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Giovanni Filippo Galvagno

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Giovanni Filippo Galvagno
Giovanni Filippo Galvagno
Minister of the Interior of the Kingdom of Sardinia
In office
21 October 1849 – 26 February 1852
MonarchVictor Emmanuel II of Savoy
Preceded byPier Dionigi Pinelli
Succeeded byAlessandro Pernati of Momo
Minister of Agriculture and Trade of the Kingdom of Sardinia
In office
27 March 1849 – 6 May 1849
First MinisterClaudio Gabriele de Launay
Preceded byDomenico Buffa
In office
7 May 1849 – 20 October 1849
Succeeded byAntonio Mathieu
In office
5 August 1850 – 11 October 1850
Preceded byPietro De Rossi Di Santarosa
Succeeded byCamillo Benso, Count of Cavour
Minister of Public Works of the Kingdom of Sardinia
In office
27 March 1849 – 6 May 1849
First MinisterClaudio Gabriele de Launay
Preceded bySebastiano Tecchio
In office
7 May 1849 – 20 October 1849
First MinisterMassimo d'Azeglio
Succeeded byPietro De Rossi Di Santarosa
Minister of Grace and Justice and Ecclesiastical Affairs of the Kingdom of Sardinia
In office
4 February 1851 – 6 July 1851
Preceded byGiuseppe Siccardi
Succeeded byGiovanni de Foresta
In office
27 February 1852 – 16 May 1852
Preceded byGiovanni de Foresta
Succeeded byCarlo Bon Compagni of Mombello
Senator of the Kingdom of Italy
In office
29 February 1860 – 27 March 1874
Deputy of the Kingdom of Sardinia
Personal details
Born(1801-08-22)22 August 1801
Torino
Died27 March 1874(1874-03-27) (aged 72)
Turin
Professionmagistrate

Giovanni Filippo Galvagno (22 August 1801 – 27 March 1874) was an Italian lawyer and politician. He served in the Chamber of Deputies and Senate of the Kingdom of Sardinia. He was mayor of Turin under the Kingdom of Italy.

Biography

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He was a lawyer at the Magistrate of Appeals of Piedmont and patrimonial lawyer to the king.

He was a deputy to the parliament of the Kingdom of Sardinia in five terms, between 1848 and 1857. In 1849 he was appointed Minister of Public Works by Victor Emmanuel II, and later also served as Minister of the Interior (from 1849 to 1852), agriculture and justice.[1] In 1860 he became a senator.

A town councilor of Turin for more than twenty years (from 1848 to his death), he was also its mayor from 1866 to 1869. He found himself administering the city at a difficult time: the capital of Italy had recently been transferred to Florence, and there was fear of a serious economic crisis.[2] Upon his appointment, he received from his predecessor, Marquis Emanuele Luserna di Rorà, a precise mandate: "Turin shall become the Manchester of Italy", that is, the capital of industrialization. Galvagno strove to achieve this goal by promoting the construction of canals for energy production, although he had to fall back for lack of funds on a less ambitious project than the one envisioned by Luserna di Rorà, the Ceronda canal.[1]

He also held the position of president of the Turin Philharmonic Academy.[3]

He died in Turin in 1874 and was buried in the Fedio dei decurioni torinesi.

Preceded by
Emanuele Luserna di Rorà
Mayor of Turin
1866–1869
Succeeded by
Cesare Valperga di Masino

References

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  1. ^ a b "Scheda senatore GALVAGNO Filippo".
  2. ^ "Galvagno, Giovanni Filippo - Enciclopedia". Treccani (in Italian). Retrieved 2024-10-01.
  3. ^ FILIPPO GALVAGNO, Legislatura V del Regno