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Historical figure Camillo Benso conte di Cavour

Born in: 1810  - Died in: 1861

Camillo Benso, Count of Cavour, one of the fathers of the Italian national unit, was born in Turin in 1810. He studied abroad for some years and was influenced by the economic and socio-political principles of the liberal system of British inspiration.

Returning to Piedmont in 1835 he devoted himself first to developing the estate of Leri, to the point of making it a model company, and then founded the newspaper Il Risorgimento in 1847, which also marked the first approaches to the political world.

The cornerstones of his thought were internal liberalism and the start of a change in the international balance in the anti-Austrian sense that favored the creation of a unitary state in the peninsula around the Savoy crown.

Messaged in 1851 as Minister of Agriculture and Trade, he became Prime Minister following the agreement with Urbano Rattazzi of 1852, known as "the marriage", which united the most progressive elements of the right with the moderates of the left in a

Camillo Benso, Count of Cavour

First Prime Minister of the Kingdom of Italy from March to June in 1861

This article is about the 19th-century Italian statesman. For ships bearing his name, see Italian battleship Conte di Cavour and Italian aircraft carrier Cavour (550).

Camillo Paolo Filippo Giulio Benso, Count of Cavour, Isolabella and Leri (Italian:[kaˈmilloˈbɛnso]; 10 August 1810 – 6 June 1861), generally known as the Count of Cavour (kə-VOOR; Italian: Conte di Cavour[ˈkontedikaˈvur]) or simply Cavour, was an Italian politician, statesman, businessman, economist, and noble, and a leading figure in the movement towards Italian unification.[1] He was one of the leaders of the Historical Right and Prime Minister of the Kingdom of Sardinia from 1852, a position he maintained (except for a six-month resignation) until his death, throughout the Second Italian War of Independence and Giuseppe Garibaldi's campaigns to unite Italy. After the declaration of a united Kingdom of Italy, Cavour took office as the first Prime Minister of Italy; he died

Camillo Benso, Count of Cavour

Camillo Paolo Filippo Giulio Benso, Count of Cavour, Isolabella and Leri (10 August 1810 – 6 June 1861), better known as Cavour (Italian: [kaˈvur]), was an Italian politician and statesman. He was an important person in the movement toward the Italian unification.

Cavour was born in Turin during Napoleonic rule. Until 1831, he was a military officer.[4] Later, he decided to travel in Europe to learn more about the effects of the Industrial Revolution. The trips helped him to know and understand the principles of the British Liberal system.

After four years, he returned to Piedmont. He took charge of agriculture and the economy in general. He worked for the spread of schools. During that time, his business and banking activities made him one of the richest men in the Piedmont.[5]

From 1832 to 1848, Cavour was the mayor of Grinzane (now called Grinzane Cavour to honor him).[6] In 1847, he founded the newspaper Il Risorgimento. According to him, the process of economic and social development, which he

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