What is National Fascist Party?
[[File:National Fascist Party logo.svg|right|frameless]] The '''National Fascist Party''' (Partito Nazionale Fascista or PNF) was the ruling party of the [[Kingdom of Italy]] from 1922 to 1943. It was a [[Far-right politics|far-right]] party and followed the ideology of [[fascism]].<ref>Smith, Denis Mack (1983). ''Mussolini''. New York, NY: Vintage Books. pp. 43, 44. {{ISBN|0394716582}}.</ref><ref>{{cite book|last=Raniolo|first=Francesco|year=2013|title=I partiti politici|location=Roma|publisher=Editori Laterza|pages=116–117}}</ref> [[Benito Mussolini]] founded the party in 1919 and served as its [[chairman]] ([[Italian language|Italian]]:''Presidente del Partito Nazionale Fascista'') from 1919 to 1943. The party came to power after Mussolini led thousands of [[Blackshirts]] on a march in [[Rome]] and forced [[King]] [[Victor Emmanuel III]] to appoint him as [[Prime Minister]]. Mussolini then banned all other political parties and established a [[one-party]] [[police state]], which lasted until he was thrown out of power by his own citizens and ordered to be arrested by the King in 1943. After Mussolini's arrest, the '''National Fascist Party''' was destroyed. ==Later parties== === Republican Fascist Party === However, Mussolini was rescued from prison by German soldiers sent by [[Adolf Hitler]] in 1943, and was made the [[head of state]] (this time a member of the newly created '''Republican Fascist Party''') of the [[Italian Social Republic]], a [[puppet state]] whose real laws were made by the Nazis. Mussolini was killed by Italian citizens in 1945 and the '''Republican Fascist Party''' was dissolved and [[ban]]ned after [[World War 2]] ended in 1945 . ==References== {{Reflist}} [[Category:Political parties in Italy]] [[Category:Nationalist organizations in Europe]] [[Category:Fascism]]