Stefano Jacini (politician, born 1826)

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{{Infobox person | name = Count Stefano Jacini | image = Stefano Jacini.jpg| | caption = | birth_date = 20 June 1826 | birth_place = [[Casalbuttano ed Uniti|Casalbuttano]], Lombardy, Italy | death_date = {{death date and age|15 March 1891|20 June 1826|df=y}} | death_place = [[Milan]], Italy | occupation = Statesman, Economist | known_for = Minister of Public Works, Contributions to Italian railways and agricultural studies | alma_mater = | awards = | spouse = | children = | parents = | relatives = | title = | signature = }} Count '''Stefano Jacini''' (Casalbuttano, 20 June 1826 – Milan, 15 March 1891) was an Italian [[politician|statesman]] and [[economist]].<ref name=":0">{{Citation |title=DICTIONARY OF POLITICAL ECONOMY pages 351 to 470 |date=2015 |work=Dictionary of Political Economy |volume=2 |pages=470 |editor-last=Palgrave |editor-first=R. H. Inglis |url=https://www.cambridge.org/core/books/dictionary-of-political-economy/dictionary-of-political-economy-pages-351-to-470/6B3A3FBAAEC1830DC49F5FE9EFE3D275 |series=Cambridge Library Collection - British and Irish History, 19th Century |publisher=Cambridge University Press |doi=10.1017/CBO9781316106617.005 |isbn=978-1-108-08038-5|url-access=subscription }}</ref>

Born at [[Casalbuttano ed Uniti|Casalbuttano]], Jacini was descended from an old and wealthy [[Lombardy|Lombard]] family. He studied in [[Switzerland]], at [[Milan]], and in [[Germany|German]] universities. During the period of the Austrian restoration in [[Lombardy]] (1849–1859) he devoted himself to literary and economic studies. For his work on ''La Proprietà fondiaria in Lombardia'' (Milan, 1856) he received a prize from the Milanese ''Società d'incoraggiamento di scienze e lettere'' and was made a member of the [[Istituto Lombardo]]. In another work, ''Sulle condizioni economiche della Valtellina'' (Milan, 1858, translated into English by W. E. Gladstone), he exposed the evils of Austrian rule, and he drew up a report on the general conditions of [[Lombardy]] and [[Venetia (region)|Venetia]] for [[Camillo Benso, conte di Cavour|Cavour]].

He was [[minister of Public Works (Italy)|minister of Public Works]] under Cavour in 1860–1861, in 1864 under [[Alfonso Ferrero la Marmora|La Marmora]], and down to 1867 under [[Bettino Ricasoli]]. In 1866 he presented a bill favoring Italy's participation in the construction of the [[Gotthard Rail Tunnel]]. He was instrumental in bringing about the alliance with [[Kingdom of Prussia|Prussia]] for the [[Seven Weeks War|war of 1866 against Austria]], and in the organization of the Italian railways. From 1881 to 1886 he was president of the commission to inquire into the agricultural conditions of Italy, and edited the voluminous report on the subject.<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Haywood |first=Geoff |date=2006 |title=Understanding Stefano Jacini |url=https://doi.org/10.1080/13545710600979859 |journal=Journal of Modern Italian Studies |volume=11 |issue=4 |pages=543–550 |doi=10.1080/13545710600979859 |issn=1354-571X|url-access=subscription }}</ref> He was created senator in 1870, and given the title of count in 1880. He died in 1891.

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*{{1911|wstitle=Jacini, Stefano, Count|volume=15|page=106}}

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