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§ The minds · 1810–1861 · Italy · Prime Minister

Camillo Cavour

Architect of Italy

Liberal ends, statecraft's means.

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Governance+45
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Social−15
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The statesman who engineered Italian unification, marrying economic liberalism and constitutional government to a hard-headed, state-building realpolitik.

social

Moderate; a constitutional liberal, not a democrat of the street.

economic

Free-trade liberal moderniser of the Piedmontese economy.

governance

Built a unified Italian nation-state through shrewd realpolitik.

Notable for
  • Engineered Italian unification
  • Liberal economic reform
  • Founded 'Il Risorgimento'
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