Vittorio Orlando
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The Honourable Vittorio Emanuele Orlando |
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| 23rd Prime Minister of Italy | |
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In office 30 October 1917 – 23 June 1919 |
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| Monarch | Victor Emmanuel III |
| Preceded by | Paolo Boselli |
| Succeeded by | Francesco Saverio Nitti |
| Italian Minister of Interior | |
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In office 18 June 1916 – 23 June 1919 |
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| Prime Minister |
Paolo Boselli, Himself |
| Preceded by | Antonio Salandra |
| Succeeded by | Francesco Saverio Nitti |
| Member of the Italian Chamber of Deputies | |
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In office 5 April 1897 – 21 January 1929 |
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| Constituency | Partinico |
| President of the Chamber of Deputies | |
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In office 15 July 1944 – 25 June 1946 |
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| Monarch | Victor Emmanuel III, Umberto II |
| Preceded by | Dino Grandi |
| Succeeded by | Giuseppe Saragat |
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In office 1 December 1919 – 25 June 1920 |
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| Monarch | Victor Emmanuel III |
| Preceded by | Giuseppe Marcora |
| Succeeded by | Enrico De Nicola |
| Member of the Constituent Assembly | |
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In office 25 June 1946 – 31 January 1948 |
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| Constituency | National Constituency |
| Senator for life | |
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In office 8 May 1948 – 1 December 1952 |
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| Personal details | |
| Born |
19 May 1860 Palermo, Two Sicilies |
| Died | 1 December 1952 (aged 92) Rome, Italy |
| Nationality | Italian |
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Historical Left (1897–1913) Liberal Union (1913–1919) Democratic Liberal Party (1919–1926) Italian Liberal Party (1926–1952) |
| Alma mater | University of Palermo |
| Profession | Jurist, teacher, politician |
| Religion | Roman Catholicism |
Vittorio Emanuele Orlando (19 May 1860 – 1 December 1952) was an Italian statesman, known for representing Italy in the 1919 Paris Peace Conference with his foreign minister Sidney Sonnino. He was also known as "Premier of Victory" for defeating the Central Powers along with the Entente in World War I. He was also member and president of the Constitutional Assembly that changed the Italian form of government into a Republic. Aside from his prominent political role Orlando is also known for his writings, over a hundred works, on legal and judicial issues; Orlando was a professor of law.
He was born in Palermo, Sicily. His father, a landed gentleman, delayed venturing out to register his son's birth for fear of Giuseppe Garibaldi's 1,000 patriots who had just stormed into Sicily on the first leg of their march to build an Italian nation. He taught law at the University of Palermo and was recognized as an eminent jurist.
In 1897 he was elected in the Italian Chamber of Deputies (Italian: Camera dei Deputati) for the district of Partinico for which he was constantly reelected until 1925. He aligned himself with Giovanni Giolitti, who was Prime Minister of Italy five times between 1892 and 1921.
A liberal, Orlando served in various roles as a minister. In 1903 he served as Minister of Education under Prime Minister Giolitti. In 1907 he was appointed Minister of Justice, a role he retained until 1909. He was re-appointed to the same ministry in November 1914 in the government of Antonio Salandra until his appointment as Minister of the Interior in June 1916 under Paolo Boselli.
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