Tommaso Tittoni

Tommaso Tittoni  16 November 1855 – 7 February 1931 was an Italian diplomat, politician and Knight of the Annunziata. He was Italy’s foreign minister from 1903 until 1909, except for a five-month period. He also was interim prime minister for about two weeks in March 1905. Contents   1Early life 2Foreign minister and prime minister

Sidney Sonnino

Sidney Costantino, Baron Sonnino  11 March 1847 – 24 November 1922 was an Italian statesman, 19th Prime Minister of Italy and twice served briefly as one, in 1906 and again from 1909 to 1910. He also was the Italian Minister of Foreign Affairs during the First World War, representing Italy at the 1919 Paris Peace Conference. Contents   1Biography 1.1Early

Giuseppe Zanardelli

Giuseppe Zanardelli  29 October 1826  – 26 December 1903 was an Italian jurist and political figure. He served as the Prime Minister of Italy from 15 February 1901 to 3 November 1903. An eloquent orator, he was also a Grand Master freemason. Zanardelli, representing the bourgeoisie from Lombardy, personified the classical 19th-century liberalism, committed to

Giuseppe Saracco

iuseppe Saracco (6 October 1821 – 19 January 1907) was an Italian politician, financier and Knight of the Annunziata. Biography[edit] Giuseppe Saracco was born at Bistagno (province of Alessandria). After qualifying as an advocate, he entered the Piedmontese parliament in 1849. He was a supporter of Cavour. After Cavour died in 1861, Saracco joined the party of Rattazzi and became under-secretary of state for public

Luigi Pelloux

Luigi Gerolamo Pelloux  La Roche-sur-Foron, 1 March 1839 – Bordighera, 26 October 1924 was an Italian general and politician, born of parents who retained their Italian nationality when Savoy was annexed to France. He was the Prime Minister of Italy from 29 June 1898 to 24 June 1900, his rule was considered by historians as

Giovanni Giolitti

Giovanni Giolitti  Italian pronunciation: ; 27 October 1842 – 17 July 1928 was an Italian statesman. He was the Prime Minister of Italy five times between 1892 and 1921. He is the second-longest serving Prime Minister in Italian history, after Benito Mussolini. He was a prominent leader of the Historical Left and the Liberal Union. Giolitti

Antonio Starabba, Marchese di Rudinì

Antonio Starrabba (o Starabba), Marquess of Rudinì  16 April 1839 – 7 August 1908 was an Italian statesman, Prime Minister of Italy between 1891 and 1892 and from 1896 until 1898. Contents   1Biography 1.1Early life and patriotic activities 1.2Political career and premierships 1.3Death and legacy 2List of Rudinì’s cabinets 2.11st cabinet (6 February 1891 –

Francesco Crispi

Francesco Crispi  4 October 1818 – 12 August 1901 was an Italian patriot and statesman. He was among the main protagonists of the Italian Risorgimento and a close friend and supporter of Giuseppe Mazzini and Giuseppe Garibaldi, and one of the architects of the unification of Italy in 1860. Crispi served as Italy’s Prime Minister for six

Benedetto Cairoli

Benedetto Cairoli (28 January 1825 – 8 August 1889) was an Italian politician. Biography[edit] Cairoli was born at Pavia, Lombardy. From 1848 until the completion of Italian unity in 1870, his whole activity was devoted to the Risorgimento, as Garibaldian officer, political refugee, anti-Austrian conspirator and deputy to parliament. He commanded a volunteer company under Garibaldi in 1859 and 1860, being wounded

Agostino Depretis

Agostino Depretis  31 January 1813 – 29 July 1887 was an Italian statesman and politician. He served as Prime Minister of Italy for several stretches between 1876 and 1887, and was leader of the Historical Left parliamentary group for more than a decade. He is the fourth-longest serving Prime Minister in Italian history, after Benito