | National Fascist Party | 20 July 1932 – 11 June 1936 |- | Ferruccio Lantini | style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|National Fascist Party}}" | | National Fascist Party | 11 June 1936 – 31 October 1939 |- | Renato Ricci | style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|National Fascist Party}}" | | National Fascist Party | 31 October 1939 – 6 February 1943 |- | Carlo Tiengo | style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|National Fascist Party}}" | | National Fascist Party | 6 February 1943 – 18 April 1943 |- | Tullio Cianetti | style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|National Fascist Party}}" | | National Fascist Party | 18 April 1943 – 25 July 1943 |- | colspan=6| |- ! rowspan="4"|Minister of Agriculture and Forests | Giacomo Acerbo | style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|National Fascist Party}}" | | National Fascist Party | 12 September 1929 – 24 January 1935 |- | Edmondo Rossoni | style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|National Fascist Party}}" | | National Fascist Party | 24 January 1935 – 31 October 1939 |- | Giuseppe Tassinari | style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|National Fascist Party}}" | | National Fascist Party | 31 October 1939 – 26 December 1941 |- | Carlo Pareschi | style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|National Fascist Party}}" | | National Fascist Party | 26 December 1941 – 25 July 1943 |- | colspan=6| |- ! rowspan="2"|Minister of Press and Propaganda | Galeazzo Ciano | style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|National Fascist Party}}" | | National Fascist Party | 26 June 1935 – 11 June 1936 |- | Dino Alfieri | style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|National Fascist Party}}" | | National Fascist Party | 11 June 1936 – 27 May 1937 |- | colspan=6| |- ! rowspan="3"|Minister of Popular Culture | Dino Alfieri | style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|National Fascist Party}}" | | National Fascist Party | 27 May 1937 – 31 October 1939 |- | Alessandro Pavolini | style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|National Fascist Party}}" | | National Fascist Party | 31 October 1939 – 6 February 1943 |- | Gaetano Polverelli | style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|National Fascist Party}}" | | National Fascist Party | 6 February 1943 – 25 July 1943 |- | colspan=6| |- ! rowspan="5"|Minister of the National Fascist Party | Achille Starace | style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|National Fascist Party}}" | | National Fascist Party | 11 January 1937 – 31 October 1939 |- | Ettore Muti | style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|National Fascist Party}}" | | National Fascist Party | 31 October 1939 – 30 October 1940 |- | Adelchi Serena | style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|National Fascist Party}}" | | National Fascist Party | 30 October 1940 – 26 December 1941 |- | Aldo Vidussoni | style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|National Fascist Party}}" | | National Fascist Party | 26 December 1941 – 19 April 1943 |- | Carlo Scorza | style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|National Fascist Party}}" | | National Fascist Party | 19 April 1943 – 25 July 1943 |- | colspan=6| |- ! rowspan="3"|Minister for Exchanges and Currencies | Felice Guarneri | style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|National Fascist Party}}" | | National Fascist Party | 20 November 1937 – 31 October 1939 |- | Raffaello Riccardi | style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|National Fascist Party}}" | | National Fascist Party | 31 October 1939 – 6 February 1943 |- | Oreste Bonomi | style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|National Fascist Party}}" | | National Fascist Party | 6 February 1943 – 25 July 1943 |- | colspan=6| |- ! Minister of War Production | Carlo Favagrossa | style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|National Fascist Party}}" | | National Fascist Party | 6 February 1943 – 25 July 1943 |- | colspan=6| |- ! rowspan="7"|Secretary of the Council of Ministers | Giacomo Acerbo | style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|National Fascist Party}}" | | National Fascist Party | 31 October 1922 – 3 July 1924 |- | Giacomo Suardo | style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|National Fascist Party}}" | | National Fascist Party | 2 July 1924 – 21 December 1927 |- | Francesco Giunta | style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|National Fascist Party}}" | | National Fascist Party | 21 December 1927 – 20 July 1932 |- | Edmondo Rossoni | style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|National Fascist Party}}" | | National Fascist Party | 20 July 1932 – 24 January 1935 |- | Giacomo Medici Del Vascello | style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|National Fascist Party}}" | | National Fascist Party | 24 January 1935 – 31 October 1939 |- | Luigi Russo | style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|National Fascist Party}}" | | National Fascist Party | 31 October 1939 – 6 February 1943 |- | Amilcare Rossi | style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|National Fascist Party}}" | | National Fascist Party | 6 February 1943 – 25 July 1943 |}

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