 luigi luzzatti (11 march 1841 â 29 march 1927) was an italian political figure and served as the 31st prime minister of italy between 1910 and 1911. he was italy's second jewish prime minister after alessandro fortis, though predecessor sidney sonnino was of partial jewish ancestry. he is remembered being the founder of the italian credit union movement and for his book dio nella libertÃ  (god in freedom), in which he advocates religious tolerance.luzzatti, luigi. god in freedom: studies in the relations between church and state. this provoked an exchange of correspondence between him and benedetto croce. ==life== luzzatti was born of jewish parents in venice on 11 march 1841. after completing his studies in law at the university of padua, he attracted the attention of the austrian police by his lectures on political economy, and was obliged to emigrate. in 1863 he obtained a professorship at the milan technical institute; in 1867 he was appointed professor of constitutional law at padua, whence he was transferred to the university of rome. gifted with eloquence and energy, he popularized in italy the economic ideas of franz hermann schulze-delitzsch, worked for the establishment of a commercial college at venice, and contributed to the spread of people's banks on a basis of limited liability throughout the country. in 1869 he was appointed by minghetti under secretary of state to the ministry of agriculture and commerce, in which capacity he abolished government control over commercial companies and promoted a state inquiry into the conditions of industry. though theoretically a free trader, he was largely instrumental in creating the italian protective system. in 1877 he participated in the commercial negotiations with france, in 1878 compiled the italian customs tariff, and subsequently took a leading part in the negotiations of all the commercial treaties betw
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