Antonio Starabba, marquis di Rudinì

Antonio Starabba, marquis di Rudinì (born April 16, 1839, Palermo, Sicily, Kingdom of the Two Sicilies [now in Italy]—died Aug. 7, 1908, Rome, Italy) was an Italian statesman, premier of Italy (1891–92, 1896–98). A member of an aristocratic but liberal Sicilian family, Rudinì joined the revolutionaries of 1860, and, in 1864, following the Piedmontese annexation, he was appointed mayor of Palermo. In that post Rudinì successfully resisted the opponents of national unity who for a...