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Italian politician (1892–1986)

Araldo di Crollalanza
Minister for Public Works
In office
1930–1935
Prime MinisterBenito Mussolini
Succeeded byLuigi Razza
Personal details
Born19 May 1892
Bari, Kingdom of Italy
Died18 January 1986(1986-01-18) (aged 93)
Rome, Italy
Political party

Araldo di Crollalanza (1892–1986) was an Italian journalist and politician who held significant posts in Fascist Italy. He was the minister of public works between 1930 and 1935 and a long-term member of the Italian Senate.

Biography

Di Crollalanza was born in Bari on 19 May 1892. He contributed to the newspapers, including Il Corriere delle Puglie, La Gazzetta del Mezzogiorno and Il Popolo d'Italia. He fought in World War I and in 1919 established the National Combatants Association of Bari. On 23 March of that year Benito Mussolini appointed him as regional political secretary of the Fascist organization of Apulia and Lucania.

Di Crollalanza joined the National Fascist Party (PNF) in an early age. In 1922 he took part in the march on Rome and in 1924 he was elected deputy from the PNF. In 1926 he was elected the mayor of Bari being the first Fascist to hold the post. When Di Crollalanza was in office he attempted to rebuild Bari as a new centre for Fascist rule and to make the city a bridge between the Orient and the Occident on the directives of Mussolini.

On 9 July 1928, di Crollalanza was appointed state secretary for public works. Di Crollalanza served as the minister of public works in the period 1930–1935 in the cabinet of Benito Mussolini. In addition to these posts Di Crollalanza continued to serve as the mayor of Bari being represented by his deputy Vincenzo Vella. In 1935 Di Crollalanza was named the president of a Fascist youth organisation, Opera Nazionale Balilla. In 1943 he joined the Italian Social Republic. After the fall of Fascism Di Crollalanza was arrested, but was released from prison soon and resumed political activity with the Italian Social Movement. Between 1953 and 1986 he served at the Italian Senate from the Italian Social Movement. in 1982, on the occasion of his ninetieth birthday, the President of the Senate Amintore Fanfani presented him with a gold medal. Di Crollalanza died in Rome on 18 January 1986.

References

  1. ^ Maria Giovanna Depalma (17 January 2020). "Trentaquattro anni senza "Araldo da Bari"". Quotidiano di Bari. Retrieved 14 January 2022.
  2. ^ "Araldo di Crollalanza nel ricordo della bella politica". Secolo d'Italia (in Italian). 11 May 2012. Retrieved 14 January 2022.
  3. ^ Christine Beese (2019). "The Townscape of Bari: A Laboratory of Italian Urbanism during the Early Twentieth Century". In Carmen M. Enss; Luigi Monzo (eds.). Townscapes in Transition. Transformation and Reorganization of Italian Cities and Their Architecture in the Interwar Period. Bielefeld: transcript Verlag. pp. 141, 143. doi:10.1515/9783839446607. ISBN 9783839446607.
  4. ^ "Crollalanza". Treccani (in Italian).

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