Rino Parenti (13 July 1895 – 19 October 1953) was an Italian

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leader.

Biography

Parenti was born in

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on 13 July 1895. He was a non-commissioned officer during

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. He became fascist in 1919 and participated in local squad militant. He was cofounder of the first ''Fascio di combattimento'' movement which laid the basis of the

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. He served at local party and was the federal secretary of the Italian Fascist Party for Milan (''federale'' of Milan) from 26 June 1933 to 1 January 1940. During this period, he succeeded in normalizing Milanese fascism and adapting it to the conditions of the national fascism. Parenti was the president of the Italian National Olympic Committee from 1939 to 1940. He was the first president elected according to the new rules. In 1939 he became a member of the

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, and from 1 September 1942 to 1 August 1943 he served as

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. After the

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he joined the

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, and on 1 October 1943 he was appointed prefect of

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, a post he held until the end of the war, when he was arrested and imprisoned. Parenti died in Rome on 19 October 1953.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Parenti, Rino 1895 births 1953 deaths National Fascist Party politicians Politicians from Milan Italian military personnel of World War I