Antonio Mosconi

Italian businessman and politician (1866–1955)

Antonio Mosconi


Minister of Finance
In office July 1928 – July 1932
Monarch	Victor Emmanuel III
Prime Minister	Benito Mussolini
Preceded by	Giuseppe Volpi
Succeeded by	Guido Jung

Personal details
Born	9 September 1886 Vicenza, Kingdom of Italy
Died	12 July 1955(1955-07-12) (aged 88)
Alma mater	University of Padua

Antonio Mosconi (9 September 1866–12 July 1955) was an Italian businessman and politician who held various political and government posts, including the finance minister between July 1928 and July 1932.

Biography

Hailed from a family based in Vicenza Mosconi was born on 9 September 1886.^[1]^[2] He received a law degree from the University of Padua in 1908.^[2]

In 1911 he was named the secretary of the ministry of the interior.^[2] He was appointed municipal commissioner in Trieste in July 1919.^[3] When the military authority in Trieste was converted into a civil authority which was named as the provincial civilian government in July 1919, Mosconi headed it after Augusto Ciuffelli.^[4] Mosconi's term in this post began in December 1919.^[3]

From 1920 Mosconi was a member of the Italian Senate and the councillor of state.^[5] He was appointed minister of finance to the Mussolini's cabinet in July 1928 replacing Giuseppe Volpi in the post.^[1]^[5] In July 1932 Mosconi resigned from the office, and Guido Jung replaced him as finance minister.^[6] In the period 1932–1934 he headed the National Bank of Agriculture.^[2] The other posts of Mosconi included the head of the Central Tax Commission (1939–1944) and of the Olympic Academy of Vicenza (1936–1944).^[2] He died on 12 July 1955.^[2]

References

^ ^a ^b R. J. B. Bosworth (2012). Mussolini and the Eclipse of Italian Fascism. From Dictatorship to Populism. New Haven, CT; London: Yale University Press. p. 99. ISBN 978-0-300-23272-1.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f "Mosconi, Antonio" (in Italian). Italian Senate. Archived from the original on 8 December 2021. Retrieved 8 December 2021.
^ ^a ^b Maura Hametz (December 2001). "The carabinieri stood by: The Italian state and the "slavic threat" in Trieste, 1919‐1922". Nationalities Papers. 29 (4): 562. doi:10.1080/00905990120102093.
^ Marco Bresciani (2021). "The Battle for Post-Habsburg Trieste/Trst: State Transition, Social Unrest, and Political Radicalism (1918–23)". Austrian History Yearbook. 52: 189. doi:10.1017/S0067237821000011. hdl:2158/1249629.
^ ^a ^b Eloise Ellery (August 1928). "Mussolini's Plea for Higher Wages". Current History. 28 (5): 871. JSTOR 45338858.
^ Paul H. Lewis (2002). Latin Fascist Elites: The Mussolini, Franco, and Salazar Regimes. Westport, CT; London: Praeger. pp. 39–40. ISBN 978-0-313-01334-8.