President of the Council of Ministers of the Kingdom of the Two Sicilies

President of the Council of Ministers of the Kingdom of the Two Sicilies
Kingdom of the Two Sicilies
Seat	Naples
Appointer	King of the Two Sicilies
Precursor	Secretary of State of the Kingdoms of Naples and Sicily
Formation	1816
First holder	Luigi de' Medici
Final holder	Pietro Calà Ulloa
Abolished	1861
Superseded by	President of the Council of Ministers of the Kingdom of Italy

The Presidents of the Council of Ministers of the Kingdom of the Two Sicilies, served successively from 1816 to 1861 and were 16 individuals who presided over a total of 20 governments; a 21st government, the provisional junta, was not led by any President.

History

Officially the first president was Luigi de' Medici, in office when in December 1816 the Kingdom of Naples and the Kingdom of Sicily were formally unified into the Kingdom of the Two Sicilies. ^{[1] [2]}

List of presidents

Party or placement

   Moderate Party

   Murat

  Military

No.	President of the Council			Term		Party	King of the Two Sicilies
				Start	End
1			Donato Tommasi  [ it ] (1761-1831)	January 1815	4 June 1815	-	Ferdinand I 1759-1825
2			Tommaso di Somma  [ it ] (1737-1826)	4 June 1815	27 June 1816
3			Luigi de' Medici (1759-1830)	27 June 1816	9 July 1820
-	Vacant			13 July 1820	March 1821
(2)			Tommaso di Somma  [ it ] (1737-1826)	March 1821	June 1822
(3)			Luigi de' Medici (1759-1830)	June 1822	25 January 1830 †
(1)			Donato Tommasi  [ it ] (1761-1831)	25 January 1830	11 March 1831		Francis I 1825-1830
4			Carlo Avarna  [ it ] (1757-1836)	19 March 1831	18 May 1836 †		Ferdinand II 1830-1859
5			Girolamo Ruffo  [ it ] (1771–1839)	18 May 1836	29 November 1839 †
6			Giuseppe Ceva Grimaldi  [ it ] (1777-1862)	14 January 1840	27 January 1848
7			Nicola Maresca Donnorso di Serracapriola (1790-1870)	27 January 1848	3 April 1848
8			Carlo Troya (1784-1858)	3 April 1848	15 May 1848	Moderate
9			Gennaro Spinelli (1780-1851)	15 May 1848	7 August 1849	Murat (conservative)
10			Giustino Fortunato (1777-1862)	8 August 1849	18 January 1852	Murat (conservative)
11			Ferdinando Troya  [ it ] (1786-1861)	18 January 1852	7 June 1859	-
12			Carlo Filangieri (1784-1867)	7 June 1859	16 March 1860	Murat	Francis II 1859-1861
13			Antonio Statella di Cassaro  [ it ] (1785-1864)	16 March 1860	25 June 1860	-
14			Antonio Spinelli di Scalea  [ it ] (1795-1884)	25 June 1860	7 September 1860
15			Francesco Angelo Casella  [ it ] (1819-1894)	7 September 1860	November 1860	Military
16			Pietro Calà Ulloa  [ it ] (1801-1879)	November 1860	13 February 1861	-
				13 February 1861	20 September 1870

References

1. Ruggero Moscati, I Borboni in Italia, Roma, Newton Compton Italiana, 1973.
2. Harold Acton, I Borboni di Napoli (1734-1825), Traduzione di A. P. Vacchelli, Firenze, Giunti, 1997, ISBN 8809210794, ISBN 9788809210790.