Carmine Senise

Carmine Senise (28 November 1883 in Naples – 24 January 1958 in Rome) was the chief of the Italian police from November 1940 to September 1943, except for a brief period from April to July 1943.

Biography

He was born in 1883 in Naples from a family of Lucan origin, son of Tommaso Senise, physician and senator of the Kingdom of Italy; his uncle, who bore the same name, was prefect of Naples. After graduating in law, in 1908 Senise started working for the Ministry of the Interior; his first assignment was in the sub-prefecture of Pozzuoli.

From 1911 to 1922, he was secretary and later head of the press office of the Ministry of Interior. Subsequently, he was assigned to the General Directorate of Prisons and then to the Directorate of Health. In 1930, he was transferred to the General Directorate of Public Security and became head of the Division for General and Confidential Affairs. In 1932, he was promoted to prefect and appointed deputy chief of the police.