Quirino Armellini

Quirino Armellini (31 January 1889 in Legnaro – 13 January 1975 in Rome) was an Italian military officer, who served as a general in both the Royal Italian Army and the Italian Army.

General

Quirino Armellini
Armellini depicted as commander of the MVSN.
Born(1889-01-31)January 31, 1889
Legnaro, Province of Padua
DiedJanuary 13, 1975(1975-01-13) (aged 85)
Rome
Allegiance Kingdom of Italy
 Italy
Service/branch Royal Italian Army
 Italian Army
Years of service1908–1952
RankArmy corps general
Battles/warsItalo-Turkish War
World War I
Second Italo-Ethiopian War
World War II
AwardsMilitary Order of Savoy
Order of Merit of the Italian Republic
Other workCommander of the Voluntary Militia for National Security (MVSN)
Member of the Italian resistance movement

Biography

Armellini was commissioned into the Royal Italian Army as a second lieutenant in 1908, after graduating from the Military Academy of Modena,[1] and participated in the Italo-Turkish War and the World War I.[2]

After serving under the command of Pietro Badoglio in the Second Italo-Ethiopian War against the Ethiopian Empire, Armellini was appointed commander of the Italian African Police (PAI) in the Italian East Africa (AOI).[3]

In 1942, during the World War II in Yugoslavia, Armellini was appointed commander of the XVIII Army Corps in the Italian-occupied Dalmatia.[4]

After the fall of the Fascist regime in Italy on 25 July 1943, King Victor Emmanuel III appointed Armellini to succeed Benito Mussolini as commander of the Voluntary Militia for National Security (MVSN), the paramilitary wing of the National Fascist Party (PNF). Under his leadership, the MVSN was dissolved and integrated into the regular Royal Army.

From January to March 1944, when Giuseppe Cordero Lanza di Montezemolo was arrested, Armellini assumed the role of head of the Fronte militare clandestino of the Resistenza romana within the Italian resistance movement, later replaced by Roberto Bencivenga.

After the World War II, Armellini was president of the Superior Council of the Italian Armed Forces.[5]

See also
  • List of senior officers of the Blackshirts

References
  1. (in Italian) Gazzetta Ufficiale del Regno d’Italia n.37, 14 febbraio 1908, pag.760.
  2. "Quirino Armellini (Dizionario Biografico)". Treccani.it (in Italian).
  3. "Quirino Armellini". Google.books (in Italian).
  4. Talpo, Oddone (1990). Ufficio Storico Stato Maggiore dell’Esercito (ed.). Dalmazia Una cronaca per la storia 1942 (in Italian). p. 1428.
  5. "Quirino Armellini nell'Enciclopedia Treccani". Treccani.it (in Italian).
Government offices
Preceded by
Benito Mussolini		 Commandant–General of the Blackshirts
26 July – 8 September 1943		 Succeeded by
Renato Ricci
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