Adelchi Serena
Аdelchi Serena was an Italian government official and Fascist politician. He was Party Secretary of the National Fascist Party from October 1940 until December 1941.Biography
Adelchi Serena was born in 1895 in L'Aquila. After finishing judicial exams he worked as an attorney. In 1915 he volunteered for the Royal Italian Army and participated in World War I, and was awarded a medal for military prowess. In 1921 he joined the Fascist movement and become a member of the National Fascist Party. In 1922 he became party secretary, and in 1926 mayor, of L'Aquila. From 1924 to 1939 he served as a deputy in the lower house of the Parliament, the Chamber of Deputies. From 1932 he was a member of the Directory of the PNF, and was a member of the Grand Council of Fascism in 1934–1937 and in 1940–1941. From 1933 to 1939 he was deputy to Achille Starace, national secretary of the PNF. From 1936 to 1939 he led active propaganda for the Second Italo-Ethiopian War. In 1939 he became Minister of Public Works. On 30 October 1940, he succeeded Ettore Muti as national secretary of the PNF. On 26 December 1941, he was replaced by Aldo Vidussoni. After the fall of the Fascist regime on 25 July 1943, he left politics and withdrew to private life. He died in 1970 in Rome.
