Italian Social Movement

Italian Social Movement
Movimento Sociale Italiano
AbbreviationMSI
LeadersGiorgio Almirante (first)
Gianfranco Fini (last)
Founded26 December 1946
Dissolved27 January 1995
Preceded byRepublican Fascist Party (de facto)
Succeeded byNational Alliance (legal successor)
Membership202,715 (1993)
IdeologyNeo-fascism
National conservatism
Political positionFar-right

The Italian Social Movement (Italian: Movimento Sociale Italiano, MSI) was a neo-fascist political party in Italy from 1946 to 1995.

The party was made by supporters of the former dictator Benito Mussolini, who wanted to carry the "flame" and were in the Italian Social Republic and Republican Fascist Party. The MSI was from the 1950s to the 1980s a small right-wing party.

References

  1. ↑ Winfield, Nicole (2022-09-26). "How a party of neo-fascist roots won big in Italy". AP News. Retrieved 2026-03-09. The Italian Social Movement, or MSI, was founded in 1946 by Giorgio Almirante
  2. ↑ Internationalist, Internationalist. "Giorgia Meloni and her Fascist Fratelli d'Italia". www.internationalist.org. Retrieved 2026-03-09. The Movimento Sociale Italiano (MSI) was formed by veterans of the Salò republic to carry forward the "flame" of fascism
  3. ↑ Winfield, Nicole (2022-09-26). "How a fringe far-right group with neo-fascist roots became Italy's biggest party". The Times of Israel. ISSN 0040-7909. Retrieved 2026-03-09. Giorgia Meloni has taken Brothers of Italy from a fringe far-right group to Italy's biggest party.