Lessona, Alessandro, 1891-1991
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Name (Latin)
Lessona, Alessandro, 1891-1991
Other forms of name
Lessona, Alessandro, 1891-
Date of birth
1891-09-09
Date of death
1991-11-10
Associated country
Italy
Field of activity
Fascism--Italy
Imperialism
Italy--Colonies--Africa
Occupation
Legislators
Political science teachers
Politicians
italy armed forces officers
Associated Language
ita
Gender
male
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MARC
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Sources of Information
- Abraham Lincoln Library and Museum, Hall of Holography Collection (website), viewed October 17, 2018(Alessandro Lessona; Italian official, politician, and sports director; commonly believed to have been born in 1891, but some sources report birth date 1887; he was the longest-running hierarch of Fascism, and the last to survive; graduated 1910 as a cavalry lieutenant from Royal Academy of Infantry and Cavalry of Modena; took part in the First World War; joined the Fascists in 1922; president of the Italian Tennis Federation 1928-1939; one of the protagonists of Italian colonial politics: undersecretary at the Ministry of Colonies 1929-1936; at the outbreak of the Ethiopian war he played a major role in removing General Emilio De Bono from command of the North Front and entrusting it to the Marshal of Italy, Pietro Badoglio, in late 1935; present at the march on Addis Ababa 5 May 1936, appointed head of the Italian Ministry of Africa, in 1936, remained in office until the end of 1937; in November 1938 Mussolini had him removed from every institutional position due to charges of corruption etc.; he moved to Rome, remained as full professor of political science until retirement; chair of Colonial Political History (later renamed History and Institutions of Afro-Asian Countries); joined the Italian Social Movement (MSI); in 1963 election he obtained a seat in the Senate with the Social Movement; not reelected five years later, withdrew from public life)
- Diritti e interessi dell'Italia in Africa Orientale, 1935:t.p. (sottosegretario Lessona)
- Wikipedia, via WWW, May 6, 2009(Alessandro Lessona; politico italiano; b. Sept. 9, 1881; d. Nov. 10, 1991)
- The Author's La missione dell'Italia in Africa, [1936]
- LC/12.08 (unauthorised)
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Alessandro Lessona (Rome, 9 September 1891 – Florence, 10 November 1991) was an Italian Fascist politician, Minister of the Colonies of the Kingdom of Italy from June 1936 to April 1937 and Minister of Italian Africa from April to November 1937.
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