Athos Bartolucci (

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, 28 October 1902 –

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, 1992) was an Italian

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politician and journalist, who served as federal secretary of the

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from 1934 to 1942 and as Civilian Commissioner for occupied Dalmatia during

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Biography

At age seventeen, he participated in Gabriele D'Annunzio's occupation of Fiume and later of Zara. From 1923 to 1928 he studied Diplomatic and Consular Sciences at the Ca' Foscari University of Venice, becoming head of its ''

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''. On 21 May 1934 he was appointed Federal Secretary of the

for

(with seat in Zara), a post he held till 29 July 1942. In 1935-1936 he volunteered in the Royal Italian Air Force during the

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, with the rank of

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, receiving a Bronze Medal of Military Valor for having successfully repelled an

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against the supply column he was leading near Termaber Pass in May 1936. In 1939 he became a member of the

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. On 16 April 1941, after the Axis invasion of Yugoslavia, he was appointed Civil Commissioner for occupied Dalmatia by

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; he held this post until 6 June 1941, when the

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was established, with

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as governor. Bartolucci then became Inspector of the Fascist Party for Dalmatia. After

he was wanted by

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for war crimes, but was acquitted of all charges. He continued his career, holding various posts within the Trust Territory of Somaliland, and becoming in 1961 president of the

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. He died in 1992.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Bartolucci, Athos 1902 births 1992 deaths Members of the Chamber of Fasces and Corporations Italian Fascism Fascist politicians Recipients of the Bronze Medal of Military Valor