Galeazzo Ciano

Italian noble, diplomat and politician (1903-1944)

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Galeazzo Ciano was an Italian nobleman and diplomat who served as Foreign Minister during Benito Mussolini's fascist regime in the 1930s and early 1940s. He is historically significant because he played a key role in Italian foreign policy during World War II and was later executed by the fascist government in 1944, making him a complex figure in Italian history whose actions and fate reflect the internal conflicts of the fascist period.

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Gian Galeazzo Ciano, 2nd Count of Cortellazzo and Buccari (/ˈtʃɑːnoʊ/ CHAH-noh, Italian: [ɡaleˈattso ˈtʃaːno]; 18 March 1903 – 11 January 1944), was an Italian diplomat and politician who served as Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Kingdom of Italy under the government of his father-in-law, Benito Mussolini, from 1936 until 1943. During this period, he was widely seen as Mussolini's most probable successor as head of government.

He was the son of Admiral Costanzo Ciano, a founding member of the National Fascist Party; father and son both took part in Mussolini's March on Rome in 1922. Ciano saw action in the Italo-Ethiopian War (1935–36) and was appointed Foreign Minister on his return. Following a series of Axis defeats in the Second World War, Ciano began pushing for Italy's exit, and he was dismissed from his post as a result. He then served as ambassador to the Vatican.