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It was founded on September 23, 1943 after the capitulation of Italy and lasted until 1945. Its capital was located at Salò, a small village on Lake Garda. Soon after its establishment it was forced to cede Trieste, Istria and South Tyrol to Germany, with the understanding that VeniceVenice ( Italian Venezia German Venedig , the city of canals, is the capital of the region of Veneto, population 271,073 (2001). The city stretches across numerous small islands in a marshy lagoon along the Adriatic Sea in northeast Italy. The saltwater l would be taken at some point.

1 List of RSI Ministers

• Head of State - Benito Mussolini
• Minister of Foreign Affairs - Benito Mussolini
• Minister of Defence - Rodolfo GrazianiRodolfo Graziani ( 1882 1955), during World War II, was an Italian Marshal; who commanded the Tenth Army, stationed in Libya. He resigned his commission in 1943, following the defeat of his army. In 1950, a military tribunal sentenced him to prison for a
• Ministers of the Interior - Guido Buffarini GuidiGuido Buffarini Guidi ( August 17, 1895 July 10, 1945) was an Italian politician notable for his involvement in the fascist regime during the Second World War. Guidi was born in Pisa, Italy. When Italy entered the First World War, he voluntered in an arti from 1943- 1945, Valerio Zerbine for 1945
• Ministers of Justice - Antonino Tringali-Casanova for 1943, Pietro Pisenti from 1943- 1945
• Minister of Finance - Giampietro Pellegrini from 1943- 1945
• Ministers of Industrial Production - Silvio Gai for 1943, Angelo Tarchi from 1943- 1945
• Minister of Public Works - Ruggero Romano from 1943- 1945
• Minister of Communications - Augusto Liverani from 1943- 1945
• Minister of Labour - Giuseppe Spinelli for 1945
• Minister of National Education - Carlo Alberto Biggini from 1943- 1945
• Minister of Popular Culture - Fernando Mezzasoma from 1943- 1945
• Leader of the Republican Fascist Party - Alessandro Pavolini from 1943- 1945