Felice Guarneri
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Felice Guarneri (1882–1955) was an Italian economist and politician who served in the cabinet led by Benito Mussolini as the minister for exchanges and currencies between 1937 and 1939.


Biography

Guarneri was born in Pozzaglio on 6 January 1882. He was the professor of economic policy at the
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from 1909 to 1914. Then he was appointed secretary general of the Union of Chambers of Commerce. In 1920, he was appointed general secretariat of the association of Italian joint-stock companies and later became its general manager. At the beginning of the 1930s Guarneri was the editor-in-chief of a scholarly journal entitled ''Rivista di politica economica'' which supported
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. In 1935, he served as the superintendent for exchanges and currencies institution. Next he was appointed its undersecretary and named as the minister for exchanges and currencies which he held between 1937 and 1939. From 1940 to 1944 he was president of the
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. Guarneri died in Rome on 3 April 1955.


Views and work

Guarneri was a supporter of
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and
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, modernity and social conservatism. He published several book on the Italian economy.


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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Guarneri, Felice 1882 births 1955 deaths Government ministers of Italy 20th-century Italian economists Mussolini Cabinet National Fascist Party politicians University of Genoa alumni