Benito Mussolini Personality Type, MBTI
What is the personality type of Benito Mussolini? Which MBTI personality type best fits? Personality type for Benito Mussolini from Historical Figures 1900s and what is the personality traits.
ESFP (8w7)
Benito Mussolini personality type is ESFP, the Extraverted Sensing Feeling Perceiver.
Mussolini was a consistent ENFP, using his Extraverted Intuition and Thinking (Te) to see the possibilities, while Perceiving (Fi) and Judging (J) guided him in his actions.
In Mussolini's case, these two Judging functions were tempered by his Introverted Ethics (Te), which was an aspect of his overall Sensing orientation. This "mixed bag" of functions allowed him to take advantage of his Extraverted Intuition when it was useful, and to make informed choices about his actions, even when those actions were irresponsible or harmful.
I've seen people say that Mussolini's Extraverted Intuition is a "great gift," but I disagree. Mussolini's intuition was a liability in two ways: First, it led him to imagine grandiose possibilities that were not supported by evidence. Second, it led him to see only one side of an issue that needed to be examined in depth.
Like Bill Clinton, Mussolini could not resist the temptation to use his Extraverted Intuition to act in ways that were self-serving and irresponsible.
Benito Amilcare Andrea Mussolini (Italian: [beˈniːto mussoˈliːni]; 29 July 1883 – 28 April 1945) was an Italian politician and journalist who was the leader of the National Fascist Party (Partito Nazionale Fascista; PNF). He ruled Italy as Prime Minister from 1922 to 1943 – constitutionally until 1925, when he dropped the pretense of democracy and established a dictatorship. Known as Il Duce ("The Leader"), Mussolini was the founder of Italian Fascism.
