Camillo Finocchiaro Aprile Explained

Birth Date:28 January 1851
Birth Place:Palermo, Kingdom of the Two Sicilies
Death Place:Rome, Kingdom of Italy
Children:Andrea Finocchiaro Aprile
Occupation:Jurist

Camillo Finocchiaro Aprile (1851–1916) was an Italian jurist and politician. He held several cabinet posts and was a long-term member of the Italian Parliament.

Biography

Finocchiaro Aprile was born in Palermo on 28 January 1851.[1] He received a degree in law in 1873 and was elected as a municipal councilor in Palermo while studying law.[1]

He served at the Parliament from 1882 to his death in 1916. He was the minister of posts and telegraphs between May 1892 and November 1893 in the first Giolitti cabinet.[1] He also served as the minister of justice for three terms (1898–1899; 1905–1906; 1911–1914). He was the vice president of the Parliament for four times in the period between 1895 and 1916 with some intervals.[2] He died in Rome on 26 January 1916.[1]

One of his children, Andrea Finocchiaro Aprile, was among the leaders of the Movement for Sicilian Independence.[3]

Notes and References

  1. Encyclopedia: Finocchiaro Aprile, Camillo. it. Stefano Caviglia. 48. 1997. Dizionario Biografico degli Italiani.
  2. Encyclopedia: Finocchiaro Aprile, Camillo. Treccani. it.
  3. Salvatore Lupo. The Allies and the mafia. Journal of Modern Italian Studies. 10.1080/13545719708454937. 1997. 27. 2. 1.