Vincenzo Fardella di Torrearsa

Vincenzo Fardella of Torrearsa


8th President of the Senate
In office 5 December 1870 – 20 September 1874
Preceded by	Gabrio Casati
Succeeded by	Luigi Des Ambrois
Personal details
Born	(1808-07-16)16 July 1808 Trapani, Kingdom of Sicily
Died	12 January 1889(1889-01-12) (aged 80) Palermo, Kingdom of Italy
Nationality	Italian
Political party	Moderate Party (1848–1861) Historical Right (1861–1873)
Profession	Politician
Religion	Roman Catholicism

Vincenzo Fardella di Torrearsa (16 July 1808 – 12 January 1889) was an Italian statesman who become President of the Senate after Italian unification.

Life

Born in Trapani, was Count and Marquis of Torrearsa. He was a protagonist of the Italian Risorgimento. In Sicilian revolution of 1848 was president of Sicilian Parliament. Fardella was then in exile in Turin, London and Nice.

In 1860 following the expedition of Giuseppe Garibaldi's Mille was minister in the Dictatorship of Garibaldi. In 1861 he was elected Member of Italian Parliament and soon after appointed Senator of the Kingdom.

In 1870, after the capture of Rome, he was elected president of the Senate of Italy, the first in Palazzo Madama, until to 1874.

Presidents of Italian Senate

Kingdom of Italy	Coller Manno Alfieri di Sostegno Settimo Sclopis Casati Fardella di Torrearsa Ambrois Pasolini Tecchio Durando Farini Saracco Canonico Manfredi Bonasi Tittoni Federzoni Suardo Thaon di Revel Tomasi Della Torretta

Italian Republic	Bonomi De Nicola Paratore Gasparotto Ruini Merzagora Zelioli-Lanzini Fanfani Spagnolli Fanfani Morlino Colombo Cossiga Fanfani Malagodi Spadolini Scognamiglio Pasini Mancino Pera Marini Schifani Grasso

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