Paolo Ignazio Maria Thaon di Revel | |
Nationality: | Italian |
Birth Date: | 2 May 1888 |
Birth Place: | Toulon, France |
Sport: | Fencing |
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Paolo Ignazio Maria Thaon di Revel (2 May 1888 - 1 June 1973) was an Italian politician and fencer.[1] He was the son of Count Vittorio Thaon di Revel and Elfrida Maria Atkinson. He fought in the First World War. He was also Mayor of Torino (1929–35) and Italian Minister of Finance (1935–43) in the Mussolini Cabinet. After the war, he was president of the organising committee of the 1956 Winter Olympics at Cortina d'Ampezzo.[2] He won a gold medal in the team épée event at the 1920 Summer Olympics.[3]