Araldo di Crollalanza
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Araldo di Crollalanza | |
|---|---|
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| Minister for Public Works | |
| In office 1930–1935 | |
| Prime Minister | Benito Mussolini |
| Succeeded by | Luigi Razza |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 19 May 1892 |
| Died | 18 January 1986(1986-01-18) (aged 93) Rome, Italy |
| Party | |
Araldo di Crollalanza (19 May 1892 – 18 January 1986) was an Italian journalist and politician who held significant posts in Fascist Italy. He was the minister of public works between 1930 and 1935 and a long-term member of the Italian Senate.
Di Crollalanza was born in Bari on 19 May 1892.[1] He contributed to the newspapers, including Il Corriere delle Puglie, La Gazzetta del Mezzogiorno and Il Popolo d'Italia.[1] He fought in World War I and in 1919 established the National Combatants Association of Bari.[1]
Di Crollalanza joined the National Fascist Party (PNF) at an early age.[2] On 23 March 1919, Benito Mussolini appointed him as regional political secretary of the Fascist organization of Apulia and Lucania.[1] In 1922 he took part in the march on Rome and in 1924 he was elected deputy from the PNF.[2] In 1926 he was elected the mayor of Bari being the first Fascist to hold the post.[3] When Di Crollalanza was in office he attempted to rebuild Bari as a new centre for Fascist rule and to make the city a bridge between the Orient and the Occident on the directives of Mussolini.[3]
On 9 July 1928, di Crollalanza was appointed state secretary for public works.[3] Di Crollalanza served as the minister of public works in the period 1930–1935 in the cabinet of Benito Mussolini.[4] In addition to these posts Di Crollalanza continued to serve as the mayor of Bari being represented by his deputy Vincenzo Vella.[3] In 1935 Di Crollalanza was named the president of a Fascist youth organisation, Opera Nazionale Balilla.[2] In 1943 he joined the Italian Social Republic.[2] After the fall of Fascism Di Crollalanza was arrested, but was released from prison soon and resumed political activity with the Italian Social Movement.[2] Between 1953 and 1986 he served at the Italian Senate from the Italian Social Movement.[4] in 1982, on the occasion of his ninetieth birthday, the President of the Senate Amintore Fanfani presented him with a gold medal.[2] Di Crollalanza died in Rome on 18 January 1986.[1]
References
- 1 2 3 4 5 Maria Giovanna Depalma (17 January 2020). "Trentaquattro anni senza "Araldo da Bari"". Quotidiano di Bari. Retrieved 14 January 2022.
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 "Araldo di Crollalanza nel ricordo della bella politica". Secolo d'Italia (in Italian). 11 May 2012. Retrieved 14 January 2022.
- 1 2 3 4 Christine Beese (2019). "The Townscape of Bari: A Laboratory of Italian Urbanism during the Early Twentieth Century". In Carmen M. Enss; Luigi Monzo (eds.). Townscapes in Transition. Transformation and Reorganization of Italian Cities and Their Architecture in the Interwar Period. Bielefeld: transcript Verlag. pp. 141, 143. doi:10.1515/9783839446607. ISBN 9783839446607.
- 1 2 "Crollalanza". Treccani (in Italian).
External links
- Official website
Media related to Araldo di Crollalanza at Wikimedia Commons
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| Minister of Foreign Affairs | ||
| Minister 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 Interior | ||
| Minister of Domestic Economy | ||
| Minister of Domestic Education | ||
| Minister of Finance | ||
| Minister of Justice and Affairs of Religion | ||
| Minister of Industry and Commerce | ||
| Minister of Public Works | ||
| Minister of War | ||
| Minister of Labour and Social Security | ||
| Minister of Posts and Telegraphs | ||
| Minister of War Production (since 6 February 1943) | ||
| Minister of Public Education | ||
| Minister of Trades and Currencies | ||
| Minister of Press and Propaganda | ||
| Minister of Freed Territories from Enemies (abolished on 5 February 1923) | ||
| Minister of Treasure (merged into Ministry of Finance on 31 December 1922) | ||
