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| | + | {{Dictator bio |
| | + | | image =[[Image:Mussolini.gif|300px]] |
| | + | | name =Benito Mussolini |
| | + | | birth =July 29, 1883<br/>Predappio, Forlì, Italy |
| | + | | parents =Alessandro Mussolini<br/>Rosa Maltoni |
| | + | | religion =Roman Catholic (rejected)<br/>Atheist |
| | + | | education =No higher education beyond public schooling |
| | + | | spouse =Ida Irene Dalser (d. 1937)<br/>Ida Irene Dalser<br/>Clara Petacci (mistress) |
| | + | | children =Benito Albino Mussolini (from Ida)<br/>Rachele Mussolini<br/>Edda Mussolini<br/>Anna Maria Mussolini<br/>Vittorio Mussolini<br/>Bruno Mussolini<br/>Romano Mussolini |
| | + | | death =April 28, 1945<br/>Giulino di Mezzegra, Italy |
| | + | | deathmanner =Executed by firing squad |
| | + | | burial =Predappio, Emilia-Romagna Region, Italy |
| | + | | military =Italian Army |
| | + | | rank =Corporal |
| | + | | party =Italian Socialist Party (1901-1914)<br/>National Fascist Party (1921-1943)<br/>Republican Fascist Party (1943-1945) |
| | + | | dictatordate =1922 |
| | + | | war =Invasions of [[Libya]], [[Ethiopia]]<br/>Allied with [[Third Reich|Germany]] in [[World War II]] |
| | + | | deathnumber =Unknown; believed in the thousands |
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| | '''Benito Andrea Amilcare Mussolini''' was a journalist and politician from [[Italy]]. Self-proclaimed "socialist heretic", he was nominated prime minister by Vittorio Emanuele III di Savoia, King of Italy, in the time of [[World War II]]. He was head of one of the strong forms of government seen in Europe in this time. He created the political structure Fasci Italiani di Combatimento, which is what later would be known as [[Fascism]], a term which was later used to describe the merging of government and corporation. He was responsible for several war crimes in [[Ethiopia]] and [[Yugoslavia]]. | | '''Benito Andrea Amilcare Mussolini''' was a journalist and politician from [[Italy]]. Self-proclaimed "socialist heretic", he was nominated prime minister by Vittorio Emanuele III di Savoia, King of Italy, in the time of [[World War II]]. He was head of one of the strong forms of government seen in Europe in this time. He created the political structure Fasci Italiani di Combatimento, which is what later would be known as [[Fascism]], a term which was later used to describe the merging of government and corporation. He was responsible for several war crimes in [[Ethiopia]] and [[Yugoslavia]]. |
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| | ==Early Life== | | ==Early Life== |