Attilio Lavagna

Professor Attilio Lavagna was born in Cagliari on 13 November 1872 to Carlo and Virginia Thorosano. He lived most of his life in the Italian region of Piedmont. He was appointed advisor of the Italian government under the Giovanni Giolitti government (1920–1921) and counselor in the Italian Supreme Court.

Lavagna is often cited in publications and studies regarding the relations between Italy and China in the interwar period. No author has published a biography about his personal and professional life so far. A testimony of his work is available at the archive of the Italian Ministry of Justice (file 65388). Lavagna served as adviser of Chiang Kai-shek nationalist government with the task of proposing the revision of the new penal code and contributed to drafting the new constitution of China.

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