Giovanni Nicotera
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The Honourable Giovanni Nicotera |
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| Italian Minister of Interior | |
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In office 6 February 1891 – 15 May 1892 |
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| Monarch |
Victor Emmanuel II Umberto I |
| Prime Minister | Antonio di Rudinì |
| Preceded by | Francesco Crispi |
| Succeeded by | Giovanni Giolitti |
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In office 25 March 1876 – 26 December 1877 |
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| Monarch |
Victor Emmanuel II Umberto I |
| Prime Minister | Agostino Depretis |
| Preceded by | Girolamo Cantelli |
| Succeeded by | Francesco Crispi |
| Member of the Italian Chamber | |
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In office 22 November 1882 – 22 October 1890 |
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| Constituency | Naples |
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In office 5 December 1870 – 3 October 1876 |
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| Constituency | Naples |
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| Born |
September 9, 1828 Sambiase, Lamezia Terme, Two Sicilies |
| Died | June 13, 1894 (aged 65) Vico Equense, Italy |
| Nationality | Italian |
| Political party |
Action Party (1848–53) Historical Left (1870–80; 1887–92) Dissident Left (1880–87) |
| Profession | Soldier |
| Religion | Deism |
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| Service/branch |
 Royal Italian Army
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| Years of service | 1848–1866 |
| Rank | Commandant |
| Unit | 6th Volunteer Regiment |
| Battles/wars |
Italian Unification (1815–1871)
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Italian Unification (1815–1871)
Giovanni Nicotera (9 September 1828 – 13 June 1894) was an Italian patriot and politician. His surname is pronounced [niˈkɔːtera], with the stress on the second syllable.
Nicotera was born at Sambiase, in Calabria.
Joining the Giuseppe Mazzini's movement of Giovine Italia ("Young Italy") he was among the combatants at Naples in May 1848, and battle with Garibaldi during the Republic of Rome (1849). After the fall of Rome he fled to Piedmont. In 1857, he took part to the expedition to Sapri, led by Pisacane, but shortly after their landing they were defeated and he was severely wounded by the Bourbon troops.
Condemned to death, but reprieved through the intervention of the British minister, he remained a prisoner at Naples and at Favignana until 1860, when he joined Garibaldi at Palermo. Sent by Garibaldi to Tuscany, he attempted to invade the Papal States with a volunteer brigade, but his followers were disarmed and disbanded by Ricasoli and Cavour. In 1862 he was with Garibaldi at Aspromonte; in 1866 he commanded a volunteer brigade against Austria; in 1867 he invaded the Papal States from the south, but the defeat of Garibaldi at Mentana put an end to his enterprise.
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