Nicola Bombacci

Nicola Bombacci
Secretary of the Italian Socialist Party
In office 11 October 1919 – 25 February 1920
Preceded by	Costantino Lazzari
Succeeded by	Egidio Gennari
Member of the Chamber of Deputies
In office 1 December 1919 – 25 January 1925
Constituency	Romagna
Personal details
Born	(1879-10-24)24 October 1879 Civitella di Romagna, Forlì, Italy
Died	28 April 1945(1945-04-28) (aged 65) Dongo, Como, Italy
Political party	Italian Socialist Party (1911–1921) Communist Party of Italy (1921–1927) Republican Fascist Party (1943–1945)
Height	1.74 m (5 ft 9 in)
Spouse	Erissene Focaccia ​ (m. 1905)​
Profession	Politician, journalist, revolutionary, labour unionist

Nicola Bombacci (24 October 1879 – 28 April 1945) was an Italian Marxist revolutionary and later a fascist politician. He began in the Italian Socialist Party as an opponent of the reformist wing and became a founding member of the Communist Party of Italy in 1921, sitting on the fifteen-man Central Committee. During the latter part of his life, particularly during the Second World War, Bombacci allied with Benito Mussolini and the Italian Social Republic against the Allied invasion of Italy. He met his death after being shot by communist partisans and his body was subsequently strung up in Piazzale Loreto.