Nicola Bombacci
| Nicola Bombacci | |
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| Member of the Chamber of Deputies | |
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In office 1 December 1919 – 25 January 1925 |
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| Born |
24 October 1879 Civitella di Romagna, Forlì, Italy |
| Died | 28 April 1945 (aged 65) Dongo, Como, Italy |
| Nationality | Italian |
| Political party |
Italian Socialist Party (1911–1921) Communist Party of Italy (1921–1927) Republican Fascist Party (1943–1945) |
| Spouse(s) | Erissene Focaccia (m. 1905–45); his death |
| Profession | Politician, journalist, revolutionary, labour unionist |
Nicola Bombacci (24 October 1879 – 28 April 1945), born at Civitella di Romagna, was an Italian Marxist socialist who was a member of the Italian Socialist Party in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, and who later became an Italian Fascist.
Nicola Bombacci was born near Forlì on 24 October 1879.
During his adolescence he joined the Italian Socialist Party, of which he became suddenly a national leader at the head of the revolutionary wing, known as Massimalisti; other notable members of this far-left wing were Costantino Lazzari and Benito Mussolini. In 1919 Bombacci became the Secretary of the PSI and in the general election in the same year he led the socialists to their best result ever; the PSI won the election with 32.3% and became the first party by votes and seats. Anyway the following year Bombacci resigned as Secretary of the Socialist Party, due to some tensions with the right-wing of the party led by Filippo Turati.
In 1921 he became one of the founding fathers of the Italian Communist Party. Bombacci was a friend of future Italian Fascist dictator Benito Mussolini. Later in life, although he was not an official card-carrying member of the Fascist Party, Bombacci tried to help Mussolini legitimize the Italian Social Republic and relegitimize Italian Fascism after Mussolini was ousted as Prime Minister of the Kingdom of Italy.
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