Luigi Albertini, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Luigi Albertini

Journalist, politician

Date of Birth: 19-Oct-1871

Place of Birth: Ancona, Marche, Italy

Date of Death: 29-Dec-1941

Profession: politician, historian, editor, journalist

Zodiac Sign: Libra

Luigi Albertini (19 October 1871 – 29 December 1941) was an influential Italian newspaper editor, Member of Parliament, and historian of the First World War. As editor of one of Italy's best-known newspapers, Corriere della Sera of Milan, he was a champion of liberalism.
He was a vigorous opponent of socialism and clericalism, and of Prime Minister Giovanni Giolitti who was willing to compromise with those forces.
Albertini's opposition to the Fascist regime forced the owners to fire him in 1925.Albertini was an outspoken antifascist, even though at one time he did support the National Fascist Party in their opposition to the Left.
From 1914 until Benito Mussolini's March on Rome in 1922, he was a member of parliament in the Italian Senate, where he was a key intellectual and moderating force.