Giovanni Ricci (29 March 1813 in

Genoa Genoa ( ; ; ) is a city in and the capital of the Italian region of Liguria, and the sixth-largest city in Italy. As of 2025, 563,947 people live within the city's administrative limits. While its metropolitan city has 818,651 inhabitan ...

– 5 October 1892 in Oviglio) was an Italian naval captain and politician.

Family background

Giovanni Ricci belonged to the noble Genoese house of the Marquises Ricci; his brothers were the Marquis Vincenzo Ricci, who served as a minister in several governments of the

Kingdom of Sardinia The Kingdom of Sardinia, also referred to as the Kingdom of Sardinia and Corsica among other names, was a State (polity), country in Southern Europe from the late 13th until the mid-19th century, and from 1297 to 1768 for the Corsican part of ...

: diplomat and senator Alberto Ricci; and General Giuseppe Ricci, Deputy for

La Spezia La Spezia (, or ; ; , in the local ) is the capital city of the province of La Spezia and is located at the head of the Gulf of La Spezia in the southern part of the Liguria region of Italy. La Spezia is the second-largest city in the Liguria ...

Naval and political career

He graduated from the naval school in 1828 and rose through the ranks until he became Navy officer until he reached the rank of captain in 1855. He retired from the navy in 1858. He was elected deputy for Genoa first in the Chamber of Deputies of the Kingdom of Sardinia, and then the Chamber of the Kingdom of Italy. He was appointed Minister of the Navy in the Farini government on 8 December 1862, but resigned on 22 January 1863 and was replaced shortly afterwards by Orazio Di Negro. He was appointed to the Senate in 1873.

Honours

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Ricci, Giovanni 1813 births 1892 deaths People from Genoa Members of the Senate of the Kingdom of Italy Members of the Chamber of Deputies (Kingdom of Italy) Members of the Chamber of Deputies (Kingdom of Sardinia) Ministers of the navy of Italy People from the Kingdom of Sardinia