Pietro Tomasi Della Torretta

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Pietro Paolo Tomasi, Margrave della Torretta (born April 7, 1873 in Palermo , † December 4, 1962 in Rome ) was an Italian diplomat and politician. From July 7, 1921 to February 26, 1922 he was in the Bonomi cabinet (1st) Foreign Minister of his country.

Life and diplomatic career

After studying law at the University of Palermo , Tomasi entered the diplomatic service in 1890, in which he rose to head of cabinet (now about: office manager) of Foreign Minister Antonino Paternò-Castello . His first foreign post as head of mission was Munich in 1914/15 as envoy , followed by - already in the rank of Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary Minister - in 1917/18 St. Petersburg and 1919 to 1921 Vienna . In the meantime he had also participated as a member of the Italian delegation at the Paris Peace Conference in 1919 and in 1920 the musician and poet Alice, née. Barbi, used Married Baroness von Wolff-Stomersee . Their daughter from their first marriage later married the nephew Pietros, the writer Giuseppe Tomasi di Lampedusa .

From his position in Vienna he was appointed Foreign Minister. After leaving the government, Tomasi was transferred to London , where he reached the rank of ambassador at the turn of the year 1923/24 and stayed until 1927. As an opponent of Mussolini - Fascism , he was recalled and dismissed from the diplomatic service.

In 1957 he inherited several other nobility titles: he was grande of Spain 1st class, 13th Duke of Palma , 12th Prince of Lampedusa and Baron of Montechiaro.

Political career

Simultaneously with the appointment as foreign minister, he was also appointed senator for life. He remained in this post, which became increasingly unimportant due to the ruling practice of fascism, after 1927. After the occupation of Rome by the Allies in 1944, the Senate was reactivated and on July 20, 1944, Tomasi was elected President. After a referendum on June 2 and 3, 1946, resulted in a majority in favor of the abolition of the monarchy and the royal family left the country on June 18, Tomasi resigned as President of the Senate on June 25.

At the same time as the referendum, the election for the National Constituent Assembly took place, where Tomasi was elected. After the reorganization of the Senate , he was a member again from 1948 to 1953.

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b c d e} Article TOMASI DELLA TORRETTA Pietro on the website of the Italian Senate, accessed on March 22, 2016.

predecessor	Office	successor
Aldo Nobili della Scala	Italian envoy in Bavaria 1914 to 1915	Office dissolved
Andrea Carlotti di Riparbella	Italian ambassador to Russia from 1917 to 1918	Giovanni Amadori (from 1923)
Giuseppe Avarna (until 1915)	Italian envoy to Austria from 1919 to 1921	Luca Orsini Baroni
Giacomo de Martino	Italian Ambassador to the United Kingdom 1922 to 1927	Antonio Chiaramonte Bordonaro