Edgardo Sogno
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Count Count Edgardo Sogno del Vallino di Ponzone |
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| Member of Italian Chamber of Deputies | |
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In office 2 June 1946 – 7 June 1953 |
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| Personal details | |
| Born |
29 December 1915 Camandona, Piedmont, Italy |
| Died | 5 August 2000 (aged 84) Turin, Piedmont, Italy |
| Nationality | Italian |
| Political party |
Italian Liberal Party (1946–1956) Independent (1956–1996) National Alliance (1996–2000) |
| Spouse(s) | Anna Arborio Mella |
| Children | Sofia, Nanina |
| Residence | Tourin, Italy |
| Alma mater |
Polytechnic University of Turin NATO Defense College |
| Profession |
Diplomat Military |
| Religion | Roman Catholicism |
| Awards |
Gold Medal of Military Valour Bronze Star Medal |
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| Military service | |
| Nickname(s) | Franco Franchi, "Eddy" |
| Allegiance |
 Kingdom of Italy
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| Service/branch |
 Royal Italian Army
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| Years of service | 1933–1945 |
| Rank |
.svg){kind=small} Leutnant
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| Unit | 3rd Cavalry Division Amedeo Duca d'Aosta |
| Battles/wars |
Spanish Civil War Italian Campaign Italian Civil War |
Count Edgardo Pietro Andrea Sogno Rata del Vallino di Ponzone (29 December 1915 – 5 August 2000) was an Italian diplomat, partisan and political figure. He was born in an aristocratic family from Piedmont.
Sogno was born in Turin. He joined the Italian military at 18 and was named sublieutenant in the regiment Nizza Cavalleria. After graduating in jurisprudence, he volunteered for Benito Mussolini's auxiliary units which fought in the Spanish Civil War in 1938 on the Francoist side.
He then became collaborator of the Minister of Foreign Affairs in 1940 during World War II. He achieved two others diplomas in Rome and started frequenting some antifascist circles, which included Benedetto Croce and Giaime Pintor.
He was called by the army in 1942 to go to Vichy France. However, he was arrested a year later on charges of high treason for having publicly predicted the victory of the United States. A monarchist, he was then close to the Italian Liberal Party (PLI), and he became representant of the PLI at the National Liberation Committee (Comitato di Liberazione Nazionale). He created the Partisan group Organizzazione Franchi and earned a gold medal for his acts, helping hundreds of Italian Jews and others seek safe haven in Switzerland.
After the Liberation, he founded the Corriere Lombardo newspaper as well as Costume. Edgardo Sogno was then elected deputy to the Constituent Assembly during the 1946 general election. He contested the June 2, 1946 referendum creating the Republic of Italy, deposing numerous appeals before the Corte di Cassazione in the aim of repealing the results of the vote (and restore monarchy). Although this failed, he became diplomat of the new regime, first in Buenos Aires where Juan Peron was head of state, then in Paris, London, Washington DC and, last, he was ambassador in Rangoon. While posted to Budapest, Hungary, in 1956, he helped people flee the country after anti-communist protests were halted by a Soviet invasion.
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