Giuseppe Mazzini
Giuseppe Mazzini (UK: /mætˈsiːni/, US: /mɑːtˈ-, mɑːdˈziːni/, Italian: [dʒuˈzɛppe matˈtsiːni]; 22 June 1805 – 10 March 1872) was an Italian politician, journalist, and activist for the unification of Italy (Risorgimento) and spearhead of the Italian revolutionary movement. His efforts helped bring about the independent and unified Italy in place of the several separate states, many dominated by foreign powers, that existed until the 19th century. An Italian nationalist in the historical radical tradition and a proponent of a republicanism of social-democratic inspiration, Mazzini helped define the modern European movement for popular democracy in a republican state.
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Mazzini in 1860 | |
| Triumvir of the Roman Republic | |
| In office 5 February – 3 July 1849 | |
| Preceded by | Aurelio Saliceti |
| Succeeded by | Aurelio Saliceti |
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| Born | 22 June 1805 Genoa, Gênes, First French Empire |
| Died | 10 March 1872 (aged 66) Pisa, Kingdom of Italy |
| Nationality | Italian |
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| Alma mater | University of Genoa |
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Notable ideas | Pan-Europeanism, irredentism (Italian), popular democracy, class collaboration |
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Mazzini's thoughts had a very considerable influence on the Italian and European republican movements, in the Constitution of Italy, about Europeanism and more nuanced on many politicians of a later period, among them American president Woodrow Wilson, British prime minister David Lloyd George, Mahatma Gandhi, Indian prime minister Jawaharlal Nehru, Indian independence activist Vinayak Damodar Savarkar, and Israeli prime minister Golda Meir.