Grand Council of Fascism

Grand Council of Fascism
Gran Consiglio del Fascismo
AbbreviationGCF
Formation
  • First meeting
    15 December 1922 (1922-12-15)
  • State body
    9 December 1928 (1928-12-09)
Dissolved25 July 1943 (1943-07-25)
Legal statusParty governing body (1922–1928)
Constitutional body (from 1928)
HeadquartersPalazzo Venezia, Rome
Location
Official language
Italian
Victor Emmanuel III
Benito Mussolini
Secretary of the Council
Party Secretary
Main organ
National Fascist Party

The Grand Council of Fascism (Italian: Gran Consiglio del Fascismo, 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 National Fascist Party in 1922, and became a state body on 9 December 1928. The council usually met at the Palazzo Venezia, Rome, which was also the seat of the head of the Italian government.[1] The Council became extinct following a series of events in 1943, in which Benito Mussolini was voted out as the Prime Minister of Italy.

  1. ^ "Gran consiglio del fascismo". Enciclopedia on line (in Italian). Istituto della Enciclopedia Italiana fondata da Giovanni Treccani S.p.A. Retrieved 23 August 2017.

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