The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001-07.
Rattazzi, Urbano
(rbä´n rät-tät´ts) (KEY) , 1808–73, Italian premier (1862, 1867). A leader of the left in the Sardinian parliament, he was briefly (1849) minister of the interior and later held cabinet posts as a strong supporter of Cavour until the two quarreled (1857). Rattazzi was again minister of the interior (1859–60). After the unification of Italy in 1861, he was twice premier; both his resignations as premier arose from trouble with Garibaldi, who attempted to take Rome during Rattazzi’s premierships.
rbä´n
rät-tät´ts
) (KEY) , 1808–73, Italian premier (1862, 1867). A leader of the left in the Sardinian parliament, he was briefly (1849) minister of the interior and later held cabinet posts as a strong supporter of Cavour until the two quarreled (1857). Rattazzi was again minister of the interior (1859–60). After the unification of Italy in 1861, he was twice premier; both his resignations as premier arose from trouble with Garibaldi, who attempted to take Rome during Rattazzi’s premierships.
