Giuseppe Zanardelli

Prime Minister of Italy

29 October 1826 Brescia, Kingdom of Lombardy–Venetia

26 December 1903(1903-12-26) (77) Maderno, Kingdom of Italy

15 February 1901 – 3 November 1903

Giuseppe Zanardelli (29 October 1826  – 26 December 1903) was an Italian jurist and political figure. He served as the Prime Minister of Italy from 15 February 1901 to 3 November 1903. An eloquent orator, he was also a Grand Master freemason. Zanardelli, representing the bourgeoisie from Lombardy, personified the classical 19th-century liberalism, committed to suffrage expansion, anticlericalism, civil liberties, free trade and laissez-faire economics. Throughout his long political career, he was among the most ardent advocates of freedom of conscience and divorce.