Giovanni Battista Riva

Giovanni Battista Riva (born July 25, 1800 in Lugano , † October 20, 1847 in Milan ) was a Swiss lawyer , politician and Ticino Grand Councilor and State Councilor .

biography

Giovanni Battista Riva was born as the son of Stefano Filippo Riva of Lugano, lawyer and supporter of the Cisalpine Republic , and Caterina Fioroli. He studied law in Milan, from 1821 at the University of Pavia and the University of Vienna . He then returned to Lugano, where he worked as a lawyer. With a moderate political tendency, he was a member of the municipal council of Lugano from 1830 to 1839, then he sat on the Ticino Grand Council from 1830 to 1837 (1835-1836 president), was a member of the parliamentary assembly from 1831 to 1834, 1836 and 1838 , and from 1837 to 1839 a state councilor.

He was one of the leaders of the moderate majority that was overthrown by the radical movement of December 1839 and therefore called for the intervention of the Austrian government in Ticino. In 1840 he was sentenced in absentia to twelve years of forced labor and permanent ineligibility for public office for conspiracy and then lived in exile in Milan.

literature

Marco Marcacci: Giovanni Battista Riva. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland . September 30, 2009 .
Fidecommesso Riva: Storia della famiglia Riva. 1st volume, Tipografia Gaggini-Bizzozero, Lugano 1971, pp. 331-338.

Web links

Giovanni Battista Riva on portalestoria.net/.

Individual evidence

↑ Celestino Trezzini : Giovanni Battista Riva. Digitized In: Historical-Biographical Lexicon of Switzerland . Volume 5, Retornaz - Saint Didier, Attinger Verlag, Neuchâtel 1929, p. 650.

personal data
SURNAME	Riva, Giovanni Battista
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Swiss lawyer and politician
DATE OF BIRTH	July 25, 1800
PLACE OF BIRTH	Lugano
DATE OF DEATH	October 20, 1847
Place of death	Milan

[1] Celestino Trezzini : Giovanni Battista Riva. Digitized In: Historical-Biographical Lexicon of Switzerland . Volume 5, Retornaz - Saint Didier, Attinger Verlag, Neuchâtel 1929, p. 650.