Giuseppe Zanardelli

Giuseppe Zanardelli
Prime Minister of Italy
In office
15 February 1901 – 3 November 1903
MonarchVictor Emmanuel III
Preceded byGiuseppe Saracco
Succeeded byGiovanni Giolitti
President of the Italian Chamber of Deputies
In office
16 November 1898 – 25 May 1899
Preceded byGiuseppe Branchieri
Succeeded byLuigi Chinaglia
In office
5 April 1897 – 14 December 1897
Preceded byTommaso Villa
Succeeded byGiuseppe Branchieri
In office
23 November 1892 – 20 February 1894
Preceded byGiuseppe Branchieri
Succeeded byGiuseppe Branchieri
Minister of the Interior
In office
21 June 1903 – 2 November 1903
Prime MinisterGiovanni Giolitti
Preceded byGiovanni Giolitti
Succeeded byGiovanni Giolitti
In office
28 March 1878 – 19 December 1878
Prime MinisterBenedetto Cairoli
Preceded byAgostino Depretis
Succeeded byAgostino Depretis
Minister of Justice
In office
29 May 1881 – 25 May 1883
Prime MinisterAgostino Depretis
Preceded byTommaso Villa
Succeeded byBernardino Giannuzzi-Savelli
In office
4 April 1887 – 6 February 1891
Prime MinisterFrancesco Crispi
Preceded byDiego Tajani
Succeeded byLuigi Ferraris
In office
14 December 1897 – 1 June 1898
Prime MinisterAntonio Starabba
Preceded byEmanuele Gianturco
Succeeded byTeodorico Bonacci
Personal details
Born(1826-10-29)29 October 1826
Brescia, Kingdom of Lombardy–Venetia
Died26 December 1903(1903-12-26) (aged 77)
Maderno, Kingdom of Italy
NationalityItalian
Political partyHistorical Left
Dissident Left

Giuseppe Zanardelli (29 October 1826  – 26 December 1903) was an Italian jurist and political figure. He served as the Prime Minister of Italy from 15 February 1901 to 3 November 1903. An eloquent orator, he was also a Grand Master freemason. Zanardelli, representing the bourgeoisie from Lombardy, personified the classical 19th-century liberalism, committed to suffrage expansion, anticlericalism, civil liberties, free trade and laissez-faire economics.[1] Throughout his long political career, he was among the most ardent advocates of freedom of conscience and divorce.[2]

  1. ^ De Grand, The hunchback's tailor, p. 17
  2. ^ Seton-Watson, Italy from liberalism to fascism, pp. 47–48