Il Sussidiario: GALEAZZO CIANO COM’È MORTO E CHI È IL MARITO DI EDDA MUSSOLINI/ Fu ucciso nel ’44
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Galeazzo Ciano
Gian Galeazzo Ciano, 2nd Count of Cortellazzo and Buccari, was an Italian diplomat and politician who served as Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Kingdom of Italy under the government of his father-in-law, Benito Mussolini, from 1936 until 1943. During this period, he was widely seen as Mussolini's most probable successor as head of government.
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politics · Italian diplomat and politician (1903–1944) · diplomat · politician · jurist · diarist · foreign minister · also Galeazzo Ciano, Gian Galeazzo Ciano, 2nd Count of Cortellazzo and Buccari, Ciano
Born 18 March 1903 · Died 11 January 1944 · Q220105
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2023· 6 entries
Repubblica: 'Quei due – Edda e Galeazzo Ciano'. Wilma Labate: "Personaggi pop, influencer del fascismo"
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Io Donna: Edda Mussolini e Galeazzo Ciano, in tv la storia di una coppia che ha segnato il Fascismo
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Il Messaggero: Quei due - Edda e Galeazzo Ciano, stasera in tv su Rai 3: il docu-film sulla drammatica storia d'amore della coppia simbolo del Ventennio
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Corriere della Sera: «Quei due - Edda e Galeazzo Ciano», in un nuovo film la storia della coppia simbolo del Ventennio
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Ansa: 'Quei due - Edda e Galeazzo Ciano' di Wilma Labate su Rai3
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2022· 1 entry
Il Sussidiario: Edda e Galeazzo Ciano, figlia e genero Mussolini/ Dalla guerra al tradimento al Duce
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2017· 1 entry
Il Messaggero: 23 agosto 1943 Galeazzo Ciano scive una lettera di protesta a Pietro Badoglio
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1946· 2 entries
Edited by Malcolm Muggeridge, covering 1939 to 1943
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And were used by the prosecution against Hitler's Foreign Minister, Joachim von Ribbentrop, during the post-war Nuremberg Trials
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1944· 2 entries
Died 1944-01-11.
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“Opis: decydując się na stracenie Ciano.”
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1940· 2 entries
Wrote in his diary, "I am sad, very sad
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Ciano leaked a warning of imminent invasion to neutral Belgium
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1939· 3 entries
Awarded Collar of the Imperial Order of the Red Arrows (1939).
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Career landmark: national councillor to the Chamber of Fasci and Corporations (1939–1943).
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Ciano did not agree with Mussolini's plans and knew that Italy's armed forces were ill-prepared for a major war
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1938· 1 entry
Awarded Collar of the Order of Isabella the Catholic (1938).
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1937· 2 entries
Was allegedly involved in planning the murder of the brothers Carlo and Nello Rosselli, two exiled anti-fascist activists killed in the French spa town of Bagnoles-de-l'Orne on 9 June
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Prior to the Italian annexation in 1939, Gian Galeazzo Ciano was named an Honorary Citizen of Tirana, Albania
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1936· 2 entries
Was appointed by Mussolini as the replacement Foreign Minister
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Career landmark: minister of Foreign Affairs of the Kingdom of Italy (1936–1943).
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1935· 2 entries
Career landmark: minister of Popular Culture of the Kingdom of Italy (1935–1936).
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Ciano became the minister of press and propaganda in the government of his father-in-law
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1934· 1 entry
Career landmark: Undersecretary of State of the Council of Ministers of the Kingdom of Italy (1934–1935).
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1903· 1 entry
Born 1903-03-18.
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