Minister of Public Works (Italy)
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The Ministry of Public Works was a ministry in the government of Italy dealing with all infrastructure matters, including roads, motorways, railways, ports, airports and other means of transport. It was set up in 1860 and first held by Stefano Jacini
. It was suppressed in the Bassanini reforms of 199, enacted in 2001. It is now merged into the Ministry of Infrastructure and Transport.
Stefano Jacini
Count Stefano Jacini was an Italian statesman and economist.Born at Casalbuttano, he was descended from an old and wealthy Lombard family. He studied in Switzerland, at Milan, and in German universities. During the period of the Austrian restoration in Lombardy he devoted himself to literary and...
. It was suppressed in the Bassanini reforms of 199, enacted in 2001. It is now merged into the Ministry of Infrastructure and Transport.