Foundation of the Italian National Fascist Party (PNF)

Benito Mussolini officially founded the National Fascist Party in Rome, during the third congress of the Fasci di Combattimento. The transformation of the Fasci into an organized political party allowed the different fascist groups to be centralized under a national hierarchical structure. The new party would become Mussolini's fundamental political instrument to achieve power and subsequently establish the Italian fascist dictatorship.