Carlo Schanzer

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Carlo Schanzer

Carlo Schanzer (18 December 1865 – 23 October 1953) was a Vienna-born Italian jurist and politician. He held several cabinet posts from 1906 to 1922.

Early life and education

Schanzer was born in Vienna on 18 December 1865.[1] His father was a Polish-born business lawyer, and his mother was a pianist.[1] Schanzer had three siblings. His brother Ottone was a musicologist and composer and the other, Roberto, was an engineer and mathematician while his sister, Alice, married Tancredi Galimberti, a well-known poet and writer.[1] In the 1870s the family moved to Milan and then to Rome.[1]

After graduating from a high school in Rome Schanze received a bachelor's degree in law in November 1886.[1] In 1888 he obtained Italian citizenship.[1]

Career

Schanzer was a member of the

Facta cabinet on 25 February 1922.[4][5]

During the

Fascist rule in Italy Schanzer continued his public activities and was appointed minister of state in December 1928.[1] Following the end of the Fascist period Carlo Sforza, high commissioner for the sanctions against fascism, proposed Schanzer's forfeiture on 7 August 1944 based on the verdict of the a higher court dated 21 October 1944.[1] Against the order Schanzer appealed to the Supreme Court of Cassation which annulled the forfeiture on 8 July 1948.[1]

Personal life and death

Schanzer published several articles in different academic journals, including Current History.[6] On 20 July 1899 he married Corinna Centurini with whom he had two daughters, Fulvia and Ludovica.[1]

He died in Rome on 23 October 1953.[1] His grandson was Carlo Ripa di Meana, an Italian politician and noble, who was the son of Fulvia.[7]

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k "Schanzer, Carlo" (in Italian). Treccani. Retrieved 14 January 2022.
  2. ^ a b c d "Collana Storica Della Banca D'Italia Biografie" (PDF) (in Italian). Banca D'Italia (Editori Laterza). 1989. p. 344. Archived from the original (PDF) on 14 January 2022. Retrieved 14 January 2022.
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  4. ^ Aldo A. Mola. "Cronologia Sintetica Della Vita di Giovanni Giolitti". centrogiolittidronero.it (in Italian). Retrieved 14 January 2022.
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  7. ^ "Addio a Carlo Ripa di Meana, due mesi fa la morte della moglie Marina". Today (in Italian). 2 March 2018. Retrieved 14 January 2022.

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