This article lists the commanders of the Blackshirts (Italian: Camicie Nere, CCNN; officially Milizia Volontaria per la Sicurezza Nazionale, MVSN — "Voluntary Militia for National Security"), a paramilitary wing of the Italian National Fascist Party (PNF), between the years of 1923 and 1943.
| Post: | Commandant-General |
| Body: | the Blackshirts |
| Insignia: | MVSN-Comandante generale.svg |
| Insigniasize: | 70px |
| Insigniacaption: | Rank insignia |
| Flag: | Flag of commander general of the MVSN.svg |
| Flagcaption: | Command flag |
| Department: | Blackshirts |
| Type: | Commanding officer of a paramilitary organization |
| Member Of: | Italian: Stato Maggiore della MVSN Grand Council of Fascism |
| Appointer: | the Italian: [[Duce]] |
| Formation: | 1 February 1923 |
| First: | Held simultaneously by: |
| Last: | Renato Ricci |
| Abolished: | 8 December 1943 |
The Commandant-General of the Blackshirts (Italian: Comandante generale della MVSN) was the supreme commander of the Blackshirts.
| Portrait | Name | Term of office | Party | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Took office | Left office | Time in office | |||||||
| 1 | Emilio De Bono | 1 February 1923 | 31 October 1924 | National Fascist Party | [1] | ||||
| 1 | Italo Balbo | 1 February 1923 | 31 October 1924 | National Fascist Party | [2] | ||||
| 1 | Cesare Maria De Vecchi | 1 February 1923 | 10 July 1925 | National Fascist Party | [3] | ||||
| 2 | Asclepia Gandolfo | 1 December 1924 | 31 August 1925 | National Fascist Party | [4] | ||||
| 3 | Maurizio Ferrante Gonzaga | 12 September 1925 | 9 October 1926 | National Fascist Party | [5] | ||||
| 4 | Benito Mussolini | 12 October 1926 | 25 July 1943 | National Fascist Party | [6] | ||||
| 5 | Quirino Armellini | 26 July 1943 | 8 September 1943 | Independent | [7] | ||||
| 6 | Renato Ricci | 20 September 1943 | 8 December 1943 | Republican Fascist Party | [8] | ||||
| Post: | Chief of Staff |
| Body: | the Blackshirts |
| Insignia: | MVSN-Luogotenente generale capo di manipolo.svg |
| Insigniasize: | 70px |
| Insigniacaption: | Rank insignia |
| Flag: | Flag of the chief of staff of the MVSN.svg |
| Flagcaption: | Command flag |
| Department: | Blackshirts |
| Type: | Chief of staff of a paramilitary organization |
| Member Of: | Italian: Stato Maggiore della MVSN Grand Council of Fascism |
| Appointer: | the Italian: [[Duce]] |
| Formation: | 1 February 1923 |
| Abolished: | 30 September 1943 |
The Chief of Staff of the Blackshirts (Italian: Capo di stato maggiore della MVSN) oversaw the day-to-day operations of the Blackshirts.
| Portrait | Name | Term of office | Party | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Took office | Left office | Time in office | |||||||
| 1 | 1 February 1923 | 1 December 1924 | National Fascist Party | [9] | |||||
| 2 | 1 December 1924 | 23 December 1928 | National Fascist Party | – | |||||
| 3 | Attilio Teruzzi | 2 January 1929 | 3 October 1935 | National Fascist Party | [10] | ||||
| 4 | Luigi Russo | 3 October 1935 | 3 November 1939 | National Fascist Party | – | ||||
| 5 | Achille Starace | 3 November 1939 | 16 May 1941 | National Fascist Party | [11] | ||||
| 6 | Enzo Galbiati | 25 May 1941 | 26 July 1943 | National Fascist Party | [12] | ||||
| – | Renzo Montagna | 17 September 1943 | 30 September 1943 | Independent | [13] | ||||