At age seventeen, he participated in
Gabriele D'Annunzio's
occupation of Fiume and later of
Zara. From 1923 to 1928, he studied Diplomatic and Consular Sciences at the
Ca' Foscari University of Venice, becoming head of its
Gruppo Universitario Fascista. On 21 May 1934, he was appointed Federal Secretary of the
National Fascist Party for
Dalmatia (with seat in Zara), a post he held till 29 July 1942. In 1935-1936 he volunteered in the
Royal Italian Air Force during the
Second Italo-Ethiopian War, with the rank of
Lieutenant, receiving a
Bronze Medal of Military Valor for having successfully repelled an
ambush against the supply column he was leading near
Termaber Pass in May 1936. In 1939, he became a member of the
Chamber of Fasces and Corporations. On 16 April 1941, after the
Axis invasion of Yugoslavia, he was appointed Civil Commissioner for occupied Dalmatia by
Benito Mussolini; he held this post until 6 June 1941, when the
Governatorate of Dalmatia was established, with
Giuseppe Bastianini as governor. Bartolucci then became Inspector of the Fascist Party for Dalmatia. After
World War II, he was wanted by
Yugoslavia for
war crimes, but was acquitted of all charges. He continued his career, holding various posts within the
Trust Territory of Somaliland, and becoming in 1961 president of the
Chamber of Commerce of
Somalia. He died in 1992. ==References==