Oreste Bonomi Explained

Oreste Bonomi
Term Start:6 February 1943
Term End:25 July 1943
Term Start2:28 April 1934
Term End2:2 March 1939
Term Start3:23 March 1939
Term End3:5 August 1943
Birth Date:15 July 1902
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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.[1] 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.[2] Among his offices were that of Director General of Tourism and Deputy Commissioner for the 1942 World Exhibition in Rome.[3] [4] [5] [6] [7] 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.[8] 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.[9] From 6 February to 25 July 1943 he was Minister of Exchanges and Currencies during the last phase of the Mussolini Cabinet.[10] [2] [11] [12] After the fall of the Fascist regime and the German occupation of Italy he fled to Switzerland.[13]

Notes and References

  1. Book: Broggini, Renata. Eugenio Balzan - 1874-1953: Una vita per il «Corriere», un lascito per l'umanità. 19 November 2014. Rizzoli. 9788858674994 . Google Books.
  2. Web site: Oreste Bonomi / Deputati / Camera dei deputati - Portale storico. storia.camera.it.
  3. Book: Salvatori, Paola. Il governatorato di Roma: l'amministrazione della capitale durante il fascismo. 4 March 2006. FrancoAngeli. 9788846471673 . Google Books.
  4. Tourist Planning in Fascist Italy and the Limits of a Totalitarian Culture. R. J. B.. Bosworth. 4 March 1997. Contemporary European History. 6. 1. 1–25. Cambridge University Press. 10.1017/S0960777300004033. 154618035 . subscription.
  5. Book: Azara, Liliosa. I sensi e il pudore: L'Italia e la rivoluzione dei costumi (1958-68). 13 November 2018. Donzelli Editore. 9788868438982 . Google Books.
  6. https://serval.unil.ch/resource/serval:BIB_31FF2D4B1F74.P001/REF La promotion du tourisme italien en Suisse pendant la période1919-1943
  7. Book: Insolera, Italo. Modern Rome: From Napoleon to the Twenty-First Century. 23 January 2019. Cambridge Scholars Publishing. 9781527526785 . Google Books.
  8. Web site: Istituto del Nastro Azzurro.
  9. Web site: Istituto del Nastro Azzurro.
  10. Book: Candeloro, Giorgio. Storia dell'Italia moderna. 4 March 1990. Feltrinelli Editore. 9788807808050 . Google Books.
  11. Web site: Il politico più influente: l'onorevole Raffaello Riccardi. Associazione. Albatros. 29 March 2020.
  12. Web site: Archivio Centrale dello Stato - Guida ai Fondi - MINISTERO PER GLI SCAMBI E LE VALUTE (1922-1945). search.acs.beniculturali.it.
  13. Web site: Dall'Italia in Ticino, i migranti durante la guerra di liberazione | Corriere dell'Italianità.

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