Sidney Sonnino

Sidney Sonnino
Prime Minister of Italy
In office
11 December 1909 – 31 March 1910
MonarchVictor Emmanuel III
Preceded byGiovanni Giolitti
Succeeded byLuigi Luzzatti
In office
8 February 1906 – 29 May 1906
MonarchVictor Emmanuel III
Preceded byAlessandro Fortis
Succeeded byGiovanni Giolitti
Minister of the Treasury[1]
In office
3 January 1889 – 9 March 1889
Prime MinisterFrancesco Crispi
Preceded byBonaventura Gerardi
Succeeded byGiovanni Giolitti
In office
15 December 1893 – 10 March 1896
Prime MinisterFrancesco Crispi
Preceded byBernardino Grimaldi
Succeeded byGiuseppe Colombo
Minister of Finance[1]
In office
15 December 1893 – 14 June 1894
Prime MinisterFrancesco Crispi
Preceded byLazzaro Gagliardo
Succeeded byPaolo Boselli
Minister of Foreign Affairs[1]
In office
5 November 1914 – 23 June 1919
Prime MinisterAntonio Salandra
Paolo Boselli
Vittorio Emanuele Orlando
Preceded byAntonino Paternò Castello
Succeeded byTommaso Tittoni
Personal details
Born(1847-03-11)11 March 1847
Pisa, Tuscany
Died24 November 1922(1922-11-24) (aged 75)
Rome, Italy
Political partyHistorical Right (1880–1882)
Constitutional[2][3] (1882–1913)
Liberal Union (1913–1922)
Alma materUniversity of Pisa
Profession

Sidney Costantino, Baron Sonnino (11 March 1847 – 24 November 1922) was an Italian statesman, 19th prime minister of Italy and twice served briefly as one, in 1906 and again from 1909 to 1910.[1] He also was the Italian minister of Foreign Affairs during the First World War, representing Italy at the 1919 Paris Peace Conference.

  1. ^ a b c d (in Italian) Sidney Sonnino, Incarichi di governo, Parlamento italiano (Accessed May 8, 2016)
  2. ^ Emanuela Minuto (2004). "Il partito dei parlamentari. Sidney Sonnino e le istituzioni rappresentative (1900–1906)". SISSCO.
  3. ^ Salvatore Sechi. "Sonnino e il Partito Liberale di massa". Critica Sociale.