biography
| name: |
Nitti, Francesco Saverio
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pronunciation:
[neettee]
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| male
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| lived:
| (1868–1953)
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| biography:
| Italian politician, prime minister (1919–20), and economist, born in Melfi, Basilicata, S Italy. He was a lecturer at Naples University and became a parliamentary deputy in 1904. He held a number of posts during World War 1 then became prime minister. Strongly opposed to Fascism, he went into exile (1924–45), and on his return founded the Unione Democratica Nazionale (Democratic National Association) with Ivanoe Bonomi, Benedetto Croce, and Vittorio Emanuele Orlando. He became a senator and led first the liberal and then the left coalition. An expert on the Southern Italian question, he saw industrialization as the solution to the problem. |
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