Grand Council of Fascism

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governing body organ of the National Fascist Party political institution

The Grand Council of Fascism was the principal governing body of Benito Mussolini’s Fascist regime in Italy, serving as its highest political and party authority.

Observed surface forms (1)

Surface form	Occurrences
Gran Consiglio del Fascismo	1

Statements (51)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	governing body ⓘ organ of the National Fascist Party ⓘ political institution ⓘ
appliesToJurisdiction	Kingdom of Italy NERFINISHED ⓘ
authorizedTo	approve major constitutional changes of the Fascist regime ⓘ decide on the succession to the throne in certain circumstances ⓘ determine the line of the Fascist Party ⓘ propose the appointment of the Prime Minister to the King ⓘ
chairTitle	Benito Mussolini ⓘ surface form: Duce of Fascism
composition	key ministers of the Italian government ⓘ leading members of the National Fascist Party ⓘ senior Fascist officials ⓘ
country	Kingdom of Italy ⓘ
dissolutionCause	fall of the Fascist regime in Italy ⓘ vote of no confidence in Benito Mussolini ⓘ
dissolved	1943 ⓘ July 1943 ⓘ
foundedBy	Benito Mussolini ⓘ
governmentType	one-party dictatorship ⓘ
hasRole	advisory body to the King of Italy on succession and constitutional matters ⓘ body for determining party policy ⓘ body for supervising the government and state apparatus ⓘ highest organ of the National Fascist Party ⓘ supreme political authority of the Fascist regime ⓘ
headquartersLocation	Rome ⓘ
historicalPeriod	Interwar period ⓘ World War II ⓘ
ideology	Italian Fascism ⓘ
inception	1922 ⓘ December 1922 ⓘ
languageOfWorkOrName	Italian ⓘ
leader	Benito Mussolini ⓘ
legalBasis	Italian law of December 1928 ⓘ
legalEstablishment	1928 ⓘ
meetsAt	Palazzo Venezia ⓘ
member	Dino Grandi NERFINISHED ⓘ Emilio De Bono ⓘ Galeazzo Ciano ⓘ Roberto Farinacci NERFINISHED ⓘ
nativeLabel	Grand Council of Fascism self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Gran Consiglio del Fascismo
notableAction	passed a motion of no confidence in Benito Mussolini on 25 July 1943 ⓘ
notableEvent	25 July 1943 meeting ⓘ
notableOutcome	contributed to the arrest of Benito Mussolini ⓘ contributed to the collapse of the Fascist regime in Italy ⓘ
partOf	Fascist Italy ⓘ surface form: Fascist regime of Benito Mussolini National Fascist Party ⓘ
politicalAlignment	authoritarian ⓘ far-right ⓘ totalitarian ⓘ
significantFor	centralization of power under Benito Mussolini ⓘ institutionalization of Fascist rule in Italy ⓘ

Referenced by (2)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

National Fascist Party → controlled → Grand Council of Fascism ⓘ

Grand Council of Fascism → nativeLabel → Grand Council of Fascism self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Gran Consiglio del Fascismo