Eugenio Bergamasco (1858–1940) was an Italian engineer and politician. Being a member of the

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he held different cabinet posts.

Early life and education

Bergamasco was born in

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, on 15 April 1858. He was a graduate of the Higher Technical Institute in Milan and received a bachelor's degree in

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Career

Bergamasco founded the Lomellina Agricultural Cooperative Bank in 1894 which he also headed. In 1898 he established the Lomellina Agricultural Consortium and served as its president. He was the president of the Provincial Council of Pavia in 1908 Then he served as the mayor of

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. Between 1900 and 1909 he was a member of the

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. He was elected to the

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from the Liberal Democrats in November 1913 and served there for three terms. He then joined the Democratic Union of which he was elected vice-president. Bergamasco was the state secretary at the Ministry of the Navy in the Luzatti cabinet between 2 April 1910 and 29 March 1911 and in the Giolitti cabinet between 30 March 1911 and 24 November 1913. He was appointed minister of the navy on 4 July 1921 to the

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led by

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Francesco Saverio Nitti Francesco Saverio Vincenzo de Paola Nitti (; 19 July 1868 – 20 February 1953) was an Italian economist and statesman. A member of the Italian Radical Party, Nitti served as Prime Minister of Italy between 1919 and 1920. An opponent of the ...

. Bergamasco's tenure ended on 26 February 1922.

Personal life and death

Bergamasco was married and had four sons. He died in Milan on 11 June 1940.

Honours

Bergamasco was the recipient of the following: Commander of the

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 ...

(4 April 1909); Grand Officer of the Order of the Crown of Italy (25 June 1911); Grand Cordon of the Order of the Crown of Italy (27 June 1913); Commander of the

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(7 July 1910); Grand officer of the Order of Saints Maurice and Lazarus (1912) and Grand cordon of the Order of Saints Maurice and Lazarus (5 January 1922).

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Bergamasco, Eugenio 19th-century Italian engineers 20th-century Italian engineers 1858 births 1940 deaths Government ministers of Italy Italian civil engineers People from Vercelli Mayors of places in Italy Grand Officers of the Order of Saints Maurice and Lazarus Italian Reformist Socialist Party politicians Members of the Senate of the Kingdom of Italy Ministers of the navy of Italy