Amilcare Rossi
{{Short description|Italian Fascist politician and soldier (1895–1977)}}
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| name = Amilcare Rossi
| image = Amilcare Rossi.jpg
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| office = Undersecretary to the Presidency of the Council of Ministers of the Kingdom of Italy
| term_start = 6 February 1943
| term_end = 25 July 1943
| predecessor = Luigi Russo
| successor = Pietro Baratono
| office2 = Member of the Chamber of Deputies of the Kingdom of Italy
| term_start2 = 20 April 1929
| term_end2 = 2 March 1939
| office3 = Member of the Chamber of Fasces and Corporations
| term_start3 = 23 March 1939
| term_end3 = 2 August 1943
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| birth_date = {{Birth date|1895|1|1|df=y}}
| birth_place = Lanuvio, Kingdom of Italy
| death_date = {{Death date and age|1977|5|31|1895|1|1|df=y}}
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| party = National Fascist Party
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| awards = Order of the Crown of Italy
Order of the White Lion
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| allegiance = {{flag|Kingdom of Italy}}
| branch = {{army|Kingdom of Italy}}
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| rank = Lieutenant Colonel
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| battles = * World War I
- Battles of the Isonzo
- Second Italo-Ethiopian War
- Battle of Amba Aradam
- World War II
- Battle of the Western Alps
- Greco-Italian War
| mawards = Gold Medal of Military Valor
Silver Medal of Military Valor
War Cross for Military Valor (twice)
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Amilcare Rossi (Lanuvio, 1 January 1895 – Rome, 31 May 1977) was an Italian soldier and Fascist politician, recipient of the Gold Medal of Military Valor, who served as the last Undersecretary to the Presidency of the Council of the Mussolini Cabinet, from 6 February to 25 July 1943.
Biography
Holder of two degrees, in Law and in Literature and Philosophy, he worked as a lawyer and high school teacher.[https://storia.camera.it/deputato/amilcare-rossi-18950101/governi#nav Camera dei Deputati][http://www.noialpini.it/preghiera_africa.htm La preghiera dell’Alpino] A nationalist and interventist, he took part in the First World War as a junior officer in the 28th Infantry Regiment ("Pavia" Brigade), fighting on Sabotin and participating in the capture of Gorizia.[https://www.combattentiliberazione.it/movm-grande-guerra-1915-1918/rossi-amilcare Amilcare Rossi][http://www.noialpini.it/preghiera_africa.htm La preghiera dell'Alpino] On 10 October 1916 he earned the Gold Medal of Military Valor for an action near Vrtojba at the beginning of the Eighth Battle of the Isonzo; having volunteered to lead a wiring party, he thrice placed explosive tubes under Austro-Hungarian barbed wire in daylight under enemy fire, then returned to cut a gap through the barbed wire with wire cutters and led the subsequent assault, being wounded but keeping fighting until he was wounded a gain, suffering a broken femur and later returning to the frontline at his request before being fully healed.[https://www.combattentiliberazione.it/movm-grande-guerra-1915-1918/rossi-amilcare Amilcare Rossi][https://www.movm.it/decorato/rossi-amilcare/ Medaglia d'Oro al Valor Militare][http://www.noialpini.it/preghiera_africa.htm La preghiera dell’Alpino] In March 1918 he was promoted to captain.[http://www.noialpini.it/preghiera_africa.htm La preghiera dell'Alpino]
Having joined the National Fascist Party in 1923, in the early 1920s he was chosen by the government as a member of the Jurisdictional Commission for the assets of former enemies.[http://www.noialpini.it/preghiera_africa.htm La preghiera dell'Alpino] On 2 March 1925 he was appointed president of the regency of the National Veterans Association, of which he later became president from 1927 to 1943.[http://www.noialpini.it/preghiera_africa.htm La preghiera dell'Alpino][https://www.combattentiliberazione.it/movm-grande-guerra-1915-1918/rossi-amilcare Amilcare Rossi][http://www.istitutodelnastroazzurro.org/2020/05/25/iii-congresso-1928-atti-il-discorso-di-amilcare-rossi/ Istituto del Nastro Azzurro] In the same year he was among the promoters and founders of the Gold Medals Group of the Nastro Azzurro Institute (an association among the recipients of awards for military valor), of which he would later become national president.[https://www.combattentiliberazione.it/movm-grande-guerra-1915-1918/rossi-amilcare Amilcare Rossi][http://www.noialpini.it/preghiera_africa.htm La preghiera dell'Alpino] From 1927 to 1928 he was federal secretary of the National Fascist Party of Terni, on 20 April 1929 he became a member of the Italian Chamber of Deputies and on 23 March 1939 of the Chamber of Fasces and Corporations.[https://storia.camera.it/deputato/amilcare-rossi-18950101/governi#nav Camera dei Deputati][https://www.combattentiliberazione.it/movm-grande-guerra-1915-1918/rossi-amilcare Amilcare Rossi][http://www.noialpini.it/preghiera_africa.htm La preghiera dell'Alpino]
He fought in the Second Italo-Ethiopian War, with the rank of major attached to the 5th Alpine Division "Pusteria" as a battalion commander (receiving a Silver Medal of Military Valor for his conduct during the battle of Amba Aradam, where he was slightly wounded, and a War Cross for Military Valor), and then in the Second World War, on the Italian-French front (where he received another War Cross for Military Valor) and later in Albania, with the rank of lieutenant colonel in the 50th Infantry Regiment.[https://www.combattentiliberazione.it/movm-grande-guerra-1915-1918/rossi-amilcare Amilcare Rossi][http://www.noialpini.it/preghiera_africa.htm La preghiera dell'Alpino] From 6 February to 25 July 1943 he was the last Undersecretary to the Presidency of the Council of Ministers of the Mussolini Cabinet.[https://storia.camera.it/deputato/amilcare-rossi-18950101/governi#nav Camera dei Deputati][http://www.noialpini.it/preghiera_africa.htm La preghiera dell'Alpino] After the armistice of Cassibile he retired to private life. In 1946 he was tried as a former member of the Fascist regime, but was acquitted with full formula. He continued to work as a lawyer and in 1969 he wrote the memoir Figlio del mio tempo, dying in Rome in 1977.[https://storia.camera.it/deputato/amilcare-rossi-18950101/governi#nav Camera dei Deputati][https://www.combattentiliberazione.it/movm-grande-guerra-1915-1918/rossi-amilcare Amilcare Rossi][http://www.noialpini.it/preghiera_africa.htm La preghiera dell'Alpino]
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Category:National Fascist Party politicians
Category:Members of the Chamber of Fasces and Corporations
Category:Members of the Chamber of Deputies (Kingdom of Italy)
Category:Recipients of the Silver Medal of Military Valor