Luzzatti
LUIGI, Italian statesman, born in 1841, in Venice, of Jewish parents.
In 1867 he became professor of political economy and constitutional law at Padua University. In 1870 he entered politics by being elected to the Chamber of Deputies, after which he soon rose to prominence. He was Minister of Finance 1891-1892 and 1896-1898, and for a short period in 1910 he was Premier.
He is an extreme Liberal, almost a radical, in his politics and is noted for his interest in all working-class movements.