Guido Corni

He graduated in industrial chemistry and was a successful entrepreneur: he created the "Fabbrica Modenese Utensileria e Ferramenta Corni Bassani".

In 1919 he enrolled in the Modena fascist party[2] In March 1911 Guido Corni went to Italian Tripolitania to study the possible economic development of the region.

[3] From 1 June 1928 to 1 July 1931 Guido Corni was Governor of Somalia, promoting the integration of the local population to the Italian colonial system.

But in 1937 Corni harshly criticized Italian Fascism's growing links with Hitler's Nazism and was expelled from the Modena Fascist Party.

He then retired on a huge mansion ("Castle Monfestino") he had in the Apennine Mountains until his death, because of heart problems.