Benito Mussolini was an Italian prime minister and the first of 20th century Europe's fascist dictators.

Benito Mussolini was the prime minister of Italy from 1922-1943.

Benito Mussolini believed in the ideology of Fascism. Fascism is authoritarian, and promotes nationalism at all costs.

Benito Mussolini was significant due to his aggressive foreign policy, which included the invasion of Corfu in August 1923 and the invasion of Abyssinia in 1935. Benito Mussolini was also an example to Adolf Hitler in the 1920s, and the two leaders worked together more closely after they created the Rome-Berlin Axis in 1936.