Background
He was the subject of frequent rumours that he was the biological son of Benito Mussolini although no proof has been given.
He was the subject of frequent rumours that he was the biological son of Benito Mussolini although no proof has been given.
Here he served as a delegate to the Congress of Verona (1943) and edited the Gazzetta di Parma newspaper. He served in the Italian Chamber of Deputies from 1953 to 1979 and then in the Italian Senate from 1983 to 1987. Romualdi was elected to the European Parliament at the 1979 election and held his seat until his death.
He became a leading figure within the far right, serving as vice chair of the Group of the European Right from 1984-1988.
He died of cancer in 1988, around the same time as his contemporaries Almirante and Dino Grandi.
Romualdi served as a soldier in the Italian Army in the campaigns in Ethiopia and Albania and did not come to prominence in politics until the foundation of the Italian Social Republic in 1943. He would go on to become associated with the "liberal" wing of the party that helped to secure the leadership for Giorgio Almirante.