The ranks and insignia of the National Fascist Party shows the hierarchical structure of ranks and

titles A title is one or more words used before or after a person's name, in certain contexts. It may signify their generation, official position, military rank, professional or academic qualification, or nobility. In some languages, titles may be ins ...

bestowed by the PNF. Alberto Aquarone, ''L'organizzazione dello Stato totalitario'', pp. 582-583, Einaudi 2003. ISBN 88-06-16522-4

''Gerarca''

During the Fascist rule in Italy, a (, plural: ''gerarchi'') was a higher officer of the

National Fascist Party The National Fascist Party (, PNF) was a political party in Italy, created by Benito Mussolini as the political expression of Italian fascism and as a reorganisation of the previous Italian Fasces of Combat. The party ruled the Kingdom of It ...

(PNF). The highest ''gerarchi'', up to the Federal Secretary, were members of the National Council of the PNF and of the Chamber of Fasces and Corporations. The secretary and members of the National Directorate of the PNF were members of the

Grand Council of Fascism The Grand Council of Fascism (, also translated "Fascist Grand Council") was the main body of Mussolini's Fascist regime in Italy, which held and applied great power to control the institutions of government. It was created as a body of the ...

. A ''Ras'' (from the homonymous Ethiopian title) was a gerarca dominating in one province. So, for example, Italo Balbo was the ''Ras'' of Ferrara, and Roberto Farinacci the ''Ras'' of Cremona.

Party Ranks

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