Umberto Albini

Umberto Albini
State Undersecretary for the Interior of the Kingdom of Italy
In office 6 February 1943 – 25 July 1943
Preceded by	Guido Buffarini Guidi
Succeeded by	Vito Reale
Member of the Chamber of Fasces and Corporations
In office 23 March 1939 – 5 August 1943
Prefect of Naples
In office 6 February 1943 – 7 June 1941
Preceded by	Francesco Benigni
Succeeded by	Marcello Vaccari
Prefect of Genoa
In office 10 September 1933 – 7 June 1941
Preceded by	Giuseppe Mormino
Succeeded by	Dino Borri
Prefect of Palermo
In office 16 July 1929 – 10 September 1933
Preceded by	Cesare Mori
Succeeded by	Giovanni Battista Marziali
Prefect of Bari
In office 1 July 1928 – 16 July 1929
Preceded by	Secondo Dezza
Succeeded by	Enrico Cavalieri
Prefect of Taranto
In office 20 May 1926 – 1 July 1928
Preceded by	Antonio De Biase
Succeeded by	Francesco Benigni
Prefect of Teramo
In office 26 May 1925 – 20 May 1926
Preceded by	Stefano De Ruggiero
Succeeded by	Angelo Umberto Pacces
Personal details
Born	(1895-08-26)26 August 1895 Portomaggiore, Kingdom of Italy
Died	29 November 1973(1973-11-29) (aged 78) Rome, Italy
Political party	National Fascist Party

Umberto Albini (26 August 1895 – 29 November 1973) was an Italian Fascist politician and civil servant, who served as State Undersecretary for the Interior of the Kingdom of Italy from February to July 1943 and as prefect in several Italian cities, including Genoa, Naples and Palermo.

Biography

Albini with Italo Balbo and other Fascists in front of the Basilica of Saint Mark in Venice, 1921

After graduating in political and social sciences, he took part in the First World War as an infantry lieutenant. He joined the National Fascist Party in 1921, and participated in the march on Rome in October 1922. After the establishment of the Fascist regime he started working for the Ministry of the Interior, initially as regent of the sub-prefecture of La Spezia. He was then appointed questore of La Spezia from September 1923 to 1925 and then prefect of several cities, including Teramo (1925–1926), Taranto (1926–1928), Bari (1928–1929), Palermo (1929–1933), Genoa (1933–1941) and Naples (1941–1943).[1][2][3][4][5][6]

In 1936 he was made console generale (brigadier general) of the Volunteer Militia for National Security, and in February 1943 he became a member of the Chamber of Fasces and Corporations as he was appointed undersecretary for the interior of the Mussolini Cabinet, replacing Guido Buffarini Guidi.[7][8] He participated in the session of the Grand Council of Fascism on 25 July 1943 and voted in favor of the order of the day that resulted in the dismissal of Benito Mussolini and in the fall of the regime.[9][10][11] For this, he was sentenced to death in absentia by the Italian Social Republic in the Verona trial in January 1944.[12] He had meanwhile taken refuge in Allied-controlled southern Italy, where he was retired in August 1944 by the Bonomi cabinet. He died in Rome in 1973.[13]

References

1. Prefetti
2. Mario Missori, Gerarchie e statuti del PNF, p. 159
3. Camera dei Deputati
4. I prefetti della provincia
5. I prefetti del regno nel ventennio fascista
6. Il prefetto e l’esercizio del potere durante il periodo fascista
7. Camera dei Deputati
8. Gazzetta Ufficiale del Regno d'Italia
9. L’ultima seduta del Gran Consiglio del Fascismo nelle carte Federzoni acquisite dall’Archivio Centrale dello Stato
10. 25 luglio 1943: la caduta del fascismo e i suoi protagonisti
11. 1943, cronache di un anno
12. 1943, cronache di un anno
13. 25 luglio 1943: la caduta del fascismo e i suoi protagonisti