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Depretis IV Cabinet
The Depretis IV government of Italy held office from 29 May 1881 until 25 May 1883, a total of 726 days, or 1 year, 11 months and 26 days. Government parties The government was composed by the following parties: Composition References {{Governments of the Kingdom of Italy Italian governments, Depretis 4 1881 establishments in Italy ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Agostino Depretis
Agostino Depretis (31 January 181329 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 Mussolini, Giovanni Giolitti and Silvio Berlusconi. Depretis is widely considered one of the most powerful and important politicians in Italian history. He was a master in the political art of ''Trasformismo'', the method of making a flexible, centrist coalition of government which isolated the extremes of the left and the right in Italian politics after the unification.Killinger, The history of Italy', p. 127–28 Early life and Italian Unification Depretis was born at Bressana Bottarone, near Stradella, which at the time was a province of the French Empire of Napoleon and now is in the province of Pavia, Lombardy. After Napoleon's defeat and restor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
