Camillo Finocchiaro Aprile
Camillo Finocchiaro Aprile | |
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Personal details | |
Born | 28 January 1851 Palermo, Kingdom of the Two Sicilies |
Died | 26 January 1916 Rome, Kingdom of Italy | (aged 65)
Children | Andrea Finocchiaro Aprile |
Occupation | Jurist |
Camillo Finocchiaro Aprile (1851–1916) was an Italian jurist and politician. He held several cabinet posts and was a long-term member of the Italian Parliament.
Biography
[edit]Finocchiaro Aprile was born in Palermo on 28 January 1851.[1] He received a degree in law in 1873 and was elected as a municipal councilor in Palermo while studying law.[1]
He served at the Parliament from 1882 to his death in 1916.[2] He was the minister of posts and telegraphs between May 1892 and November 1893 in the first Giolitti cabinet.[1] He also served as the minister of justice for three terms (1898–1899; 1905–1906; 1911–1914).[2] He was the vice president of the Parliament for four times in the period between 1895 and 1916 with some intervals.[2] He died in Rome on 26 January 1916.[1]
One of his children, Andrea Finocchiaro Aprile, was among the leaders of the Movement for Sicilian Independence.[3]
References
[edit]- ^ a b c d Stefano Caviglia (1997). "Finocchiaro Aprile, Camillo". Dizionario Biografico degli Italiani (in Italian). Vol. 48.
- ^ a b c "Finocchiaro Aprile, Camillo". Treccani (in Italian).
- ^ Salvatore Lupo (1997). "The Allies and the mafia". Journal of Modern Italian Studies. 2 (1): 27. doi:10.1080/13545719708454937.
External links
[edit]Media related to Camillo Finocchiaro Aprile at Wikimedia Commons