11 Facts About Ferruccio Lantini

Ferruccio Lantini was one of the leading figures in the Fascist Italy.

Ferruccio Lantini was a member of the National Fascist Party and served as the minister of corporations between 1936 and 1939 in the cabinet of Benito Mussolini.

Ferruccio Lantini joined the socialists and after moving to Liguria he was admitted to Freemasonry at age 18.

Ferruccio Lantini received a degree in commercial sciences and involved in the nationalist movement.

Ferruccio Lantini was enlisted in the army in 1916 and took part in World War I as an officer.

Ferruccio Lantini was promoted to the rank of lieutenant and was awarded the war cross.

In November 1921 Ferruccio Lantini participated in the congress of the National Fascist Party in Rome and was appointed representative for Liguria in the central committee of the party which he held until January 1923 when he was named as the political commissioner for Liguria.

In 1923 Ferruccio Lantini launched a newspaper entitled Giornale di Genova of which the first issue appeared on 1 August and directed the paper until January 1925.

From January 1934 to 1935 Ferruccio Lantini headed the National Institute for Export, a body created in 1926 to promote the development of Italian trade abroad.

Ferruccio Lantini was appointed minister of corporations to the cabinet led by Benito Mussolini on 11 June 1936 and was in office until 31 October 1939.

Ferruccio Lantini was the national councillor between March and October 1939 and from 8 July 1940 he was made a member of the paper and printing corporation and subsequently of the pension and credit corporation.