Gaetano Polverelli

Gaetano Polverelli (17 November 1886 – 17 September 1960) was an Italian journalist and politician who served as the minister of popular culture in the cabinet of Benito Mussolini being the last Fascist to hold the post.

Early life Polverelli was born in Visso, Macerata, on 17 November 1886. He took part in the march on Rome in October 1922. Polverelli was in office until August 1933 and was succeeded by Galeazzo Ciano as head of the press office.

On 12 January 1941 Polverelli was named as the undersecretary at the ministry of popular culture and continued to head the press office. He held the post until 6 February 1943 when he was appointed minister of popular culture to the cabinet led by Benito Mussolini replacing Alessandro Pavolini in the post. Polverelli was in the office until the end of the Fascist rule on 25 July 1943. During his term he employed a strict policy in regard to the translations of the literary works by the authors from Fascist Italy's "enemy" countries.

Following the fall of the Fascist rule Polverelli was arrested on 21 June 1944 and imprisoned until 19 July 1946, when he was acquitted by the Rome Court of Appeal.