13 Facts About Pino Romualdi

Giuseppe "Pino" Romualdi was an Italian right-wing politician who served both the Republican Fascist Party and the Italian Social Movement.

Pino Romualdi was the subject of frequent rumours that he was the biological son of Benito Mussolini, although no proof has been given.

Pino Romualdi was born in Predappio, near Forli, the same comune of Mussolini.

Pino Romualdi took a laurea in political science, serving as secretary of the Gruppi universitari fascisti in Forli from 1936 to 1938, and then worked as a journalist.

Pino Romualdi served as a soldier in the Italian Army in the campaigns in Ethiopia and during the Second World War in Greece and Albania, where he was an infantry captain.

Pino Romualdi returned to Italy in 1943 and became more prominent in political life with the foundation of the Italian Social Republic in 1943.

Pino Romualdi was one of the fascist contingent captured by Urbano Lazzaro's partisans at Dongo, Lombardy in April 1945.

Pino Romualdi went on to become associated with the "liberal" wing of the party that helped secure the leadership for Giorgio Almirante.

Pino Romualdi again served in the Chamber of Deputies from 1953 to 1979 and then in the Italian Senate from 1983 to 1987.

Pino Romualdi edited the journals Lotta Politica, Il Popolo Italiano and Ardito at various times and as MSI deputy secretary oversaw the modernisation of the party's internal structure and played a leading role in drafting their nine-point programme in 1967.

Pino Romualdi was elected to the European Parliament at the 1979 election and held his seat until his death.

Pino Romualdi was particularly prominent as a member of the European Parliament Committee on Foreign Affairs.

Pino Romualdi died in Rome of cancer on 21 May 1988, on the same weekend as his former colleagues and fellow Italian Fascist leaders Dino Grandi and Giorgio Almirante.