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Luigi Luzzatti
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| Prime Minister of Italy | |
| In office 31 March 1910 – 30 March 1911 |
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| Monarch | Victor Emmanuel III |
| Preceded by | Sidney Sonnino |
| Succeeded by | Giovanni Giolitti |
| Minister of Treasury | |
| In office 14 March 1920 – 21 May 1921 |
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| Prime Minister | Francesco Saverio Nitti |
| Preceded by | Carlo Schanzer |
| Succeeded by | Carlo Schanzer |
| In office 8 February 1906 – 29 May 1906 |
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| Prime Minister | Sidney Sonnino |
| Preceded by | Paolo Carcano |
| Succeeded by | Angelo Majorana Calatabiano |
| In office 3 November 1903 – 27 March 1905 |
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| Prime Minister | Giovanni Giolitti Tommaso Tittoni |
| Preceded by | Ernesto Di Broglio |
| Succeeded by | Paolo Carcano |
| In office 11 July 1896 – 29 June 1898 |
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| Prime Minister | Antonio Starabba di Rudinì |
| Preceded by | Giuseppe Colombo |
| Succeeded by | Pietro Vacchelli |
| Minister of Agricolture, Industry and Trade | |
| In office 11 December 1909 – 31 March 1910 |
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| Prime Minister | Sidney Sonnino |
| Preceded by | Francesco Cocco-Ortu |
| Succeeded by | Giovanni Raineri |
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| Born | 11 March 1841 Venice, Lombardy-Venetia, Austrian Empire |
| Died | 29 March 1927 (aged 86) Rome, Italy |
| Political party | Historical Right |
| Alma mater | University of Padua |
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Luigi Luzzatti (born March 11, 1841 – died March 29, 1927) was an important Italian leader. He was a banker, a lawyer, and an expert in how countries manage their money. He is best known for serving as the 20th Prime Minister of Italy from 1910 to 1911.
Luzzatti came from a rich and educated Jewish family. He became famous for wanting to help working-class people. He worked to improve their lives and reduce poverty. He is especially remembered for starting the credit union movement in Italy. These are like banks that help ordinary people. He also wrote a book called Dio nella libertà (God in Freedom). In this book, he strongly supported religious tolerance, meaning people should be free to believe what they want.
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Luigi Luzzatti's Early Life and Education
Luigi Luzzatti was born in Venice on March 11, 1841. After finishing his law studies at the University of Padua, he started giving talks about how countries manage their money. These talks caught the attention of the Austrian police. He had to leave the country after he helped start a group for gondoliers to help each other out.
In 1863, he became a professor at the Milan Technical Institute. Later, in 1867, he taught law at Padua University. He then moved to the University of Rome to teach.
Helping People with Money
Luzzatti was a great speaker and had lots of energy. He helped spread the ideas of Franz Hermann Schulze-Delitzsch in Italy. Schulze-Delitzsch had created credit unions in the 1850s. These were special banks that offered loans to farmers, small shop owners, and craftspeople. Before this, these people often had to borrow money from pawnbrokers or lenders who charged very high interest.
In 1865, Luzzatti founded the Banca Popolare di Milano in Milan. This was the second cooperative bank in Italy. These banks were important because they gave ordinary people a fair way to get money.
Working in Government
In 1869, Luzzatti became an assistant minister for agriculture and trade. In this role, he removed government control over businesses. He also started an investigation into how industries were doing in Italy.
Even though he believed in free trade (meaning countries should trade without many rules), he helped create Italy's system to protect its own industries. In 1877, he took part in trade talks with France. In 1878, he wrote Italy's customs tariff, which is a list of taxes on imported goods. He also played a big part in making trade agreements between Italy and other countries.
Luigi Luzzatti as Prime Minister
Luigi Luzzatti became the Minister of Agriculture in 1909. When the prime minister resigned, Luzzatti was asked to form his own government. He served as Prime Minister from December 2, 1909, to March 18, 1911.
His time as prime minister was not very easy. His government ended because of a plan to change how elections worked. Luzzatti was very good with money and was honest and smart. However, he was not strong enough to lead a government. He found it hard to deal with people who disagreed with him. He also tried to avoid doing anything that might make him unpopular.
Later Political Life
During the First World War, Luzzatti strongly supported the Allies. He also believed Italy should join the war. Even though he didn't hold a government job during the war, people always asked for his advice on money matters. His good advice was usually followed.
He became the Treasury Minister again in 1920. In 1921, he decided not to run for parliament again. Instead, he was made a senator. Even when he was old, he kept writing about money and economic issues. He believed Italy should go back to free trade. He also thought the government should not interfere too much in business.
Luigi Luzzatti's Legacy
Luigi Luzzatti passed away in Rome on March 29, 1927, when he was 86 years old. He was a pioneer in creating social laws in Italy. He started important social changes, like making accident insurance required for workers. He also helped create workers' cooperatives, credit unions, and voluntary insurance plans. These ideas helped people take more control over their own futures.
Luzzatti was a typical liberal for his time. He believed that the government should only help poor people in limited ways. He thought the government should step in only when private groups couldn't help enough. He also felt that welfare programs should not stop workers from trying to improve their own lives and money situation.
After becoming Treasury Minister in 1896, he is given credit for saving Italy from going bankrupt. He also supported the Zionist movement, which aimed to create Jewish farming communities in Palestine.
Honours
France: Grand Cross of the Legion d'Honneur
See also
In Spanish: Luigi Luzzatti para niños
