Carlo Cadorna (8 December 1809, Pallanza – 2 December 1891,

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) was an

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politician and the elder brother of General Raffaele Cadorna. He graduated in law in 1830 at the

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. In 1840, he was elected to the Chamber of Deputies in the constituency of Pallanza. He was the Minister of Education during the government headed by

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. He was rapporteur of the law of secularisation of 29 May 1855 and spoke to a principle of separation of church and state, and that the Church would be responsible only spiritual power on "thoughts, aspirations, beliefs", while the assets of the Church must be under the jurisdiction of the state.Angela Pellicciari , Risorgimento anti-Catholic , Casale Monferrato, Piemme, p. 84 In 1857 Cadorna was elected President of the Chamber of Deputies of the

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, and in 1858 became a senator and appointed Minister of Education in the government led by

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(1858-1859). In 1864 he was the prefect of Turin, and in 1868 Minister of the Interior of the Legislature I of Italy. He was the ambassador to the

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from 1869 to 1875.

Awards

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Order of the Crown of Italy The Order of the Crown of Italy ( or OCI) was founded as a national order in 1868 by King Victor Emmanuel II of Italy, Vittorio Emanuele II, to commemorate Italian unification, the unification of Italy in 1861. It was awarded in five degrees for ...

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*http://notes9.senato.it/Web/senregno.NSF/6c6b53b3c4be04fbc1256ffc004e3641/7aa1cd043170465ec125706900318676?OpenDocument 1809 births 1891 deaths People from the Kingdom of Sardinia University of Turin alumni Ambassadors of Italy to the United Kingdom People from Pallanza Members of the Chamber of Deputies (Kingdom of Sardinia) Government ministers of Italy Members of the Chamber of Deputies (Kingdom of Italy) {{Piedmont-politician-stub