Oreste Bonomi

{{Short description|Italian politician (1902–1983)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=November 2022}} {{Infobox officeholder | name = Oreste Bonomi | image = Oreste Bonomi.png | image_size = | alt = | caption = | office = Minister for Exchanges and Currencies of the Kingdom of Italy | term_start = 6 February 1943 | term_end = 25 July 1943 | predecessor = Raffaello Riccardi | successor = Giovanni Acanfora | status2 = Member of the Chamber of Deputies of the Kingdom of Italy | term_start2 = 28 April 1934 | term_end2 = 2 March 1939 | status3 = Member of the Chamber of Fasces and Corporations | term_start3 = 23 March 1939 | term_end3 = 5 August 1943 | birth_name = | birth_date = {{Birth date|1902|7|15|df=y}} | birth_place = Milan, Kingdom of Italy | death_date = {{Death date and age|1983|4|26|1902|7|15|df=y}} | death_place = Rome, Italy | death_cause = | resting_place = | resting_place_coordinates = | citizenship = | party = National Fascist Party | other_party = | awards = Order of the Crown of Italy Colonial Order of the Star of Italy Order of Saints Maurice and Lazarus Order of the German Eagle Order of Leopold Order of the Holy Sepulchre Legion of Honour  | nickname = | allegiance = {{flag|Kingdom of Italy}} | branch = {{air force|Kingdom of Italy}} | service_years = | rank = Captain | unit = | commands = | battles = * Second Italo-Ethiopian War ** Battle of Shire ** Battle of Tembien ** Battle of Amba Aradam * World War II ** North African campaign ** Battle of the Mediterranean | mawards = Silver Medal of Military Valor Bronze Medal of Military Valor War Merit Cross | footnotes = }}

'''Oreste Bonomi''' (Milan, 15 July 1902 – Rome, 26 April 1983) was an Italian Fascist politician, who served as the last Minister for Exchanges and Currencies of the Mussolini Cabinet from February to July 1943.

==Biography==

The son of Giovanni Bonomi and Angela Penagini, he worked as a merchant and accountant, and was President of the national federation of traders. In the early 1920s he was a ''squadrista'' in Milan and participated in the march on Rome.<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=n4NKBQAAQBAJ&q=bonomi&pg=RA1-PR53|title=Eugenio Balzan - 1874-1953: Una vita per il «Corriere», un lascito per l'umanità|first=Renata|last=Broggini|date=19 November 2014|publisher=Rizzoli|isbn=9788858674994 |via=Google Books}}</ref> In 1934 he was elected to the Italian Chamber of Deputies with the National Fascist Party and in 1939 he became a member of the Chamber of Fasces and Corporations.<ref name="auto">{{Cite web|url=https://storia.camera.it/deputato/oreste-bonomi-19020715|title=Oreste Bonomi / Deputati / Camera dei deputati - Portale storico|website=storia.camera.it}}</ref> Among his offices were that of Director General of Tourism and Deputy Commissioner for the 1942 World Exhibition in Rome.<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=x6UHqFYGAbgC&dq=oreste+bonomi&pg=PA85|title=Il governatorato di Roma: l'amministrazione della capitale durante il fascismo|first=Paola|last=Salvatori|date=4 March 2006|publisher=FrancoAngeli|isbn=9788846471673 |via=Google Books}}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal|url=https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/contemporary-european-history/article/abs/tourist-planning-in-fascist-italy-and-the-limits-of-a-totalitarian-culture/89418505E7414AA4174F9BC966837F9B|title=Tourist Planning in Fascist Italy and the Limits of a Totalitarian Culture|first=R. J. B.|last=Bosworth|date=4 March 1997|journal=Contemporary European History|volume=6|issue=1|pages=1–25|via=Cambridge University Press|doi=10.1017/S0960777300004033|s2cid=154618035 |url-access=subscription}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=uU4AEAAAQBAJ&dq=%22direttore+generale+per+il+turismo%22+%22bonomi%22&pg=PT59|title=I sensi e il pudore: L'Italia e la rivoluzione dei costumi (1958-68)|first=Liliosa|last=Azara|date=13 November 2018|publisher=Donzelli Editore|isbn=9788868438982 |via=Google Books}}</ref><ref>[https://serval.unil.ch/resource/serval:BIB_31FF2D4B1F74.P001/REF La promotion du tourisme italien en Suisse pendant la période 1919-1943]</ref><ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=TnSFDwAAQBAJ&dq=%22oreste+bonomi%22&pg=PA172|title=Modern Rome: From Napoleon to the Twenty-First Century|first=Italo|last=Insolera|date=23 January 2019|publisher=Cambridge Scholars Publishing|isbn=9781527526785 |via=Google Books}}</ref> During the Second Italo-Ethiopian War he flew as a bomber pilot for the Regia Aeronautica, participating in the battles of Shire, Tembien and Amba Aradam, as well as in a demonstrative flight over Addis Ababa, and being awarded a Silver Medal of Military Valor.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://decoratialvalormilitare.istitutonastroazzurro.org/docs/am-1936/am0184.jpg|title=Istituto del Nastro Azzurro}}</ref> After the outbreak of the Second World War, he again participated in bombing missions in North Africa and the Mediterranean, earning a Bronze Medal of Military Valor.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://decoratialvalormilitare.istitutonastroazzurro.org/docs/am-1941%20vol_1/am1406.jpg|title=Istituto del Nastro Azzurro}}</ref> From 6 February to 25 July 1943 he was Minister of Exchanges and Currencies during the last phase of the Mussolini Cabinet.<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ibveavC2lE0C&dq=oreste+bonomi&pg=PA119|title=Storia dell'Italia moderna|first=Giorgio|last=Candeloro|date=4 March 1990|publisher=Feltrinelli Editore|isbn=9788807808050 |via=Google Books}}</ref><ref name="auto"/><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.ecomuseometaurilia.it/il-politico-piu-influente-lonorevole-raffaello-riccardi/|title=Il politico più influente: l'onorevole Raffaello Riccardi|first=Associazione|last=Albatros|date=29 March 2020}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://search.acs.beniculturali.it/OpacACS/guida/IT-ACS-AS0001-0002741|title=Archivio Centrale dello Stato - Guida ai Fondi - MINISTERO PER GLI SCAMBI E LE VALUTE (1922-1945)|website=search.acs.beniculturali.it}}</ref> After the fall of the Fascist regime and the German occupation of Italy he fled to Switzerland.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://corriereitalianita.ch/dallitalia-in-ticino-i-migranti-durante-il-ventennio/|title=Dall'Italia in Ticino, i migranti durante la guerra di liberazione | Corriere dell'Italianità}}</ref>

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