Antonio Mosconi

Antonio Mosconi
Minister of Finance
In office
July 1928 – July 1932
MonarchVictor Emmanuel III
Prime MinisterBenito Mussolini
Preceded byGiuseppe Volpi
Succeeded byGuido Jung
Personal details
Born9 September 1886
Vicenza, Kingdom of Italy
Died12 July 1955(1955-07-12) (aged 88)
Alma materUniversity of Padua

Antonio Mosconi (9 September 1866 – 12 July 1955) was an Italian businessman and politician who held various political and government posts, including the finance minister between July 1928 and July 1932.

Biography

Hailed from a family based in Vicenza Mosconi was born on 9 September 1886.[1][2] He received a law degree from the University of Padua in 1908.[2]

In 1911, he was named the secretary of the ministry of the interior.[2] He was appointed municipal commissioner in Trieste in July 1919.[3] When the military authority in Trieste was converted into a civil authority which was named as the provincial civilian government in July 1919, Mosconi headed it after Augusto Ciuffelli.[4] Mosconi's term in this post began in December 1919.[3]

From 1920, Mosconi was a member of the Italian Senate and the councillor of state.[5] He was appointed minister of finance to the Mussolini's cabinet in July 1928 replacing Giuseppe Volpi in the post.[1][5] In July 1932, Mosconi resigned from the office, and Guido Jung replaced him as finance minister.[6] In the period 1932–1934, he headed the National Bank of Agriculture.[2] The other posts of Mosconi included the head of the Central Tax Commission (1939–1944) and of the Olympic Academy of Vicenza (1936–1944).[2] He died on 12 July 1955.[2]

References

  1. ^ a b R. J. B. Bosworth (2012). Mussolini and the Eclipse of Italian Fascism. From Dictatorship to Populism. New Haven, CT; London: Yale University Press. p. 99. ISBN 978-0-300-23272-1.
  2. ^ a b c d e f "Mosconi, Antonio" (in Italian). Italian Senate. Archived from the original on 8 December 2021. Retrieved 8 December 2021.
  3. ^ a b Maura Hametz (December 2001). "The carabinieri stood by: The Italian state and the "slavic threat" in Trieste, 1919‐1922". Nationalities Papers. 29 (4): 562. doi:10.1080/00905990120102093.
  4. ^ Marco Bresciani (2021). "The Battle for Post-Habsburg Trieste/Trst: State Transition, Social Unrest, and Political Radicalism (1918–23)". Austrian History Yearbook. 52: 189. doi:10.1017/S0067237821000011. hdl:2158/1249629.
  5. ^ a b Eloise Ellery (August 1928). "Mussolini's Plea for Higher Wages". Current History. 28 (5): 871. JSTOR 45338858.
  6. ^ Paul H. Lewis (2002). Latin Fascist Elites: The Mussolini, Franco, and Salazar Regimes. Westport, CT; London: Praeger. pp. 39–40. ISBN 978-0-313-01334-8.