Aldo Oviglio

Aldo Oviglio (7 December 1873–19 August 1942) was an Italian lawyer and politician, who served as the first minister of justice in the Mussolini government between October 1922 and January 1925.

[1] Giornale del Mattino's contributors supported Italy's participation in the First World War, criticising the antimilitarism of the Italian Socialist Party.

[1] On 21 November 1920, a fascist attack on the Palazzo d'Accursio, the seat of Bologna's municipal government, killed ten socialists and a liberal-conservative councillor.

In December 1922, he freed incarcerated squadristi,[1] and on 3 May 1923, a legislative decree dismissed the chief judge and general attorney of the supreme court.

[1] Oviglio's term as minister of justice ended on 5 January 1925 when he resigned from the office due to the assassination of Giacomo Matteotti.

Oviglio was expelled from the National Fascist Party in August 1925, after speaking against a government proposal that would have undermined judicial independence.

[3] Their son, Galeazzo, was a sublieutenant in the 3rd Field Artillery Regiment during World War I, and died after sustaining injuries in the Battle of Montello.