13 Facts About Giuseppe Zanardelli

Giuseppe Zanardelli was an Italian jurist and political figure.

Giuseppe Zanardelli served as the Prime Minister of Italy from 15 February 1901 to 3 November 1903.

Giuseppe Zanardelli was born in Brescia on 29 October 1826.

Giuseppe Zanardelli was a combatant in the volunteer corps during the First Italian War of Independence of 1848 between the Austrian Empire and the Kingdom of Sardinia, within the era of Italian unification.

Giuseppe Zanardelli moved to Lugano, but returned in time to organize the insurrection of Brescia in the Second Italian War of Independence and welcomed Giuseppe Garibaldi in the city.

Giuseppe Zanardelli became a freemason in 1860; he was initiated in the Lodge "Propaganda" of Rome.

Giuseppe Zanardelli was the architect of the electoral reform in 1892 which lowered the voting age from 25 to 21, and reduced the minimum tax threshold for voting or allowed an elementary school certificate.

Giuseppe Zanardelli was rewarded by being enabled to form an administration with the support of the Extreme Left upon the fall of the government of Giuseppe Saracco in February 1901.

Giolitti became Minister of the Interior in the administration of Giuseppe Zanardelli, and became its real head.

Giuseppe Zanardelli focused his attention on the issue of the South: in September 1902 he undertook a journey through Basilicata, as one of the poorest regions in Italy, to see for himself the problems in the Mezzogiorno.

Giuseppe Zanardelli tenure was handicapped by his declining health, but some social reforms were passed, such as a law for reducing the tax on flour, and laws regulating workmen's compensation and the labour of women and children, and provisions were made for the treatment of poor people affected by malaria.

Giuseppe Zanardelli retired from the administration on 21 October 1903 due to his declining health, and Giolitti succeeded him as Prime Minister.

On 15 September 1902, Giuseppe Zanardelli stayed at the Imperial Hotel Tramontano, owned by the Commendator Guglielmo Baron Tramontano of Sorrento, who was the mayor of the city Sorrento.