Costanzo Ciano

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Costanzo Ciano
President of the Chamber of Deputies
In office
28 April 1934 – 2 March 1939
Preceded byGiovanni Giuriati
Succeeded byHimself as president of the Chamber of Fasces and Corporations
President of Chamber of Fasces and Corporations
In office
23 March 1939 – 26 June 1939
Preceded byHimself as president of the Chamber of Deputies
Succeeded byDino Grandi
Personal details
Born(1876-08-30)30 August 1876
Livorno, Italy
Died26 June 1939(1939-06-26) (aged 62)
Lucca, Italy
Political partyNational Fascist Party
ChildrenGaleazzo Ciano
ProfessionNaval commander

Costanzo Ciano, 1st Count of Cortellazzo (Italian:

naval officer and politician. He was the father of Galeazzo Ciano
.

Biography

Early life

Born at

Ship-of-the-Line Lieutenant (tenente di vascello) and took part in the Italo-Turkish War
of 1911–1912.

First World War

In 1915, before the entrance of Italy to the

Cirenaica
.

After his return to

MAS units and received a gold medal for military value for a famous action in Bakar Harbour in Croatian Littoral, which was later celebrated by the poet Gabriele D'Annunzio
, who had also participated.

Ciano was promoted to the rank of capitano di vascello (captain) at the end of the war.

Postwar fascist

Ciano's ardent nationalism drew him into fascism. He became leader of the Livorno fascio and participated in the March on Rome in October 1922.[1]

On 31 October 1919, he assumed the post of

Ponte a Moriano
in 1939.

Awards and decorations

Military decorations
Gold Medal of Military Valor
Silver Medal of Military Valor
Bronze Medal of Military Valor
Commemorative Medal for the Italo-Austrian War 1915–1918
Commemorative Medal of the Unity of Italy

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Political offices
Preceded by
President of the Italian Chamber of Deputies

1934–1939
Succeeded by
Italian nobility
Preceded by
New creation
Count of Cortellazzo and Buccari
1925–1939
Succeeded by