Benito Mussolini

Benito Amilcare Andrea Mussolini was a fascist dictator who was the prime minister of Italy from 1922 until his deposition in 1943. Known as Il Duce during his rule, he established a totalitarian dictatorship led by the National Fascist Party in the Kingdom of Italy. Born in Predappio, Mussolini originally worked as a journalist for the Italian Socialist Party newspaper Avanti!