From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Guido Buffarini Guidi
Guido Buffarini Guidi
Guido Buffarini Guidi (August 17, 1895 — July 10, 1945) failed attempt to escape to Switzerland, the latter was ar-
was an Italian army officer & politician executed in 1945. rested by the partisans on April 26. He was sentenced to
Buffarini Guidi was born in Pisa. death by an Extraordinary Court of Justice in Milan, and
When Italy entered World War I, he volunteered in an was shot on July 10, having tried (like French collabora-
artillery regiment. He was promoted to rank of Captain tor Pierre Laval) and failed to commit suicide while in
in 1917, and remained on active duty in the Italian Army captivity.
until 1923 - in the meantime, he earned his bachelor’s de- Whilst in prison, Guidi offered to reveal to the Allies
gree in law from the University of Pisa in March 1920. compromising letters exchanged between Churchill and
After leaving the army, with the rank of Lieutenant Mussolini during the war in exchange for his release. He
Colonel, he became active in Fascist circles, and joined was unsuccessful but conincidently, sharing the same cell
the National Fascist Party (PNF). A mayor of Pisa in April with Guidi was the industrialist Guido Donegani. He was
1923, Buffarini Guidi headed the local Party hierarchy later released and Donegani had the honour of inviting
from 1924 (his notoriety being increased by his career Winston Churchill as a guest in his Villa on the Como lake
as a lawyer). He rose to become honorary Consul of the from the 2nd of September 1945 until the 15th of Septem-
MVSN Blackshirts - the voluntary militia after the March ber 1945.
on Rome.
In May 1933 he was appointed to be Undersecretary
Minister of Interior, and forged an alliance with Galeazzo
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Ciano - opposing the Party bureaucracy, creating several • Italian Government at www.geocities.com
secret services, and attempting to lessen the effects of Persondata
Antisemitic legislation passed by the regime. Neverthe- Name Buffarini Guidi, Guido
less (and unlike Ciano), on July 25, 1943, Buffarini Guidi
voted in favor of Benito Mussolini during Dino Grandi’s Alternative names
attempt to have the latter deposed and get Italy to sign Short description
a peace with the Allies. As reward, after Nazi Germany Date of birth 1895
intervened and rescued Mussolini in September, Guido
Place of birth
Buffarini Guidi was appointed Minister of the Interior of
the new Italian Social Republic (established by Nazis in Date of death 1945
Northern Italy). Seen as extremely avaricious, he was dis- Place of death
trusted even by most of his cabinet colleagues.
Near the end of the Republic’s life, in February 1945,
Mussolini dismissed Buffarini Guidi from office. After a
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