Federico Amoroso

Federico Amoroso (Naples, 29 May 1891 – Rome, 2 April 1968) was an Italian general during World War II. From 25 July 1943 to 11 February 1944 he served as Minister of Communications of the Badoglio I Cabinet, the first after the fall of the Fascist regime.

Biography

He was born in Naples on 29 May 1891. After attending the Royal Military Academy of Artillery and Engineers in Turin, he graduated as second lieutenant of the engineers; after promotion to lieutenant he served in Libya during the Italo-Turkish War with the 3rd Engineer Regiment. After the Kingdom of Italy entered the First World War on 24 May 1915 he fought on the Italian Front, and in January 1917 he was transferred to the airship service at his request. In September of the same year he became deputy airship commander, taking part in bombing missions on the Piave front, and in 1918 he was promoted to major, assuming command of the airship M.19 (based in Ferrara) on 25 June. By the end of the war he had received a Silver Medal of Military Valor and a War Cross for Military Valor.

He was promoted to lieutenant colonel on 16 January 1927, after which he taught at the Radio Telegraph Institute until 16 March 1934, when he was assigned to the 8th Engineer Regiment. On 17 December 1934 he became commander of the 5th Engineer Regiment, and six days later he was promoted to colonel. On 30 June 1939 he was promoted to brigadier general and given command of the engineers of the Army Corps of Bolzano. In March 1945 he was appointed Inspector of Engineers of the Italian Co-Belligerent Army, a post he held until January 1946. After the war he was president of the National Association of Engineers and Transmitters of Italy from 1959 to 1966. He died in Rome on 2 April 1968.