Alfredo Pizzoni (February 20, 1894 – January 3, 1958) was an Italian banker and politician who was president of the Comitato di Liberazione Nazionale Alta Italia (National Liberation Committee of Northern Italy, CLNAI) during the late stages of

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Biography

Pizzoni was born in

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and studied at

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and

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. During

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he fought as a Bersaglieri officer, being awarded a silver medal for military value. Subsequently, he worked as a banker for the

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. After the rise of the

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regime, he became a member of the ''

Giustizia e Libertà Giustizia e Libertà (; ) was an Italian anti-fascist resistance movement, active from 1929 to 1945.James D. Wilkinson (1981). ''The Intellectual Resistance Movement in Europe''. Harvard University Press. p. 224. The movement was cofounded by ...

'' movement. During World War II he fought again in the Bersaglieri corps, receiving another medal, before being sent back home for health reasons in 1942. He was elected president of

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's Comitato di Liberazione Nazionale (later CLNAI) after the Armistice with Italy of September 8, 1943. Replaced by Rodolfo Morandi on April 27, 1945, Pizzoni returned to his bank job. He later was appointed President of Credito Italiano. He died in Milan in 1958.

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* 1894 births 1958 deaths Businesspeople from Cremona Italian resistance movement members Members of Giustizia e Libertà Italian military personnel of World War II Italian bankers 20th-century Italian politicians Politicians from Cremona Italian expatriates in the United Kingdom {{italy-business-bio-stub