| Birth Date: | 13 July 1895 |
| Birth Place: | Milan, Kingdom of Italy |
| Death Place: | Rome, Italy |
| Nationality: | Italian |
Rino Parenti (13 July 1895 – 19 October 1953) was an Italian fascist leader.[1]
Parenti was born in Milan on 13 July 1895.[1] [2] He was a non-commissioned officer during World War I.[1] He became fascist in 1919 and participated in local squad militant.[1] He was cofounder of the first Fascio di combattimento movement which laid the basis of the Italian Fascist Party.[3] He served at local party and was the federal secretary of the Italian Fascist Party for Milan (federale of Milan) from 26 June 1933 to 1 January 1940.[4] [5] During this period, he succeeded in normalizing Milanese fascism and adapting it to the conditions of the national fascism.[4]
Parenti was the president of the Italian National Olympic Committee from 1939 to 1940.[6] He was the first president elected according to the new rules.[7] In 1939 he became a member of the Chamber of Fasces and Corporations, and from 1 September 1942 to 1 August 1943 he served as prefect of Como. After the armistice of Cassibile he joined the Italian Social Republic, and on 1 October 1943 he was appointed prefect of Sondrio, a post he held until the end of the war, when he was arrested and imprisoned.[2] Parenti died in Rome on 19 October 1953.[2]