Life

Born in Zogno son of a wealthy family he studied law at University of Pavia

University of Pavia

The University of Pavia is a university located in Pavia, Lombardy, Italy. It was founded in 1361 and is organized in 9 Faculties.-History:...

, then he become a lawyer. In 1907 he joined the Italian Liberal Party

Liberalism and radicalism in Italy

- Background :The formation of political groups in the 19th century in divided Italy is based on personalities, like Camillo di Cavour and Giuseppe Mazzini. Both the Historical Right and the Historical Left were composed of monarchist liberals, while radicals organised themselves as the Radical...

 in 1913

Italian general election, 1913

The Italian general election of 1913, the first election with male universal suffrage took place on 26 October 1913.The Liberals, that is to say the governing coalition , narrowly retained the absolute majority in the Chamber of Deputies, while the Radicals came second with their best tally so far...

 he was elected to the Chamber of Deputies

Italian Chamber of Deputies

The Italian Chamber of Deputies is the lower house of the Parliament of Italy. It has 630 seats, a plurality of which is controlled presently by liberal-conservative party People of Freedom. Twelve deputies represent Italian citizens outside of Italy. Deputies meet in the Palazzo Montecitorio. A...

 for the constituency of his native Val Brembana

Val Brembana

Val Brembana is a valley in Lombardy, northern Italy. It takes its name from the river crossing it, the Brembo.The Bergamo Alps form the valley's northern limits, notably the Tre Signori and Diavolo di Tenda Peaks, while at south lies the plain of Bergamo...

. In 1919

Italian general election, 1919

The Italian general election of 1919, the first after World War I and the electoral reform that introduced proportional representation, took place on 16 November 1919....

 he was re-elected to the lower house as undersecretary of Economy then he was named minister of Minister of Industry an Commerce in the first Bonomi Cabinet, Belotti took this post for about 7 months and after the collapse of the government he resigned from his post like all the ministers of the Cabinet.

After the March on Rome

March on Rome

The March on Rome was a march by which Italian dictator Benito Mussolini's National Fascist Party came to power in the Kingdom of Italy...

 Belotti supported for a brief time Benito Mussolini

Benito Mussolini

Benito Amilcare Andrea Mussolini was an Italian politician who led the National Fascist Party and is credited with being one of the key figures in the creation of Fascism....

 because like many Italians he believed in Mussolini as the strong man who was the only person able to defeat the socialist, from 1923 Belotti opposed fascism and he didn't participate in election of 1924

Italian general election, 1924

The Italian general election of 1924 took place on 6 April 1924, under the Acerbo Law. The National Fascist Party used intimidation tactics that produced a landslide victory for Benito Mussolini's "National List" and a subsequent two-thirds majority The Italian general election of 1924 took place...

 because his party the Liberal Party supported the fascists.

In 1930 he was arrested for 20 days for his anti-fascist activities and then deported for some months in Cava dei Tirreni, after that Belotti retired from politics but in 1943 he was forced to escape in Suisse in order to escape from the Italian Social Republic

Italian Social Republic

The Italian Social Republic was a puppet state of Nazi Germany led by the "Duce of the Nation" and "Minister of Foreign Affairs" Benito Mussolini and his Republican Fascist Party. The RSI exercised nominal sovereignty in northern Italy but was largely dependent on the Wehrmacht to maintain control...

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He died in exile in 1944.