Luigi Amedeo Melegari (19 February 1805 in

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– 22 May 1881) was an

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politician and diplomat. He was minister of foreign affairs of the

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from 1876 to 1877. He served in the Senate of the Kingdom of Italy. He was a recipient of the

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. His daughter was the writer Dora Melegari.Fonte: R. Fossati, ''Dizionario Biografico degli Italiani'', riferimenti in Bibliografia.

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1805 births 1881 deaths People from the Province of Reggio Emilia Foreign ministers of Italy Members of the Senate of the Kingdom of Italy Italian diplomats 19th-century Italian politicians Commandeurs of the Légion d'honneur Recipients of the Order of Saints Maurice and Lazarus {{Italy-politician-stub