Costanzo Ciano
Appearance
Costanzo Ciano | |
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President of the Chamber of Deputies | |
In office 28 April 1934 – 2 March 1939 | |
Preceded by | Giovanni Giuriati |
Succeeded by | Himself 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 by | Himself as president of the Chamber of Deputies |
Succeeded by | Dino Grandi |
Personal details | |
Born | Livorno, Italy | 30 August 1876
Died | 26 June 1939 Lucca, Italy | (aged 62)
Political party | National Fascist Party |
Children | Galeazzo Ciano |
Profession | Naval 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
References
- ISBN 0-275-97880-X. Retrieved 4 June 2009.
External links
- Newspaper clippings about Costanzo Ciano in the 20th Century Press Archives of the ZBW
- Santomassimo, Gianpasquale (1981). "CIANO, Costanzo". ISBN 978-8-81200032-6.