Giuseppe Umberto Rauti (born 1926) has been a leading figure on the Italian far right for many years. 1926 was a common year starting on Friday (link will take you to calendar). ... The term far-right refers to the relative position a group or person occupies within a political spectrum. ...

Having joined the Italian army as a seventeen year old, Rauti was captured by the British in 1945 and again by the French following his escape from custody. He returned to Italy in 1946 and joined the Italian Social Movement (MSI), becoming associated with Julius Evola and Giorgio Almirante. 1945 was a common year starting on Monday (link will take you to calendar). ... 1946 was a common year starting on Tuesday. ... The Italian Social Movement (Movimento Sociale Italiano) (MSI) was a neo-Fascist party formed in the post-World War II period by supporters of the executed dictator Benito Mussolini. ... Julius Evola, passport photo circa 1940 Julius Evola, born Giulio Cesare Andrea Evola, aka Baron Giulio (May 19, 1898-June 11, 1974), was a controversial Italian esotericist, who wrote prolifically on matters political, philosophical, historical, and religious from a Traditionalist point of view. ...

Rauti became disillusioned with the MSI, particularly after the party supported the presidency bid of Giovanni Gronchi and the premiership of Giuseppe Pella, and so split in 1956 to form his own think tank, the Ordine Nuovo, which lasted until 1969, when he returned to the MSI. Giovanni Gronchi (September 10, 1887–1978) was an Italian Catholic politician and second president of the Italian Republic, born at Pontedera, Pisa, Tuscany. ... Giuseppe Pella (April 18, 1902-1981) was an Italian Christian Democratic politician who served as Prime Minister of Italy from 1953 to 1954. ... 1956 was a leap year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 1969 was a common year starting on Wednesday (the link is to a full 1969 calendar). ...

Rauti was called to trial in 1972 in Treviso for his involvement in a number of terrorist attacks, although he was acquitted of involvement and his position within the MSI was strengthened as a result of his vindication. 1972 was a leap year that started on a Saturday. ... Treviso is a town (population 83,598 as of 1991) in the Veneto region of Italy. ...

Upon Almirante's retirement from the MSI leadership in 1987, Rauti put himself forward as a candidate, but lost out to Gianfranco Fini by 727 ballots to 608. However a very poor showing in the municipal elections in Rome in 1989 saw Fini removed and in early 1990 Rauti was elected as secretary of the MSI. However further local election disasters followed and Rauti was gone by the following year, with Fini again taking charge. 1987 is a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Gianfranco Fini (born January 3, 1952 in Bologna) is an Italian politician, currently Foreign Minister in the Government led by Silvio Berlusconi. ... Rome - Wikipedia /**/ @import /w/skins-1. ... 1989 is a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 1990 is a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

Rauti remained a hard-line critic of Fini's leadership until 1995 when Fini declared the dissolution of the MSI and the foundation, in its place, of the Alleanza Nazionale. Seeing this a break from the fascist heritage which he felt was central to the MSI, Rauti led a group of militants to break away and form the Fiamma Tricolore, which he saw as continuing the path of fascism. 1995 was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... National Alliance (Alleanza Nazionale, AN) was created in 1994 by Gianfranco Fini, the former Youth Front leader of the Movimento Sociale Italiano (MSI) that was formed in 1946 by supporters of the executed dictator Il Duce Benito Mussolini, Italys former fascist leader. ... Fascism (in Italian, fascismo), capitalized, was the authoritarian political movement which ruled Italy from 1922 to 1943 under the leadership of Benito Mussolini. ... The Movimento Sociale Fiamma Tricolore is a hardline Italian right-wing party. ...

Poor electoral showings and advancing years have since saw Rauti step down as party leader and largely retire from politics, handing over leadership of the Fiamma Tricolore to Luca Romagnoli. Luca Romagnoli Luca Romagnoli (born on 12 September 1961 in Roma) is a Italian politician and Member of the European Parliament for Southern with the Fiamma Tricolore, and is therefore a Non-Inscrit in the European Parliament. ...