Adelchi Serena

Italian government official and fascist politician

Adelchi Serena
Secretary of the National Fascist Party
In office
30 October 1940 – 26 December 1941
LeaderBenito Mussolini
Preceded byEttore Muti
Succeeded byAldo Vidussoni
Minister of Public Works
In office
31 October 1939 – 30 October 1940
Prime MinisterBenito Mussolini
Preceded byGiuseppe Cobolli Gigli
Succeeded byGiuseppe Gorla
Personal details
Born(1895-12-27)27 December 1895
L'Aquila, Kingdom of Italy
Died29 January 1970(1970-01-29) (aged 74)
Rome, Italy
Political partyNational Fascist Party

Аdelchi Serena (27 December 1895 – 29 January 1970) was an Italian government official and fascist politician. He was party secretary of the National Fascist Party (Italian: Partito Nazionale Fascista, PNF) from October 1940 until December 1941.

Biography

Adelchi Serena was born in 1895 in L'Aquila. After finishing judicial exams, he worked as an attorney. In 1915, he volunteered for the Royal Italian Army and participated in World War I, and was awarded a medal for military prowess. In 1921, he joined the Fascist movement and become a member of the PNF. In 1922, he became party secretary, and in 1926 he was nominated mayor of L'Aquila. From 1924 to 1939, he served as a deputy in the lower house of the Parliament of the Kingdom of Italy, the Chamber of Deputies. From 1932, he was a member of the directory of the PNF, and was a member of the Grand Council of Fascism in 1934–1937 and in 1940–1941. From 1933 to 1939, he was deputy to Achille Starace, national secretary of the PNF. From 1936 to 1939, he led active propaganda for the Second Italo-Ethiopian War. In 1939, he became Minister of Public Works. On 30 October 1940, he succeeded Ettore Muti as national secretary of the PNF. On 26 December 1941, he was replaced by Aldo Vidussoni. After the fall of the Fascist regime in Italy on 25 July 1943, he left politics and withdrew to private life. He died in 1970 in Rome.[1][2][3]

References

Bibliography

  • Cavalieri, Walter; Marrella, Francesco (2010). Adelchi Serena il gerarca dimenticato [Adelchi Serena The Forgotten Gerarca] (in Italian). L'Aquila: Colacchi. ISBN 978-8-8886-7655-5.
  • Gentile, Emilio (2001). La via italiana al totalitarismo. Il partito e lo Stato nel regime fascista [The Italian Way to Totalitarianism: The Party and the State in the Fascist Regime] (in Italian). Rome: Carocci. ISBN 978-8-8430-1836-9.
  • Zalessky, Konstantin (2003). Kto byl kto vo Vtoroy mirovoy voyne. Soyuzniki Germanii [Who Was Who in World War II. Allies of Germany] (in Russian). Gorizia: Astrel. ISBN 978-5-1702-1314-6.

External links

  • Media related to Adelchi Serena at Wikimedia Commons
Government offices
Preceded by Minister of Public Works
31 October 1939 – 30 October 1940
Succeeded by
Party political offices
Preceded by Secretary of the National Fascist Party
30 October 1940 – 26 December 1941
Succeeded by
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Head of government and duce of Fascism
Minister of Aeronautics
(since 1925)Minister of Foreign AffairsMinister of Agriculture
(abolished in 1923)Minister of Agriculture and Forestry
(since 1929)Minister of the Colonies
(abolished in 1937)Minister of Italian Africa
(since 1937)Minister of Communications
(since 1924)Minister of Corporations
(since 1926)Ministry of Popular Culture
(since 1937)Minister of the InteriorMinister of Domestic EconomyMinister of Domestic EducationMinister of FinanceMinister of Justice and Affairs of ReligionMinister of Industry and CommerceMinister of Public WorksMinister of WarMinister of Labour and Social SecurityMinister of Posts and TelegraphsMinister of War Production
(since 6 February 1943)Minister of Public EducationMinister of Trades and CurrenciesMinister of Press and PropagandaMinster of Freed Territories from Enemies
(abolished on 5 February 1923)Minister of Treasure
(merged into Ministry of Finance on 31 December 1922)
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Secretaries of Italian Fascist parties
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  • Duumvirate (1919)1
  • Umberto Pasella [it] (1919–1921)
National Fascist Party (PNF)
Republican Fascist Party (PFR)
1 Consisted of Michele Bianchi and Attilio Longoni [it].

2 Consisted of Roberto Forges Davanzati, Cesare Rossi, Giovanni Marinelli and Alessandro Melchiori [it].

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