Galeazzo Ciano
1903 – 1944 Italian Fascist Foreign Minister of Italy
Mussolini's son-in-law and foreign minister, executed for voting to depose him.
- Religion
- Catholic background; a conventional Fascist without mystical leanings.
- Affiliations
- National Fascist Party; Mussolini's son-in-law and foreign minister. No occult ties.
Ciano shaped Italian foreign policy in the 1930s and kept diaries that became a key record of the regime. In 1943 he voted with the Grand Council to remove Mussolini. Captured in the German-backed Salo Republic, he was tried for treason and shot in 1944.
Connections
- family of Benito Mussolini — His son-in-law and foreign minister, later executed on his regime's order.
- family of Benito Mussolini — Married Mussolini's daughter and served as his foreign minister before being executed on the regime's order.
- rival of Joachim von Ribbentrop — Negotiated and clashed with his German counterpart.