Giovanni Antonio Colonna

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Giovanni Antonio Colonna
Colonna di Cesarò.jpg
Minister of Post and Telegraphs
In office
February 1922 – 1924
Prime MinisterBenito Mussolini
Minister of Post and Telegraphs
In office
15 May 1921 – 1921
Prime MinisterGiovanni Giolitti
Personal details
Born
Giovanni Antonio Colonna di Cesarò

1878
Died1940 (aged 61–62)
Political partyItalian Social Democratic Party

Giovanni Antonio Colonna (1878–1940) was an Italian noble and politician who was the leader of the Italian Social Democratic Party. He also served as the minister of post and telegraphs between 1922 and 1924 in the cabinet of Benito Mussolini. He was known as the "anthroposophist duke".[1]

Biography[]

Colonna was born in 1878.[1] In 1907 he involved in politics, and was a member of the parliament in the period 1909–1921.[2] He founded and published a magazine entitled Rassegna contemporanea which is among the early anthroposophical publications.[1] As of 1914 he was a members of the Italian Olympic Committee.[3]

Following the general elections on 15 May 1921 he was named the minister of post and telegraphs in the cabinet led by Giovanni Giolitti.[2] In 1922 Colonna established the Italian Social Democratic Party and joined the government of Benito Mussolini as the minister of post and telegraphs which he held until February 1924 when he resigned.[1] Following this incident Colonna retired from politics.[1] His another magazine was Lo Stato Democrito (The Democratic State in English) which also published anthroposophical articles.[4]

He died in 1940.[4]

Views[]

Colonna was an advocate of colonialism and democratic imperialism.[1] During World War I he supported intervention of the Italian Empire through his writings in Rassegna contemporanea which also reflected a radical national views.[1] However, Colonna did not have a consistent political ideology. Instead, he adopted distinct political views depending on the conditions.[1] Following his retirement from politics Colonna became an anti-Fascist.[1]

References[]

  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i Peter Staudenmaier (2012). "Anthroposophy in Fascist Italy". In Arthur Versluis; Lee Irwin; Melinda Phillips (eds.). Esotericism, Religion, and Politics. Minneapolis: New Cultures Press. pp. 83–84. ISBN 978-1596500136.
  2. ^ a b Marc Raboy (2016). Marconi: The Man Who Networked the World. New York: Oxford University Press. p. 463. ISBN 978-0-19-931359-4.
  3. ^ Tito Forcellese (2020). "Italian aristocrats and their involvement in sports institutions, 1894–1914". In Peter Heyrman; Jan de Maeyer (eds.). Leisure and Elite Formation. Arenas of Encounter in Continental Europe, 1815-1914. Berlin; Boston, MA: De Gruyter Oldenbourg. p. 174. ISBN 9783110582307.
  4. ^ a b Julius Evola (2018). Introduction to Magic: Rituals and Practical Techniques for the Magus. Rochester, VT: Inner Traditions/Bear. p. 21. ISBN 978-1-62055-857-7.

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