biography
pronunciation:
[ratatsee]
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| male
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| lived:
| (1808–73)
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| biography:
| Italian politician and prime minister (1862–3, 1867), born in Alessandria, Piedmont, N Italy. A deputy of the left in 1848, he opposed d'Azeglio. He made a deal (connubio) with Cavour in 1852 and supported his coalition government (1853). As minister of justice he proposed the confiscation of religious bodies' properties which provoked the ‘Calabiana crisis’ in 1855. He was interior minister in the Lamarmora cabinet (1859) and organized the plebiscites for annexation to Piedmont. Elected prime minister in 1862, he resigned after the Aspromonte clash in 1863. Appointed prime minister again in 1867 he was forced to resign later that year for his covert support of the Mentana clash. |
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