Carlo Alberto Biggini

Italian politician (1902–1945)

Preceded bytitle created

Carlo Alberto Biggini


Minister of National Education of the Kingdom of Italy
In office February 6 – July 25, 1943
Prime Minister	Benito Mussolini
Preceded by	Giuseppe Bottai
Succeeded by	Leonardo Severi
Minister of National Education of the Italian Social Republic
In office September 23, 1943 – April 25, 1945
Preceded by	title created
Succeeded by	title abolished
Member of the Chamber of Deputies
In office April 28, 1934 – March 2, 1939
Member of the Chamber of Fasces and Corporations
In office March 23, 1939 – August 5, 1943

Personal details
Born	(1902-12-09)December 9, 1902 Sarzana, Kingdom of Italy
Died	November 19, 1945(1945-11-19) (aged 42) Padova, Italy
Party	National Fascist Party (1928-1943) Republican Fascist Party (1943-1945)
Alma mater	University of Turin

Carlo Alberto Biggini (December 9, 1902 – November 19, 1945) was an Italian fascist politician who served as minister of education before and after proclamation of the Italian Social Republic under Benito Mussolini.

Born in Sarzana, Province of La Spezia, he joined the Blackshirts in 1920, and co-signed the Fascist Intellectuals' Manifesto in 1925. He earned a bachelor's degree in law and political science in 1928, and subsequently taught law at the University of Sassari, and then at the University of Pisa (where he became the rector in 1941). Biggini asserted himself through his strong belief in corporatism.

Despite a brief collaboration with Anti-fascists, he joined the National Fascist Party (PNF) in 1928, and became party secretary for the Fascio in La Spezia, being elected to the Chamber of Deputies in 1934. He fought in the Second Italo-Abyssinian War (as a lieutenant in the 84th Fanteria of the Division Gavinana in Italian East Africa), and rose to become inspector for the PNF, then (February 5, 1943) Minister of National Education and a Grand Council of Fascism member.

On July 25, Biggini voted against Dino Grandi's proposal for the removal of Mussolini, and stood by the Duce as the Social Republic was created with help from Nazi Germany. The Germans were also instrumental in pressuring him to accept the Ministry again. Placing his seat in Padua, Biggini managed to avoid capture by the partisans in Dongo.

Protected by many fascists, he managed to avoid arrest, but fell ill and died under an assumed name in a Milan clinic.

References

External links

Short bio at the Wayback Machine (archived October 29, 2009) (in Italian)

v t e Members of the Mussolini Cabinet
Head of government and duce of Fascism	Benito Mussolini
Minister of Aeronautics (since 1925)	Italo Balbo
Minister of Foreign Affairs	Benito Mussolini Dino Grandi Galeazzo Ciano
Minister of Agriculture (abolished in 1923)	Giuseppe De Capitani D'Arzago
Minister of Agriculture and Forestry (since 1929)	Giacomo Acerbo Edmondo Rossoni Giuseppe Tassinari Carlo Pareschi
Minister of the Colonies (abolished in 1937)	Luigi Federzoni Benito Mussolini Pietro Lanza di Scalea Emilio De Bono Alessandro Lessona
Minister of Italian Africa (since 1937)	Alessandro Lessona Benito Mussolini Attilio Teruzzi
Minister of Communications (since 1924)	Costanzo Ciano Umberto Puppini Antonio Stefano Benni Nino Host Venturi Vittorio Cini Giuseppe Peverelli
Minister of Corporations (since 1926)	Benito Mussolini Giuseppe Bottai Ferruccio Lantini Renato Ricci Carlo Tiengo Tullio Cianetti
Ministry of Popular Culture (since 1937)	Dino Alfieri Alessandro Pavolini Gaetano Polverelli
Minister of the Interior	Benito Mussolini Luigi Federzoni
Minister of Domestic Economy	Orso Mario Corbino Cesare Nava Giuseppe Belluzzo Alessandro Martelli
Minister of Domestic Education	Balbino Giuliano Francesco Ercole Cesare Maria De Vecchi Giuseppe Bottai Carlo Alberto Biggini
Minister of Finance	Alberto De Stefani Giuseppe Volpi Antonio Mosconi Guido Jung Paolo Ignazio Maria Thaon di Revel Giacomo Acerbo
Minister of Justice and Affairs of Religion	Aldo Oviglio Alfredo Rocco Pietro De Francisci Arrigo Solmi Dino Grandi Alfredo De Marsico
Minister of Industry and Commerce	Teofilo Rossi
Minister of Public Works	Gabriello Carnazza Gino Sarrocchi Giovanni Giuriati Benito Mussolini Michele Bianchi Araldo di Crollalanza Luigi Razza Giuseppe Cobolli Gigli Adelchi Serena Giuseppe Gorla Zenone Benini
Minister of War	Armando Diaz Antonino Di Giorgio Benito Mussolini Pietro Gazzera Benito Mussolini
Minister of Labour and Social Security	Stefano Cavazzoni
Minister of Posts and Telegraphs	Giovanni Antonio Colonna Costanzo Ciano
Minister of War Production (since 6 February 1943)	Carlo Favagrossa
Minister of Public Education	Giovanni Gentile Alessandro Casati Pietro Fedele Giuseppe Belluzzo
Minister of Trades and Currencies	Felice Guarneri Raffaello Riccardi Oreste Bonomi
Minister of Press and Propaganda	Galeazzo Ciano Dino Alfieri
Minister of Freed Territories from Enemies (abolished on 5 February 1923)	Giovanni Giuriati
Minister of Treasure (merged into Ministry of Finance on 31 December 1922)	Vincenzo Tangorra Alberto De Stefani

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