Marco Minghetti

Marco Minghetti  18 November 1818 – 10 December 1886 was an Italian economist and statesman. Biography[edit] Minghetti was born at Bologna, then part of the Papal States. He signed the petition to the Papal conclave, 1846, urging the election of a liberal pope, and was appointed member of the state council summoned to prepare the constitution for the

Giovanni Lanza

Domenico Giovanni Giuseppe Maria Lanza  15 February 1810  – 9 March 1882 was an Italian politician and the eighth Prime Minister from 1869 to 1873. Biography Lanza was born in the Piedmontese city of Casale Monferrato. He studied medicine at Turin, capital of the Kingdom of Sardinia, then returned to Casale where he divided his energies between practising medicine and

Luigi Federico Menabrea

Luigi Federico Menabrea  4 September 1809 – 24 May 1896, later made 1st Count Menabrea and 1st Marquess of Valdora, was an Italian general, statesman and mathematician who served as the Prime Minister of Italy from 1867 to 1869. Contents 1Biography 2References 3Publications 4External links 5Sources Biography[edit] Menabrea was born at Chambéry, then part of the First French Empire. He was

Alfonso Ferrero La Marmora

Alfonso Ferrero La Marmora  Italian pronunciation: ; 18 November 1804 – 5 January 1878 was an Italian general and statesman. His older brothers include soldier and naturalist Alberto della Marmora and Alessandro Ferrero La Marmora, founder of the branch of the Italian army now called the Bersaglieri. Biography Garibaldi and General La Marmora Portrait of La

Luigi Carlo Farini

Luigi Carlo Farini  22 October 1812 – 1 August 1866 was an Italian physician, statesman and historian. Biography[edit] Farini was born at Russi, in what is now the province of Ravenna. After completing a brilliant university course at Bologna, which he interrupted to take part in the revolution of 1831, he practised as a physician at Russi and at Ravenna.

Urbano Rattazzi

Urbano Pio Francesco Rattazzi  Italian pronunciation: ; 29 June 1808  – 5 June 1873 was an Italian statesman, and along with the Count of Cavour, one of Italy’s founding fathers. Contents   1Personal life 2Career 3References 4External links Personal life He was born in Alessandria (Piedmont). He studied law at Turin, and in 1838 began his practice, which met

Bettino Ricasoli

Bettino Ricasoli, 1st Count of Brolio, 2nd Baron Ricasoli  Italian pronunciation: ; 9 March 1809 – 23 October 1880 was an Italian statesman. Contents   1Biography 2See also 3References 4External links Biography Ricasoli was born in Florence. Left an orphan at eighteen, with an estate heavily encumbered, he was by special decree of the grand duke of

Camillo Benso, Count of Cavour

Camillo Paolo Filippo Giulio Benso, Count of Cavour, Isolabella and Leri 10 August 1810 – 6 June 1861, generally known as Cavour /kəˈvʊər/ kə-VOOR, Italian: , was an Italian statesman and a leading figure in the movement towards Italian unification. He was one of the leaders of the Historical Right, and Prime Minister of the Kingdom of Piedmont–Sardinia, a position he maintained

Silvio Berlusconi

Silvio Berlusconi  born 29 September 1936 is an Italian media tycoon and politician who served as Prime Minister of Italy in four governments from 1994 to 1995, 2001 to 2006 and 2008 to 2011. He was a member of the Chamber of Deputies from 1994 to 2013 and has served as a Member of the European Parliament (MEP) since 2019, and

Carlo Azeglio Ciampi

Carlo Azeglio Ciampi  Italian pronunciation 9 December 1920 – 16 September 2016 was an Italian politician and banker. He was the 49th Prime Minister of Italy from 1993 to 1994 and was the tenth President of Italy from 1999 to 2006. Contents   1Biography 1.1Education 1.2Bank of Italy 1.3Political career 2President (1999–2006) 3Death 4Awards and honours 5References 6External links Biography