Benito Mussolini

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dictator head of government human journalist military leader politician

Benito Mussolini was the fascist dictator of Italy from the early 1920s until 1943, whose authoritarian rule and expansionist policies helped pave the way to World War II.

Aliases (7)

Statements (83)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	dictator → head of government → human → journalist → military leader → politician →
alliedWith	Adolf Hitler → Imperial Japan → Nazi Germany →
associatedWith	Axis Powers → Blackshirts →
birthDate	1883-07-29 →
birthPlace	Kingdom of Italy → Predappio →
causeOfDeath	execution by firing squad →
child	Anna Maria Mussolini → Bruno Mussolini → Edda Mussolini → Romano Mussolini → Vittorio Mussolini →
countryOfCitizenship	Italy →
deathDate	1945-04-28 →
deathPlace	Giulino di Mezzegra → Kingdom of Italy →
edited	Avanti! → Il Popolo d'Italia →
education	teacher training college in Forlì →
familyName	Mussolini →
father	Alessandro Mussolini →
founded	Italian Fasces of Combat → Italian Social Republic → National Fascist Party →
fullName	Benito Amilcare Andrea Mussolini →
givenName	Benito →
ideologicalInfluenceOn	Francisco Franco → Oswald Mosley →
implemented	anti-Semitic racial laws in Italy → authoritarian one-party state in Italy → corporatist economic system in Italy →
influencedBy	Friedrich Nietzsche → Gabriele D'Annunzio → Georges Sorel →
languageSpoken	Italian →
mannerOfDeath	extrajudicial killing →
memberOf	Italian Socialist Party → National Fascist Party →
mother	Rosa Maltoni Mussolini →
movement	Italian Fascist movement →
notableEvent	March on Rome in 1922 → capture and execution in April 1945 → entry of Italy into World War II in 1940 → overthrow and arrest in July 1943 → rescue in Gran Sasso raid in 1943 → signing of the Lateran Treaty in 1929 →
notableWork	March on Rome → establishment of the Italian Social Republic → founding of Italian Fascism →
occupation	journalist → politician → teacher →
officeEnd	1943-07-25 → 1945-04-25 →
officeStart	1922-10-31 → 1943-09-23 →
participantIn	Italo-Greek War → Second Italo-Ethiopian War → Spanish Civil War → World War II →
politicalIdeology	Italian Fascism → fascism →
positionHeld	Duce of the Italian Social Republic → Minister of Foreign Affairs of Italy → Minister of War of Italy → Minister of the Interior of Italy → Prime Minister of Italy → head of the Italian Social Republic →
religion	Roman Catholicism →
spouse	Rachele Mussolini →
title	Duce → First Marshal of the Empire → Head of Government of the Kingdom of Italy →
workedAs	newspaper editor → schoolteacher →

Referenced by (141)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Battle for Births → Battle for Grain → Fascist Italy → Grand Council of Fascism → Italian Empire → Italian Social Republic → Italian Social Republic → March on Rome → National Fascist Party → PNF → Republican Fascist Party → Squadristi →	leader
Benito Mussolini ("Mussolini") → Benito Mussolini ("Mussolini") → Bruno Mussolini ("Mussolini") → Edda Mussolini ("Mussolini") → Edda Mussolini ("Mussolini") → Rachele Mussolini ("Mussolini") → Vittorio Mussolini ("Mussolini") →	familyName
Anna Maria Mussolini → Bruno Mussolini → Edda Mussolini → Edda Mussolini → Romano Mussolini → Romano Mussolini → Vittorio Mussolini →	father
Grand Council of Fascism → Il Popolo d'Italia → Italian Fasces of Combat → National Fascist Party → Opera Nazionale Balilla → Republican Fascist Party → Royal Academy of Italy →	foundedBy
Cesare Maria De Vecchi → Countess of Cortellazzo and Buccari → Dongo → Giovinezza → Haile Selassie speech to League of Nations → Michele Bianchi ("Benito Mussolini government") →	associatedWith
Corpo Truppe Volontarie armoured units → Italian invasion of Albania → Italian invasion of France → Italian invasion of Greece → Second Italo-Ethiopian War →	commander
Fasci Femminili → Ministry of Popular Culture → National Republican Army → OVRA → OVRA ("Duce of Fascism") →	subordinateTo
Italian East Africa → Italian Empire → Italian Social Republic → Italian Social Republic →	headOfGovernment
Corfu incident → Great Depression → Locarno Era →	hasKeyFigure
Il Duce, mio padre → La mia vita → Mussolini: An Intimate Biography →	mainSubject
Casa natale di Benito Mussolini → Rocca delle Caminate →	category
Michele Bianchi → Rodolfo Graziani →	closeTo
Avanti! → Il Popolo d'Italia →	editor
Il Popolo d'Italia → PNF →	founder
Italian Social Republic → Italian Social Republic →	headOfState
Gabriele D'Annunzio → Gabriele D'Annunzio →	influenced
Acerbo Law → First Marshal of the Empire →	introducedBy
Avanti! → Il Popolo d'Italia →	notableEditor
Benito Mussolini ("Duce of the Italian Social Republic") → Benito Mussolini ("Duce of the Italian Social Republic") →	positionHeld
Lateran Treaty → Munich Agreement →	signedBy
Rachele Guidi → Rachele Mussolini →	spouse
Mussolini: An Intimate Biography →	about
OVRA ("Benito Mussolini’s dictatorship") →	activeDuring
Italian Blackshirt divisions →	allegiance
Roberto Farinacci →	allyOf
Emilio De Bono →	appointedBy
Avanti! →	associatedPerson
Munich Betrayal →	associatedWithLeader
Salò →	associatedWithPoliticalLeader
The Doctrine of Fascism →	author
Acerbo Law →	beneficiary
Casa natale di Benito Mussolini →	birthplaceOf
Grand Council of Fascism ("Duce of Fascism") →	chairTitle
Rosa Maltoni Mussolini →	child
Achille Starace →	closeAssociateOf
Axis →	coinedBy
Regia Aeronautica →	commanderInChief
The Doctrine of Fascism →	commissionedBy
Corpo Truppe Volontarie →	createdBy
Benito Mussolini ("Benito Amilcare Andrea Mussolini") →	fullName
Marella Ciano →	grandfather
La mia vita →	hasAuthorFather
Mussolini: An Intimate Biography →	hasBiographicalSubject
Predappio →	hasBirthplaceOf
Italian Fasces of Combat →	hasLeader
Mussolini: An Intimate Biography →	hasTitleCharacter
Acerbo Law →	headOfGovernmentAtEnactment
First Marshal of the Empire →	headOfGovernmentInvolved
Squadristi →	helpedBringToPower
First Marshal of the Empire →	holder
Italian Social Republic →	leaderCapturedAndExecuted
Rome–Berlin Axis →	leaderOfItalyAtFormation
Axis powers →	majorLeader
Rosa Maltoni Mussolini →	mother
Axis →	notableLeader
Italian Fasces of Combat →	notableMember
Romano Mussolini →	notableRelative
Pietro Nenni →	opposedBy
Corpo Truppe Volontarie →	organizedBy
Rocca delle Caminate →	ownedBy
The Great Dictator →	parodies
Pietro Badoglio →	precededBy
Kingdom of Italy →	primeMinister
Battle for Land →	promotedBy
PNF →	promotedCultOfPersonalityAround
Rome–Berlin Axis →	propagandaTermCoinedBy
Rome–Berlin Axis →	proposedBy
Rosa Maltoni Mussolini →	relative
Italo Balbo →	servedUnder
Munich Agreement →	signatoryLeader
March on Rome →	significantPerson
Corpo Truppe Volontarie armoured units ("Benito Mussolini’s government") →	sponsor
Rachele Mussolini →	spouseOfPoliticalLeader
Il Duce, mio padre →	subjectPerson
Ezra Pound →	supported
Squadristi →	supportedLeader
Duce →	titleHolder
Countess of Cortellazzo and Buccari →	titleHolderIsDaughterOf
Duce →	usedBy
Rocca delle Caminate →	wasPoliticalRetreatOf
Rocca delle Caminate →	wasSummerResidenceOf