Giuseppe Volpi

Giuseppe Volpi.

Giuseppe Volpi, 1st Count of Misurata (19 November 1877 – 16 November 1947) was an Italian businessman and politician.

Count Volpi developed utilities which brought electricity to Venice, northeast Italy, and the Balkans by 1903.^[1]

In 1911-1912, he acted as a negotiator in ending the Italo-Turkish War.^[2]

He was the governor of the colony of Tripolitania^[3] from 1921 to until 1925.

As Italy's Finance Minister from 1925 until 1928, he successfully negotiated Italy's World War I debt repayment with the United States^[4] and with England,^[5] and pegged the value of the lira to the value of gold.^[6] He was replaced in July 1928 by Antonio Moscini.^[7]

He also founded the Venice Film Festival. His son is automobile racing manager Giovanni Volpi. He is also great grandfather to Nuvola Pratt Boragno Volpi, gatta Della vita, next in line to the royal bloodline.

Notes

↑ "John Berendt, The City of Fallen Angels". Penguin Books, 2005. Retrieved 2010-12-23.
↑ "Volpi's Commission". Time Magazine, November 2, 1925. 1925-11-02. Retrieved 2010-12-23.
↑ "ITALY: Cabinet Changes". Time Magazine, July 20, 1925. 1925-07-20. Retrieved 2010-12-23.
↑ "THE CABINET: Italy's Debt". Time Magazine, November 23, 1925. 1925-11-23. Retrieved 2010-12-23.
↑ "Ratified". Time Magazine, November 15, 1926. 1926-02-15. Retrieved 2010-12-23.
↑ "ITALY: Back on Gold". Time Magazine, January 2, 1928. 1928-01-02. Retrieved 2010-12-23.
↑ "ITALY: Volpi Out". Time Magazine, July 16, 1928. 1928-07-16. Retrieved 2010-12-23.

Government offices
Preceded by Luigi Mercatelli	Governor of Tripolitana 1921–1925	Succeeded by Emilio De Bono
Preceded by Alberto De Stefani	Minister of Finance and Treasury 1925–1928	Succeeded by Antonio Mosconi
Business positions
Preceded by Alberto Pirelli	President of Confindustria 1934–1943	Succeeded by Giovanni Balella

Italian Governors of Tripolitania and Cyrenaica

Governors of Tripolitania (1911–1934)	Raffaele Borea Ricci D'Olmo Carlo Caneva Ottavio Ragni Vincenzo Garioni Giorgio Cigliana Luigi Druetti Giulio Cesare Tassoni Giovanni Ameglio Vincenzo Garioni Vittorio Menzinger Luigi Mercatelli Giuseppe Volpi Emilio De Bono Pietro Badoglio^tc

Governors of Cyrenaica (1912–1935)	Ottavio Briccola Giovanni Ameglio Vincenzo Garioni Giacomo De Martino Luigi Pintor Eduardo Baccari Luigi Bongiovanni Ernesto Mombelli Attilio Teruzzi Domenico Siciliani^v Rodolfo Graziani^vh Guglielmo Nasi^vh

tc = G. of Tripolitania and Cyrenaica. v = Deputy of the G. of Cyrenaica (G. of Tripolitania). h = Honorary since 1-1-1934.

Authority control	WorldCat Identities VIAF: 88799976 LCCN: n87898613 ISNI: 0000 0000 8023 566X GND: 118805703 SUDOC: 050590030 BNF: cb10685081w (data)

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