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Ciano was born in Livorno, Italy on 18 March 1903. He was the son of admiral and WWI hero Costanzo Ciano (for which service he was given the title of Count by Victor Emmanuel III) and his wife Carolina Pini. His father, nicknamed Ganascia (“The Jaw”) was a founding member of the PNF and reorganized the Italian merchant navy in the 1920s. Costanzo was not above extracting private profit from his office and so his son would become very much accustomed to an extravagant lifestyle. He became involved in politics when he joined the PNF in 1922 and was a participant at the March on Rome. He studied Philosophy of Law at the University of Rome, and then became an attaché in Rio de Janeiro. He married Benito Mussolini’s daughter Edda on 24 April 1930, with whom he would have three kids (Fabrizio, Raimonda and Marzio).Ciano volunteered for service in the Second Italo-Ethiopian War (1935-1936), and became a bomber squadron commander. He would end up receiving two silver medals of valor and was awarded the rank of captain. After the war he would become Foreign Minister. After the war, he was declared Mussolini’s successor and would become Duce in 1953, and has continued to maintain Mussolini’s policies. |
Ciano was born in Livorno, Italy on 18 March 1903. He was the son of admiral and WWI hero Costanzo Ciano (for which service he was given the title of Count by Victor Emmanuel III) and his wife Carolina Pini. His father, nicknamed Ganascia (“The Jaw”) was a founding member of the PNF and reorganized the Italian merchant navy in the 1920s. Costanzo was not above extracting private profit from his office and so his son would become very much accustomed to an extravagant lifestyle. He became involved in politics when he joined the PNF in 1922 and was a participant at the March on Rome. He studied Philosophy of Law at the University of Rome, and then became an attaché in Rio de Janeiro. He married Benito Mussolini’s daughter Edda on 24 April 1930, with whom he would have three kids (Fabrizio, Raimonda and Marzio). Ciano volunteered for service in the Second Italo-Ethiopian War (1935-1936), and became a bomber squadron commander. He would end up receiving two silver medals of valor and was awarded the rank of captain. After the war he would become Foreign Minister. After the war, he was declared Mussolini’s successor and would become Duce in 1953, and has continued to maintain Mussolini’s policies. |
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Revision as of 19:30, 11 January 2024
Gian Galeazzo Ciano (born 18 March 1903) is the current Duce of the Italian Empire and has been so since 1953.
Biography
Ciano was born in Livorno, Italy on 18 March 1903. He was the son of admiral and WWI hero Costanzo Ciano (for which service he was given the title of Count by Victor Emmanuel III) and his wife Carolina Pini. His father, nicknamed Ganascia (“The Jaw”) was a founding member of the PNF and reorganized the Italian merchant navy in the 1920s. Costanzo was not above extracting private profit from his office and so his son would become very much accustomed to an extravagant lifestyle. He became involved in politics when he joined the PNF in 1922 and was a participant at the March on Rome. He studied Philosophy of Law at the University of Rome, and then became an attaché in Rio de Janeiro. He married Benito Mussolini’s daughter Edda on 24 April 1930, with whom he would have three kids (Fabrizio, Raimonda and Marzio). Ciano volunteered for service in the Second Italo-Ethiopian War (1935-1936), and became a bomber squadron commander. He would end up receiving two silver medals of valor and was awarded the rank of captain. After the war he would become Foreign Minister. After the war, he was declared Mussolini’s successor and would become Duce in 1953, and has continued to maintain Mussolini’s policies.