Giuseppe Volpi

Giuseppe Volpi, 1st Count of Misurata (born in Venice on 19 November 1877; died in Rome on 16 November 1947) was an Italian businessman and politician.

Count Volpi developed utilities which brought electricity to Venice, northeast Italy, and the Balkans by 1903.[1]

In 1911-1912, he acted as a negotiator in ending the Italo-Turkish War.[2]

He was the governor of the colony of Tripolitania[3] from 1921 to until 1925.

As Italy's Finance Minister from 1925 until 1928, he successfully negotiated Italy's World War I debt repayment with the United States[4] and with England,[5] and pegged the value of the lira to the value of gold.[6] He was replaced in July 1928 by Antonio Moscini.[7]

He also founded the Venice Film Festival. His son is automobile racing manager Giovanni Volpi.

Notes

  1. ^ "John Berendt, The City of Fallen Angels". Penguin Books, 2005. http://books.google.com/books?id=MrW5d7MZCgUC&pg=PA81&lpg=PA81&dq=%22Giuseppe+Volpi%22&source=bl&ots=jZMJ9p5s9m&sig=60ITM9pcldoQUzObFGErZPghES0&hl=en&ei=CiEUTfinAsqr8AaE8tyRDg&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=9&ved=0CGYQ6AEwCDgU#v=onepage&q=%22Giuseppe%20Volpi%22&f=false. Retrieved 2010-12-23. 
  2. ^ "Volpi's Commission". Time Magazine, November 2, 1925. http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,728594,00.html. Retrieved 2010-12-23. 
  3. ^ "ITALY: Cabinet Changes". Time Magazine, July 20, 1925. http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,881517,00.html. Retrieved 2010-12-23. 
  4. ^ "THE CABINET: Italy's Debt". Time Magazine, November 23, 1925. http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,928711,00.html. Retrieved 2010-12-23. 
  5. ^ "Ratified". Time Magazine, November 15, 1926. http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,721600,00.html. Retrieved 2010-12-23. 
  6. ^ "ITALY: Back on Gold". Time Magazine, January 2, 1928. http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,723395,00.html. Retrieved 2010-12-23. 
  7. ^ "ITALY: Volpi Out". Time Magazine, July 16, 1928. http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,787371,00.html. Retrieved 2010-12-23.