The National Italo-Romanian Cultural and Economic Movement ( ro, Mișcarea Națională Culturală și Economică Italo-Română) or National Italo-Romanian Fascist Movement () was a short-lived

Fascist Fascism is a far-right, Authoritarianism, authoritarian, ultranationalism, ultra-nationalist political Political ideology, ideology and Political movement, movement,: "extreme militaristic nationalism, contempt for electoral democracy and pol ...

movement active in

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during the early 1920s. The movement was formed in 1921 by

Elena Bacaloglu Elena A. Bacaloglu, also known as Bakaloglu, Bacaloglu-Densusianu, Bacaloglu-Densușeanu etc. ( Francized ''Hélène Bacaloglu''; December 19, 1878 – 1947 or 1949), was a Romanian journalist, literary critic, novelist and fascist militant. Her ...

, a female journalist who had an

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husband at the time, and was an acquaintance of

Benito Mussolini Benito Amilcare Andrea Mussolini (; 29 July 188328 April 1945) was an Italian politician and journalist who founded and led the National Fascist Party. He was Prime Minister of Italy from the March on Rome in 1922 until his deposition in 194 ...

(she had been briefly the wife of

Ovid Densusianu Ovid Densusianu (; also known under his pen name Ervin; 29 December 1873, Făgăraș – 9 June 1938, Bucharest) was a Romanian poet, philologist, linguist, folklorist, literary historian and critic, chief of a poetry school, university professor a ...

). The group deliberately mimicked Italian fascism and stressed the close ethnic bonds between the

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and the

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. The group attracted only around 100 members. The group was based in

Cluj ; hu, kincses város) , official_name=Cluj-Napoca , native_name= , image_skyline= , subdivision_type1 = Counties of Romania, County , subdivision_name1 = Cluj County , subdivision_type2 = Subdivisions of Romania, Status , subdivision_name2 ...

, where it was initially established. It was wound up in 1923, when it merged with the

National Romanian Fascia The National Romanian Fascio ( ro, Fascia Națională Română) was a small fascist group that was active in Romania for a short time during the 1920s. Led by Titus Panaitescu Vifor, the group emerged from the short-lived ''National Fascist Par ...

to form the

National Fascist Movement The National Fascist Movement ( ro, Mișcarea Națională Fascistă, MNF) was a Romanian political movement formed in 1923 by the merger of the National Romanian Fascia and the National Italo-Romanian Cultural and Economic Movement. With its ro ...

.Chronology of Romanian Fascism

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