Luigi Pelloux

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Luigi Pelloux

Luigi Pelloux (born March 1, 1839 in La Roche-sur-Foron , Savoy , † October 26, 1924 in Bordighera ) was an Italian general , politician and President of the Council of Ministers (Prime Minister).

Life

His parents were originally citizens of the Kingdom of Piedmont-Sardinia and retained them when Savoy was ceded to the French Empire in 1860 . In 1857 Pelloux joined the Piedmontese army as a lieutenant and took part in the campaigns of 1859 and 1866, where he received the military medal of honor for his service in the battle of Custozza . He also commanded the reserve artillery division as major in 1870 , which broke through the city wall at Porta Pia during the occupation of Rome , whereupon the unification of Italy was completed. In 1878 he was promoted to colonel .

In 1881 Pelloux was elected as a member of the left in the new Italian parliament , where he would keep a seat until 1895. Eleven years earlier he had worked in the War Department and finally, in 1880, became Secretary General there , after he had been promoted to Major General in 1885 . In 1889 he was temporarily inspector of the Alpine troops. In this office he had carried out many necessary reforms in the military system, which certainly contributed to his being in the cabinets of Rudini and Giolitti between February 6, 1891 - after he had been promoted to lieutenant general and division commander - until May 15, 1892 and then served as Minister of War until November 28, 1893 . In 1896 Pelloux became a senator . He also took over the War Ministry after Ricotti's resignation on July 14, 1896, but resigned on December 4, 1897. After his resignation, he was sent to Bari as royal representative in May 1898 to restore order there, but without applying martial law.

After the resignation of the Rudini government in June 1898, General Pelloux was commissioned by King Umberto I on June 28 to form the cabinet and was Prime Minister and Minister of the Interior . A year later, in May 1899, he resigned again because of the unsuccessful policy on China , but was again charged with forming a new cabinet. He then cracked down on the revolutionary movements in the south of the country, which is why the new cabinet largely consisted of the military and conservatives.

Due to the resignation of War Minister Giuseppe Mirri on January 8, 1900 because of his ties to the Mafia, he temporarily took over the War Ministry.

On June 18, 1900, Pelloux finally resigned from all government offices because of the unfavorable elections to the Chamber of Deputies. On October 29, 1901, he was finally given command of the Turin I Army Corps. Pelloux retired on June 15, 1902.

Luigi Pelloux died in Bordighera on October 26, 1924.

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ The Coron Chronicle - the 20th Century: 1900–1903 . P. 8, ISBN 3-577-17101-4 .
personal data
SURNAME Pelloux, Luigi
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Pelloux, Luigi Girolamo (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Italian general and politician
DATE OF BIRTH March 1, 1839
PLACE OF BIRTH La Roche-sur-Foron , Savoy
DATE OF DEATH October 26, 1924
Place of death Bordighera