Trasformismo
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Trasformismo was the method of making a flexible centrist coalition of government which isolated the extremes of the political left and the political right in Italian politics after the Italian unific
A cartoon about Agostino Depretis, accusing him of being a chameleonic politician
Giovanni Giolitti
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Giovanni Giolitti was an Italian statesman who was the prime minister of Italy five times between 1892 and 1921. He is the longest-serving democratically elected prime minister in Italian history, and
Trasformismo
…franchise led to politicians not having to concern themselves with the interests of their constituents. One of the most successful politicians was Giovanni Giolitti, who succeeded in becoming prime minister on five occasions over twenty years. Under his influence, the Liberals did not develop as a structured party…
Official portrait, 1920
Giolitti's house in Mondovì
Giolitti during the first years of his political career
Cartoon in the satirical magazine L'Asino (The Donkey) in June 1893, with Giolitti and Tanlongo. "Savings and loans: the coup succeeded."