Vittorio Emanuele Orlando was an Italian statesman, who served as the Prime Minister of Italy from October 1917 to June 1919.
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20 Facts About Vittorio Orlando
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Vittorio Orlando was known as "Premier of Victory" for defeating the Central Powers along with the Entente in World War I Vittorio Orlando was member and president of the Constitutional Assembly that changed the Italian form of government into a Republic.
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Vittorio Orlando taught law at the University of Palermo and was recognized as an eminent jurist.
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Vittorio Orlando aligned himself with Giovanni Giolitti, who was Prime Minister of Italy five times between 1892 and 1921.
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Vittorio Orlando was re-appointed to the same ministry in November 1914 in the government of Antonio Salandra until his appointment as Minister of the Interior in June 1916 under Paolo Boselli.
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Vittorio Orlando had been a strong supporter of Italy's entry in the war.
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Vittorio Orlando successfully led a patriotic national front government, the Unione Sacra, and reorganized the army.
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Vittorio Orlando's first act as head of the government was to fire General Luigi Cadorna and appoint the well-respected General Armando Diaz in his place.
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Vittorio Orlando then reasserted civilian control over military affairs, which Cadorna had always resisted.
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Vittorio Orlando's government instituted new policies that treated Italian troops less harshly and instilled a more efficient military system, which were enforced by Diaz.
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Vittorio Orlando ordered an investigation into the causes of the defeat at Caporetto, which confirmed that it was the fault of the military leadership.
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Vittorio Orlando was one of the Big Four, the main Allied leaders and participants at the Paris Peace Conference in 1919, along with US President Woodrow Wilson, French Prime Minister Georges Clemenceau and Britain's Prime Minister David Lloyd George.
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Vittorio Orlando was prepared to renounce territorial claims for Dalmatia to annex Rijeka — the principal seaport on the Adriatic Sea — while Sonnino was not prepared to give up Dalmatia.
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Vittorio Orlando supported the Racial Equality Proposal introduced by Japan at the conference.
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Vittorio Orlando returned briefly the following month, but was forced to resign just days before the signing of the resultant Treaty of Versailles.
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Vittorio Orlando resigned on 23 June 1919, following his inability to acquire Fiume for Italy in the peace settlement.
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Vittorio Orlando reappeared briefly in the political spotlight when he wrote Mussolini a supportive letter.
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Vittorio Orlando was elected speaker of the Italian Chamber of Deputies, where he served until 1946.
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Vittorio Orlando maintained a strong rivalry with the prominent statesman and party colleague Francesco Saverio Nitti.
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