Giovanni Comini

Giovanni Comini (27 October 1906 – 2002) was an Italian politician, who served as member of the Chamber of Fasces and Corporations, and federal secretary of Brescia for the National Fascist Party.

An ardent supporter of Fascism, Giovanni Comini was trained at the Fascist University Groups[1] and rapidly advanced in the youth organizations of the National Fascist Party, first becoming vice-mayor of Brescia in 1929[2] and later the federal secretary of the Province of Brescia on 12 April 1935, at the young age of 28.

[5] Comini's diaries contain impressions and detailed accounts of the surveillance period and his interactions with D'Annunzio, as well as the involvement of the OVRA in the matter: "Informers and spies of every kind.

[5] Comini's federal mandate lasted five years, during which he received a promotion for exceptional merit on the proposal of Generals Giovanni Girolamo Romei Longhena and Pietro Maravigna.

[1] In 1940, after informing Mussolini about the Brescia population's opposition to entering the war, he was replaced as federal secretary by Antonio Valli.