Office: | Minister of the Navy |
Primeminister: | Francesco Saverio Nitti |
Term Start: | 4 July 1921 |
Term End: | 26 February 1922 |
Birth Date: | 15 April 1858 |
Birth Place: | Vercelli |
Death Place: | Rome |
Party: | Reformist Socialist Party |
Alma Mater: | Higher Technical Institute |
Nationality: | Italian |
Children: | 4 |
Eugenio Bergamasco (1858–1940) was an Italian engineer and politician. Being a member of the Reformist Socialist Party he held different cabinet posts.
Bergamasco was born in Vercelli, Novara, on 15 April 1858.[1] He was a graduate of the Higher Technical Institute in Milan and received a bachelor's degree in civil engineering.[1]
Bergamasco founded the Lomellina Agricultural Cooperative Bank in 1894 which he also headed.[1] In 1898 he established the Lomellina Agricultural Consortium and served as its president.[1] He was the president of the Provincial Council of Pavia in 1908 Then he served as the mayor of Candia Lomellina.[1] Between 1900 and 1909 he was a member of the Parliament.[1] He was elected to the Senate from the Liberal Democrats in November 1913 and served there for three terms.[1] He then joined the Democratic Union of which he was elected vice-president.[1]
Bergamasco was the state secretary at the Ministry of the Navy in the Luzatti cabinet between 2 April 1910 and 29 March 1911 and in the Giolitti cabinet between 30 March 1911 and 24 November 1913.[2] He was appointed minister of the navy on 4 July 1921 to the cabinet led by Prime Minister Francesco Saverio Nitti.[1] [3] Bergamasco's tenure ended on 26 February 1922.[1]
Bergamasco was married and had four sons.[1] He died in Milan on 11 June 1940.[1]
Bergamasco was the recipient of the following: Commander of the Order of the Crown of Italy (4 April 1909); Grand Officer of the Order of the Crown of Italy (25 June 1911); Grand Cordon of the Order of the Crown of Italy (27 June 1913); Commander of the Order of Saints Maurice and Lazarus (7 July 1910); Grand officer of the Order of Saints Maurice and Lazarus (1912) and Grand cordon of the Order of Saints Maurice and Lazarus (5 January 1922).[1]