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GIUSEPPE See also:SARACCO (1821-1907)
, See also:Italian politician and financier, and See also:knight of the Annunziata, was See also:born at Bistagno on the 9th of See also:October 1821, and, after qualifying as an See also:advocate, entered the Piedmontese See also:parliament in 1849
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A supporter of See also:Cavour until the latter's See also:death he joined the party of Rattazzi and became under-secretary of See also:state for public See also:works in the Rattazzi See also:cabinet of 1862
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In 1864 he was appointed, by See also:Sella, secretary-See also:general of See also:finance, and after being created senator in 1865, acquired considerable fame as a See also:financial authority
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In 1879 he succeeded in postponing the See also:total abolition of the grist tax, and was throughout a fierce opponent of See also:Magliani's loose financial See also:administration
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Selected as See also:minister of public works by See also:Depretis in 1887, and by See also:Crispi in 1893, he contrived to mitigate the worst consequences of Depretis's corruptly extravagant policy, and introduced a sounder See also:system of See also:government participation in public works
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In See also:November 1898 he was elected See also:president of the See also:senate, and in See also:June 1900 succeeded in forming a " Cabinet of pacification after the Obstructionist crisis which had caused the downfall of General See also:Pelloux
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His See also:term of See also:office was clouded by the assassination of See also: |
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