National Council of Corporations
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The National Council of Corporations (Italian: Consiglio nazionale delle corporazioni) was a constitutional organ of the Kingdom of Italy between 1930 and 1943.
It was established by royal decrees number 1131 of 2 July 1926 and 1347 of 14 July 1927[1] and inaugurated on 22 April 1930. After this, the law 206 of 20 March 1930 stated its organization and functions, turning it into a constitutional organ. In a speech at this inauguration, Benito Mussolini stated "the National Council of Corporations is to the Italian economy what the Staff is in the Armed Forces - the thinking brain which prepares and coordinates".
Law 10 on 5 January 1939 reformed the Council and from that year onwards its members were the same as the members of the Chamber of Fasces and Corporations, also set up in 1939. It was suppressed by the royal decree-law of 9 August 1943, number 721.[2]