Dino Perrone Compagni

Marquis Dino Perrone Compagni (22 October 1879 in Florence – 5 January 1950 in Florence) was a leading figure in the early years of Italian fascism.

Life Perrone Compagni joined the Italian Army at an early age and was a career soldier. However after reaching the rank of lieutenant he was demoted to private during the First World War for incompetence. His first political activity was in the Association Italia e Vittorio Emanuele, a minor liberal group before in November 1920 he switched to the fascists, becoming political secretary in Florence. Under Mussolini's government, Perrone Compagni enjoyed wide power, particularly in Tuscany where he was effective head of the fascist machine. His high profile made him a target for anti-fascists, however, and he was wounded in an ambush in Perugia not long after the takeover.

He would go on to serve as prefetto of Reggio Emilia from December 1926 to January 1930 before being appointed a Minister of State in 1932. In April 1934 he was appointed to the Italian Senate and in 1938 he secured the expulsion of his rival Carlo Scorza from that body. This was to be his last action of note as he disappeared into obscurity during the Second World War and took no role in post-war politics.