Serafino Mazzolini was an Italian

Italy

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 lawyer, fascist

Fascism

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 politician, and journalist.

Mazzolini was born in Arcevia

Arcevia

Arcevia is a comune in the Province of Ancona of the region of Marche, Italy.-History:According to tradition, Arcevia originates from a Gallic settlement anterior to the Roman conquest of Italy; following that, it became overshadowed by more important nearby cities, such as Suasa.Under the name of...

, in the Marche

Marche

The population density in the region is below the national average. In 2008, it was 161.5 inhabitants per km2, compared to the national figure of 198.8. It is highest in the province of Ancona , and lowest in the province of Macerata...

. He founded a nationalist

Nationalism

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 group in Macerata

Macerata

Macerata is a city and comune in central Italy, the capital of the province of Macerata in the Marche region.The historical city center is located on a hill between the Chienti and Potenza rivers. It consisted of the Picenes city named Ricina, then, after the romanization, Recina and Helvia Recina...

, and soon became editor of the daily newspaper L'Unione. An active irredentist

Italia irredenta

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 and advocate of Italy's entry into World War I

World War I

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, he was a volunteer soldier in 1915, and was awarded a War Merit Cross

War Merit Cross (Italy)

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. In 1918, Mazzolini returned to Ancona

Ancona

Ancona is a city and a seaport in the Marche region, in central Italy, with a population of 101,909 . Ancona is the capital of the province of Ancona and of the region....

 and was deputy editor of L'Ordine newspaper, interrupting his assignment in order to join Gabriele D'Annunzio

Gabriele D'Annunzio

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 as the latter attempted to seize Fiume

Rijeka

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 for an "unredeemed" Italy (1919).

A member of the provincial council in Ancona, he took part in the March on Rome

March on Rome

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 of 1922, and a year later joined the Partito Nazionale Fascista (PNF) - becoming one of its leaders as of 1924-1925. A deputy secretary for the PNF, he contributed to its Propaganda

Propaganda

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 Office, represented it in the Italian Chamber of Deputies

Italian Chamber of Deputies

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 from 1924 on, and was awarded a supervisory position as member of the Grand Council of Fascism

Grand Council of Fascism

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 (from 1926).

In quick succession, he renounced all political missions, and returned to journalism for a while, before beginning a career in diplomacy

Diplomacy

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: he was Italy's envoy to Brazil

Brazil

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, Uruguay

Uruguay

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, the British Mandate of Palestine and Egypt

Egypt

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. After the start of World War II

World War II

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 and the attack carried out by the Axis Powers

Axis Powers

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 on their former ally, the Kingdom of Yugoslavia

Kingdom of Yugoslavia

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, Serafino Mazzolini was High Commissioner for Italian-occupied Montenegro in 1941, and held a high-ranking position in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs

Italian Minister of Foreign Affairs

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 in 1943.

After Mussolini's ousting and the Armistice of Cassibile

Armistice with Italy

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 (8 September 1943) between Italy and the Allies

Allies of World War II

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, Mazzolini joined the Nazi German

Nazi Germany

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-backed and Mussolini-led Italian Social Republic

Italian Social Republic

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 as its deputy-secretary for Foreign Affairs. Throughout this period, he led a modest life, and was forced to acquire large debts in order to procure medicine that promised to keep him alive. He died at San Felice del Benaco

San Felice del Benaco

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 as the result of a septicemia

Sepsis

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 produced by an insulin

Insulin

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 injection

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