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Galeazzo Ciano

1903 - 1944

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Gian Galeazzo Ciano, 2nd Count of Cortellazzo and Buccari ( CHAH-noh, Italian: [ɡaleˈattso ˈtʃaːno]; 18 March 1903 – 11 January 1944), was an Italian diplomat and politician who served as Foreign Minister in the government of his father-in-law, Benito Mussolini, from 1936 until 1943. During this period, he was widely seen as Mussolini's most probable successor as head of government. He was the son of Admiral Costanzo Ciano, a founding member of the National Fascist Party; father and son both took part in Mussolini's March on Rome in 1922. Ciano saw action in the Italo-Ethiopian War (1935–36) and was appointed Foreign Minister on his return. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Galeazzo Ciano is the 1,490th most popular politician (up from 1,736th in 2019), the 580th most popular biography from Italy (up from 648th in 2019) and the 98th most popular Italian Politician.

Galeazzo Ciano was an Italian politician and diplomat. He was the Italian Foreign Minister from 1936 to 1943, and Mussolini's son-in-law. He was executed by the partisans in 1944.

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Among politicians, Galeazzo Ciano ranks 1,490 out of 19,576. Before him are Wenceslaus III of Bohemia, Muhammad Shah, John VI of Portugal, Rutherford B. Hayes, Mohammed V of Morocco, and Safiyya bint Huyayy. After him are Amyntas IV of Macedon, Zviad Gamsakhurdia, Ashur-uballit II, Valdemar I of Denmark, Ptolemy Keraunos, and John Tyler.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1903, Galeazzo Ciano ranks 22. Before him are C. F. Powell, Fernandel, Yasujirō Ozu, Marguerite Yourcenar, Vladimir Horowitz, Adolf Butenandt, Andrey Kolmogorov, Kane Tanaka, Jan Tinbergen, Anaïs Nin, and Mustafa Barzani. After him is José Antonio Primo de Rivera. Among people deceased in 1944, Galeazzo Ciano ranks 21. Before him are Reza Shah, Bertha Benz, Lou Henry Hoover, Alexis Carrel, Ludwig Beck, and Thomas Midgley Jr.. After him are Erwin von Witzleben, Manuel L. Quezon, Ernst Thälmann, Michael Wittmann, Marc Bloch, and Milena Jesenská.

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In Italy

Among people born in Italy, Galeazzo Ciano ranks 580 out of 5,161. Before him are Publius Cornelius Scipio (-260), Filippino Lippi (1457), Lucius Aelius (101), Louis II of Italy (825), Bohemond I of Antioch (1054), and Alcmaeon of Croton (-510). After him are Paolo Maldini (1968), Gentile Bellini (1429), Silvana Mangano (1930), Piero the Unfortunate (1472), Marcus Claudius Marcellus (-42), and Patrizia Reggiani (1948).

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Among POLITICIANS In Italy

Among politicians born in Italy, Galeazzo Ciano ranks 98. Before him are Lorenzo de' Medici, Duke of Urbino (1492), Petronius Maximus (396), Lambert of Italy (880), Publius Cornelius Scipio (-260), Lucius Aelius (101), and Louis II of Italy (825). After him are Marcus Claudius Marcellus (-42), Marie Thérèse Louise of Savoy, Princesse de Lamballe (1749), Lucilla (150), Servilia (-104), Nero Julius Caesar (6), and Alexander Farnese, Duke of Parma (1545).

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