Giacomo Matteotti, Italian lawyer and politician (died 1924)

Giacomo Matteotti

Early 20th-century Italian socialist politician (1885–1924)

Giacomo Matteotti was an Italian socialist politician and secretary of the Unitary Socialist Party (PSU). He was elected deputy of the Chamber of Deputies three times, in 1919, 1921 and in 1924. On 30 May 1924, he openly spoke in the Italian Parliament alleging the fascists…