Giuseppe Antonio Rusconi

Giuseppe Antonio Rusconi (born June 17, 1749 in Saragossa , † June 2, 1817 in Bellinzona ) was a Swiss military , politician , Ticino Grand Councilor and State Councilor .

biography

Giuseppe Antonio Rusconi was born the son of the officer in the Spanish service Ludovico Andrea of Giubiasco . At the age of 13 he entered Spanish services as a cadet in the Swiss Buch regiment. In 1776 he rose to aide major and captain and was wounded during the siege of Gibraltar ; In 1781 he was promoted to lieutenant colonel. In 1790 he resigned his commission and returned to Bellinzona, where he in 1792 commander of the militias of the bailiwick was.

From 1798 to the beginning of November 1801 he, who belonged to the Unitarians, was governor of the canton of Bellinzona . From 1803 to 1815 he was the Ticino Grand Council (President 1804, 1807, 1811 and 1814), from 1803 to 1813 he was a member of the Small Council (President 1804 and 1810). In 1804, 1809 and from 1811 to 1813 he represented the canton of Ticino at the Federal Diet . In 1811 he vehemently opposed Napoleon Bonaparte's intention to change the Ticino borders

literature

Daniela Pauli Falconi: Giuseppe Antonio Rusconi. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland . July 7, 2010 , accessed December 21, 2019 .
Eligio Pometta : Il casato Rusconi in Bellinzona. In: Bollettino Storico della Svizzera Italiana (BSSI), 1921, pp. 94-96.
Giuseppe Pometta: Briciole di storia bellinzonese. Edizioni Casagrande, Bellinzona 1977.

Web links

Giuseppe Antonio Rusconi on ti.ch/can/oltreconfiniti

Individual evidence

↑ Celestino Trezzini : Giuseppe Antonio Rusconi. Digitized In: Historical-Biographical Lexicon of Switzerland . Volume 5, Attinger Verlag, Neuchâtel 1929, pp. 204-205.

personal data
SURNAME	Rusconi, Giuseppe Antonio
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Swiss military and politicians
DATE OF BIRTH	June 17, 1749
PLACE OF BIRTH	Zaragoza
DATE OF DEATH	June 2, 1817
Place of death	Bellinzona

[1] Celestino Trezzini : Giuseppe Antonio Rusconi. Digitized In: Historical-Biographical Lexicon of Switzerland . Volume 5, Attinger Verlag, Neuchâtel 1929, pp. 204-205.