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Ciano
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Cia·no  (chän), Conte Galeazzo 1903-1944.
Italian fascist politician. Married (1930) to the daughter of Benito Mussolini, he urged Italy to join the Axis powers in World War II but later favored a separate peace with the Allies. Among those who called for Mussolini's resignation, he was tried for treason and executed on Mussolini's orders.
Ciano [ˈtʃɑːnəʊ]
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(Biographies / Ciano, Galeazzo, Conte (1903-1944) M, Italian, POLITICS: politician, POLITICS: statesman) Galeazzo, full name Conte Galeazzo Ciano di Cortellazzo. 1903-44, Italian fascist politician; minister of foreign affairs (1936-43) and son-in-law of Mussolini, whose supporters shot him
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