Ruler · 1883 – 1945

Benito Mussolini

Lived 1883 – 1945; politician. Prime Minister of the Kingdom of Italy (Kingdom of Italy), 1922 – 1943; also in the line of Italian Social Republic.

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Lived: 1883 – 1945; 62 years
In office: 21 years; one reign
Lines: 2; states
Left it: left office alive; read off the dates alone

Prime Minister of the Kingdom of Italy

Kingdom of Italy · the 41st of 46 dated reigns · 1861 – 1946

37 before

Giovanni Giolitti1920 – 1921

Ivanoe Bonomi1921 – 1922

Luigi Facta1922

Benito Mussolini1922 – 1943

Pietro Badoglio1943 – 1944

Ivanoe Bonomi1944 – 1945

Ferruccio Parri1945

2 after

killed, executed or dead in battledeposed, abdicated, exiled or removeddied in officeleft alive by a regular roada second row: a reign that began before the last had ended — rival claimants, or a shared thronethis entry

Reigned 1922 – 1943 · 21 years · came to it aged 39

Came to it: appointed
Left it: left office aliveread off the dates alone: the term ends in 1943; they died in 1945

Mussolini was appointed Prime Minister of Italy after the March on Rome in 1922, establishing a totalitarian fascist dictatorship.

Also in the line of Italian Social Republic (1st of 1).

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