Camillo Finocchiaro Aprile

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.

Camillo Finocchiaro Aprile
Personal details
Born28 January 1851
Palermo, Kingdom of the Two Sicilies
Died26 January 1916(1916-01-26) (aged 65)
Rome, Kingdom of Italy
ChildrenAndrea Finocchiaro Aprile
OccupationJurist

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.[2] 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).[2] 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]

References
  1. Stefano Caviglia (1997). "Finocchiaro Aprile, Camillo". Dizionario Biografico degli Italiani (in Italian). Vol. 48.
  2. "Finocchiaro Aprile, Camillo". Treccani (in Italian).
  3. Salvatore Lupo (1997). "The Allies and the mafia". Journal of Modern Italian Studies. 2 (1): 27. doi:10.1080/13545719708454937.
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