Francesco Crispi was an Italian patriot and statesman. He was among the main protagonists of the Risorgimento, a close friend and supporter of Giuseppe Mazzini and Giuseppe Garibaldi, and one of the architects of Italian unification in 1860. Crispi served as Prime Minister of Italy for six years, from 1887 to 1891, and again from 1893 to 1896, and was the first prime minister from Southern Italy. Crispi was internationally famous and often mentioned along with world statesmen such as Otto von Bismarck, William Ewart Gladstone, and Lord Salisbury.
Francesco Crispi
The uprising in Palermo, 1848
Portrait of Francesco Crispi during the 1850s
The beginning of the expedition, to Sicily, at Quarto dei Mille, Genoa
The prime minister of Italy, officially the president of the Council of Ministers, is the head of government of the Italian Republic. The office of president of the Council of Ministers is established by articles 92–96 of the Constitution of Italy; the president of the Council of Ministers is appointed by the president of the Republic and must have the confidence of the Parliament to stay in office.
Prime Minister of Italy
Chigi Palace in Rome, the seat of the Council of Ministers and the official residence of the Prime Minister of Italy.
Count Camillo Benso of Cavour, first Italian Prime Minister
Benito Mussolini, longest-serving prime minister of Italy and Duce of fascism
