Paolo Ignazio Maria Thaon di Revel (2 May 1888 – 1 June 1973) was an Italian politician and fencer. He was the son of Count Vittorio Thaon di Revel and Elfrida Maria Atkinson. He fought in the First World War. He was also

Mayor of Torino The mayor of Turin (Italian: ''sindaco di Torino'') is an elected politician who, along with the Turin City Council of 40 members, is accountable for the government of Turin, Piedmont, Italy. The current mayor is Stefano Lo Russo, a universit ...

(1929–35) and Italian

Minister of Finance A finance minister is an executive or cabinet position in charge of one or more of government finances, economic policy and financial regulation. A finance minister's portfolio has a large variety of names around the world, such as "treasury", " ...

(1935–43) in the Mussolini Cabinet. After the war, he was president of the organising committee of the 1956 Winter Olympics at Cortina d'Ampezzo. He won a gold medal in the team

épée The ( or , ), sometimes spelled epee in English, is the largest and heaviest of the three weapons used in the sport of fencing. The modern derives from the 19th-century , a weapon which itself derives from the French small sword. This contain ...

event at the 1920 Summer Olympics.

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1888 births 1973 deaths Sportspeople from Toulon category:Members of the Grand Council of Fascism Finance ministers of Italy Mussolini Cabinet Members of the Senate of the Kingdom of Italy Italian male fencers Olympic fencers of Italy Fencers at the 1920 Summer Olympics Olympic gold medalists for Italy Olympic medalists in fencing Medalists at the 1920 Summer Olympics International Olympic Committee members Recipients of the Order of Saints Maurice and Lazarus {{Italy-fencing-Olympic-medalist-stub