2. Background
He was born in Predappio, Italy on July 29, 1883. His father was was a
blacksmith. He was a very violent kid, and was expulsed from his school for
cutting another student with a knife. Benito became the younger prime
minister in the history of Italy in 1922. In 1925 he declared himself as the
dictator of his country.
3. Rise to power
Unemployment and inflation led to strike Italy
Middle and upper class demanded strong leadership
A powerful speaker, Benito Mussolini Appeared and played on peoples
fears of an economic collapse and communism.
He became prime minister and then dictator.
4. Objectives and desires
Make Italy a powerful nation
Build Italian empire
Fix economy
Restore order
Support catholic church
Anti-socialism
Anti-communism
5. Leadership style
He managed a centralized, authoritarian government system, destructive
to human rights. He was a very bad war leder, losing almost every battle
and being kick out of power for this reason in 1943.
6. Quotes
´Democracy is beautiful in theory, in practice it’s a fallacy´
´The truth is that men are tired of liberty´
´Every anarchist is a baffled dictator´
´The history of saints is mainly the history of insane people´
´Its good to trust others but, not to do so is much better´
7. Modern leader
In my opinion the actual leader that is like Benito Mussolini is Donald
Trump. This is because their ideas are similar and they both are
authoritarian and super nationalists.