Given the question: Facts: - death place: turin , kingdom of italy - signature: camillo benso , conte di cavour signature.svg - order: 1st affairs italian minister of navy prime minister of the kingdom prime of sardinia minister of italy italian minister of foreign - successor: bettino alfonso ferrero la marmora '' office abolished '' ricasoli bettino ricasoli luigi federico , count menabrea - party: moderate -lrb- 1861 -rrb- party -lrb- 1848 -- 1861 -rrb- historical right - monarch: victor vittorio emanuele ii emmanuel ii victor emmanuel ii vittorio emanuele ii - predecessor: '' office created '' massimo d'azeglio alfonso ferrero la marmora office created '' '' position created '' '' - primeminister: '' himself '' '' himself '' - death date: 6 june 1861 - term end: 6 19 july 1859 23 march 1861 june 1861 6 june 1861 6 june 1861 - term start: 23 4 november 1852 21 january 1860 march 1861 23 march 1861 23 march 1861 - birth date: 10 august 1810 - name: camillo benso , count of cavour - nationality: italian - image: camillo benso cavour di ciseri.jpg - birth place: turin , first french empire - religion: roman catholic Based on these bullet points, write a short biography describing the life of camillo benso , count of cavour .
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camillo paolo filippo giulio benso , count of cavour , of isolabella and of leri -lrb- august 10 , 1810 -- june 6 , 1861 -rrb- , generally known as cavour -lrb- -rrb- was an italian statesman and a leading figure in the movement toward italian unification .he was the founder of the original liberal party and prime minister of the kingdom of piedmont-sardinia , a position he maintained -lrb- except for a six-month resignation -rrb- throughout the second italian war of independence and garibaldi 's campaigns to unite italy .after the declaration of a united kingdom of italy , cavour took office as the first prime minister of italy ; he died after only three months in office , and thus did not live to see venetia or rome added to the new italian nation .cavour put forth several economic reforms in his native region of piedmont in his earlier years , and founded the political newspaper '' il risorgimento '' .after being elected to the chamber of deputies , he quickly rose in rank through the piedmontese government , coming to dominate the chamber of deputies through a union of left-center and right-center politicians .after a large rail system expansion program , cavour became prime minister in 1852 .as prime minister , cavour successfully negotiated piedmont 's way through the crimean war , the second italian war of independence , and garibaldi 's expeditions , managing to maneuver piedmont diplomatically to become a new great power in europe , controlling a nearly united italy that was five times as large as piedmont had been before he came to power .