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Sidney Sonnino
Sidney Costantino, Baron Sonnino was an Italian statesman, 19th prime minister of Italy and twice served briefly as one, in 1906 and again from 1909 to 1910. He also was the Italian minister of Foreign Affairs during the First World War, representing Italy at the 1919 Paris Peace Conference.
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Born 11 March 1847 · Died 24 November 1922 · Q320922
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1922· 1 entry
Died 1922-11-24.
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1915· 1 entry
Because of the Italian cabinet was "stumbling over the brink into the boiling cauldron of war", but rather as an act of cold calculation by Salandra and Sonnino to achieve what they viewed as rightful Italian national in
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1914· 1 entry
Career landmark: minister of Foreign Affairs of the Kingdom of Italy (1914–1919).
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1913· 1 entry
Career landmark: member of the Chamber of Deputies of the Kingdom of Italy (1913–1919).
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1909· 3 entries
Career landmark: member of the Chamber of Deputies of the Kingdom of Italy (1909–1913).
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Career landmark: minister of Interior of the Kingdom of Italy (1909–1910).
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Career landmark: Prime Minister of the Kingdom of Italy (1909–1910).
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1906· 2 entries
Career landmark: minister of Interior of the Kingdom of Italy (1906–1906).
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Career landmark: Prime Minister of the Kingdom of Italy (1906–1906).
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1904· 1 entry
Career landmark: member of the Chamber of Deputies of the Kingdom of Italy (1904–1909).
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1901· 1 entry
Founded a new major newspaper, Il Giornale d'Italia
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1897· 1 entry
Career landmark: member of the Chamber of Deputies of the Kingdom of Italy (1897–1900).
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1895· 1 entry
Career landmark: member of the Chamber of Deputies of the Kingdom of Italy (1895–1897).
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1893· 2 entries
Career landmark: minister of Treasury of the Kingdom of Italy (1893–1896).
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Career landmark: minister of Finance of the Kingdom of Italy (1893–1894).
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1892· 1 entry
Career landmark: member of the Chamber of Deputies of the Kingdom of Italy (1892–1895).
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1890· 1 entry
Career landmark: member of the Chamber of Deputies of the Kingdom of Italy (1890–1892).
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1886· 1 entry
Career landmark: member of the Chamber of Deputies of the Kingdom of Italy (1886–1890).
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1882· 1 entry
Career landmark: member of the Chamber of Deputies of the Kingdom of Italy (1882–1886).
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1880· 1 entry
Career landmark: member of the Chamber of Deputies of the Kingdom of Italy (1880–1882).
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1878· 1 entry
Sonnino and Franchetti started a newspaper, La Rassegna Settimanale, which changed from weekly economic reviews to daily political issues
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1877· 1 entry
The two men published their research on Sicily in a substantial two-part report for the Italian Parliament
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1876· 1 entry
Sonnino travelled to Sicily with Leopoldo Franchetti to conduct a private investigation into the state of Sicilian society
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1865· 1 entry
Sonnino became a diplomat and an official at the Italian embassies in Madrid, Vienna, Berlin, Paris and Saint Petersburg from 1866 to 1873
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1847· 1 entry
Born 1847-03-11.
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