Biography of Giuseppe Bottai

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3 September 1895
January 9, 1959
The story of Italy politician of the Fascist period, Giuseppe Bottai was Governor of Rome, Minister of corporations and Minister of national education. Born in Rome on 3 September 1895 to a family of Tuscan origin, after graduating from high school he enrolled in the Faculty of law right in time when World War I breaks out; decide early to volunteer. After the war, already active in the Futurist movement, met in 1919, Benito Mussolini and co-founded the Fasci di Combattimento di Roma. Finished his studies earning a degree in law, then in 1921 he directed the drafting romana de "the people of Italy". In the same year is a candidate and was elected to the Chamber of Deputies. Join the March on Rome: along with his group creates considerable unrest culminating in the death of some people. In 1923 he founded the "fascist Criticism." From 1926 to 1929 is Undersecretary for corporations, takes ownership of the Ministry in 1929; will remain Minister until 1932. At this time the "Carta del Lavoro" and gets the corporate law Department at La Sapienza University, Rome. He became President of the National Institute for social security in 1932; hold a charge until 1935, when he became Governor of Rome. In May 1936 was Governor of Addis Ababa, but the charge will last less than a month. Coopers is then return to Italy and was appointed Minister of national education, a position he will leave in February 1943. Among his many accomplishments, will issue two important laws for the protection of cultural heritage that shall remain in force for a long time, until 1999; the principles of these standards have been maintained even in later legislation. Coopers surrounds himself in this period of civil servants of the highest order, many of which will continue to manage the project overseers even after the war. Dates back to 1940 the Foundation of "primacy".
Along with other 18 Hierarchs, the 25 July 1943 joins the big agenda motion outvotes Mussolini. Because of the accession to the Large motion, Coopers is sentenced to death in absentia at his trial in Verona, in 1944, by a Court of the newly formed Italian Social Republic. Meanwhile he enlisted with the alias Andrea Battle in the Foreign Legion, body in which he remained until 1948 and in the fight against the Germans. Gets the amnesty in 1947 for the charges related to participation in the postwar Constitution of the fascist regime and which had cost him a life sentence. Verona's death sentence then becomes negligible with the dissolution of the Italian Social Republic. Back in Italy and founded in 1953 the magazine of political criticism "ABC", of which he will be Director until his death. For a time, he directed from behind the scenes the people of Rome ", ephemeral newspapers financed by Vittorio Cini to skirt centrism. Always open to dialogue, even with young intellectuals who were covertly opposing ideas to the fascist regime-which could be found on the pages of "primacy" an important space for expression and debate-Coopers is also known for being a fascist in any way out of the rigid patterns of the regime, in other words how do you define afterwards the historian Giordano Bruno Guerri-a "fascist". Giuseppe Bottai died in Rome on January 9, 1959. At his funeral, noticed a large crowd: among the numerous authorities present was Aldo Moro, then Minister of education.
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