biography
pronunciation:
[mingayttee]
| sex:
| male
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| lived:
| (1818–86)
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| biography:
| Italian politician and prime minister (1863–4, 1873–6), born in Bologna, Emilia-Romagna, N Italy. He tried to implement a number of reforms in the Papal States after the election of Pope Pius IX, then moved to Lombardy, took part in the 1st Italian Independence War, and organized the annexation of the Papal States during the 2nd Independence War. A deputy (1860) and interior minister (1860–1), his proposal for a mild form of decentralization was defeated and he resigned. He succeeded in balancing the budget in 1876. |
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