Bottai, Giuseppe

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Bottai, Giuseppe (b. 3 Sept. 1895, d. 5 Jan. 1959). Italian Fascist leader He became a Member of Parliament in 1921 and took part in the March on Rome in 1922. A member of the Fascist Grand Council (1926–43), he joined Mussolini's government as Under-Secretary (1926–9) and Minister of Corporations (1929–32), and was governor of Rome (1935–6). As Minister of National Education (1936–43), he played an important part in the drafting of Mussolini's anti-Semitic legislation in 1938. He voted to depose Mussolini in the Fascist Grand Council meeting of 25 July 1943, and managed to escape to North Africa in 1944, where he joined the French Foreign Legion. He returned to Italy in 1948 and became a journalist.

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