Galeazzo Ciano
Galeazzo Ciano Italian Minister of Foreign Affairs In office 9 June 1936 – 6 February 1943 Monarch Victor Emmanuel III King of Italy Prime Minister Benito Mussolini Preceded by Benito Mussolini Succeeded by Benito Mussolini Personal details Born Gian Galeazzo Ciano (1903-03-18)18 March 1903 Livorno, Tuscany, Italy Died 11 January 1944(1944-01-11) (aged 40) Verona, Italian Social Republic Political party National Fascist Party (PNF) Spouse(s) Edda Mussolini Ciano Children Fabrizio Raimonda Marzio Profession politician, diplomat Religion Catholic Gian Galeazzo Ciano, 2nd Count of Cortellazzo and Buccari (Italian pronunciation: [ɡaleˈattso ˈtʃano]; 18 March 1903 – 11 January 1944) was Foreign Minister of Fascist Italy from 1936 until 1943 and Benito Mussolini's son-in-law. On 11 January 1944 Count Ciano was shot by firing squad at the behest of his father-in-law, Mussolini, under pressure from Nazi Germany. Ciano left a massive diary that has been used as a source by several historians, including William Shirer in his The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich and in the 4-hour HBO docu-drama Mussolini and I.