Second Ricasoli government

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Ricasoli II government
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8th Cabinet of Italy
Bettino Ricasoli 2.jpg
Date formed20 June 1866
Date dissolved10 April 1867
People and organisations
Head of state Victor Emmanuel II
Head of government Bettino Ricasoli
Total no. of members9
Member party Historical Right
Historical Left
History
Predecessor La Marmora III Cabinet
Successor Rattazzi II Cabinet

The Ricasoli II government of Italy held office from 20 June 1866 until 10 April 1867, a total of 294 days, or 9 months and 21 days. [1] It was also known as the Government of National Reconciliation, because it led Italy during the Third War of Independence.

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History

As Prime Minister, Ricasoli refused Napoleon III's offer to cede Venetia to Italy, on condition that Italy should abandon the Prussian alliance, and also refused the Prussian decoration of the Black Eagle because La Marmora, author of the alliance, was not to receive it. [2]

Upon the departure of the French troops from Rome at the end of 1866 he again attempted to conciliate the Vatican with a convention, in virtue of which Italy would have restored to the Church the property of the suppressed religious orders in return for the gradual payment of 24,000,000. In order to mollify the Vatican he conceded the exequatur to forty-five bishops inimical to the Italian régime. The Vatican accepted his proposal, but the Italian Chamber proved refractory, and, though dissolved by Ricasoli, returned more hostile than before. Without waiting for a vote, Ricasoli resigned office and thenceforward practically disappeared from political life. [2]

Government parties

The government was composed by the following parties:

PartyIdeologyLeader
Historical Right Conservatism Bettino Ricasoli
Historical Left Liberalism Urbano Rattazzi

Composition

OfficeNamePartyTerm
Prime Minister Bettino Ricasoli Historical Right (1866–1867)
Minister of the Interior Bettino Ricasoli Historical Right (1866–1867)
Minister of Foreign Affairs Bettino Ricasoli Historical Right (1866–1866)
Emilio Visconti Venosta Historical Right (1866–1867)
Minister of Grace and Justice Francesco Borgatti Historical Right (1866–1867)
Bettino Ricasoli Historical Right (1867–1867)
Filippo Cordova Historical Right (1867–1867)
Minister of Finance Antonio Scialoja Historical Right (1866–1867)
Agostino Depretis Historical Left (1867–1867)
Minister of War Ignazio De Genova Military (1866–1866)
Efisio Cugia Military (1866–1867)
Minister of the Navy Agostino Depretis Historical Left (1866–1867)
Giuseppe Biancheri Historical Right (1867–1867)
Minister of Agriculture, Industry and Commerce Filippo Cordova Historical Right (1866–1867)
Minister of Public Works Stefano Jacini Historical Right (1866–1867)
Giuseppe Devincenzi Historical Right (1867–1867)
Minister of Public Education Domenico Berti Historical Right (1866–1867)
Cesare Correnti Historical Right (1867–1867)

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References

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  2. 1 2 Wikisource-logo.svg One or more of the preceding sentences incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain :  Steed, Henry Wickham (1911). "Ricasoli, Bettino, Baron". In Chisholm, Hugh (ed.). Encyclopædia Britannica . Vol. 23 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. pp. 287–288. Endnotes:
    • Tabarrini and Gotti, Lettere e documenti del barone Bettino Ricasoli, 10 vols. (Florence, 1886–1894)
    • Passerini, Genealogia e storia della famiglia Ricasoli (ibid. 1861)
    • Gotti, Vita del barone Bettino Ricasoli (ibid. 1894).