Luigi Luzzatti

Luigi Luzzatti (11 March 1841 – 29 March 1927) was an Italian financier, political economist, social philosopher, and jurist. He served as the 20th prime minister of Italy between 1910 and 1911.

Luigi Luzzatti
Prime Minister of Italy
In office
31 March 1910 – 30 March 1911
MonarchVictor Emmanuel III
Preceded bySidney Sonnino
Succeeded byGiovanni Giolitti
Minister of Treasury
In office
14 March 1920 – 21 May 1921
Prime MinisterFrancesco Saverio Nitti
Preceded byCarlo Schanzer
Succeeded byCarlo Schanzer
In office
8 February 1906 – 29 May 1906
Prime MinisterSidney Sonnino
Preceded byPaolo Carcano
Succeeded byAngelo Majorana Calatabiano
In office
3 November 1903 – 27 March 1905
Prime MinisterGiovanni Giolitti
Tommaso Tittoni
Preceded byErnesto Di Broglio
Succeeded byPaolo Carcano
In office
11 July 1896 – 29 June 1898
Prime MinisterAntonio Starabba di Rudinì
Preceded byGiuseppe Colombo
Succeeded byPietro Vacchelli
Minister of Agricolture, Industry and Trade
In office
11 December 1909 – 31 March 1910
Prime MinisterSidney Sonnino
Preceded byFrancesco Cocco-Ortu
Succeeded byGiovanni Raineri
Personal details
Born(1841-03-11)11 March 1841
Venice, Lombardy-Venetia, Austrian Empire
Died29 March 1927(1927-03-29) (aged 86)
Rome, Italy
Political partyHistorical Right
Alma materUniversity of Padua
Profession

Luzzatti came from a wealthy and cultured Jewish family and built a reputation as a social reformer dedicated to raise the working classes from ignorance and poverty. He is remembered being the founder of the Italian credit union movement and for his book Dio nella libertà (God in Freedom), in which he advocates religious tolerance. This provoked an exchange of correspondence between him and Benedetto Croce.

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