The granddaughter of Benito Mussolini, the Italian dictator who allied with Adolf Hitler during World War II, is throwing her own hat into the ring.
Alessandra Mussolini, who is strangely enough also the niece of movie queen Sophia Loren, formally announced she will run for Parliament in Italy's April 5-6 elections. She said she will compete for a seat in the Chamber of Deputies on the slate of the neo-Fascist Italian Social Movement.Says Mussolini: "I am not a Fascist, but a Mussolinian." The 28-year-old blonde is the daughter of the late Italian dictator's second son, Romano Mussolini and Maria Scicolone, sister of Loren.
If she wins election, she will be the first Mussolini to enter Parliament since her grandfather. "A Mussolini in Parliament will signify the end of the postwar period," Mussolini said.