Ciano, Galeazzo, conte, 1903-1944

LC control no.	n 79063684
Descriptive conventions	rda
Personal name heading	Ciano, Galeazzo, conte, 1903-1944 *Browse this term in* LC Authorities or the LC Catalog
Variant(s)	Castellazzo, Galeazzo Ciano di, conte, 1903-1944 Ciano di Castellazzo, Galeazzo, conte, 1903-1944 Di Castellazzo, Galeazzo Ciano, conte, 1903-1944
Associated country	Italy
Associated place	China
Birth date	1903-03-18
Death date	1944-01-11
Place of birth	Livorno (Italy)
Place of death	Verona (Italy)
Field of activity	Diplomacy
Affiliation	Partito nazionale fascista (Italy)
Profession or occupation	Foreign ministers Consuls Ambassadors
Found in	La spia che amò Ciano, 1993: p. 233 (Galeazzo Ciano; b. 1903, Livorno; d. 1944, Verona; conte di Cortelazzo) Galeazzo Ciano, operazione Polonia, c1999: index (Ciano di Castellazzo, Galeazzo) The war diaries of Count Galeazzo Ciano 1939-1943, 2015: t.p. (Galeazzo Ciano) rear cover (he was foreign minister of Italy from 1936 until 1943) Wikipedia, February 21, 2020 (Galeazzo Ciano; Gian Galeazzo Ciano, 2nd Count of Cortellazzo and Buccari; born 18 March 1903, Livorno; son of Admiral Costanzo Ciano, a founding member of the National Fascist Party; married Benito Mussolini's daughter Edda in 1930, then served as Italian consul in Shanghai; saw action in the Italo-Ethiopian War (1935-36) as a bomber squadron commander; and was appointed Foreign Minister on his return; following Axis defeats in the Second World War, he began pushing for Italy's exit, and was dismissed from his post; he then served as ambassador to the Vatican; in July 1943 he was among the members of the Grand Council of Fascism that forced Mussolini's ouster and arrest; he fled to Germany but was arrested and turned over to Mussolini's new regime, the Italian Social Republic; on January 11, 1944 he was executed by firing squad)
National bib agency no.	1038B6929E
Associated language	ita
Quality code	nlc