Camillo Benso, Count of Cavour
After the unification of Italy in 1861, Camillo Benso, Count of Cavour, invited him to become minister for agriculture in the short-lived first government of the new Kingdom of Italy. Natoli was made a Senator of Italy and appointed "prefetto" ("governor") of Brescia, but was dismissed after troops opened fire on a crowd on 16 May 1862. He was then "prefetto" of Siena for about two weeks.