The prime minister of the Kingdom of Sardinia (), officially known as the president of the Council of Ministers of the Kingdom of Sardinia (), was the head of government of the Kingdom of Sardinia, which was de facto based in Piedmont (de jure since the Perfect Fusion of 1847) and as a result is also known as Piedmont–Sardinia, and is the legal predecessor of the Kingdom of Italy and thus of the office of prime minister of Italy.
The office was created in 1730 as Grand Chancellor (). After a brief break of two years in 1740 and another after 1745, the office was revived in 1756 as First Secretary of State (). Following another break after 1763, the office reverted back to that of Grand Chancellor between 1768–1779 and 1789–1793. The office, known in English as prime minister, was revived with the granting of the Albertine Statute in 1848 until the proclamation of the Kingdom of Italy in 1861.
Heads of government of the Kingdom of Sardina (1730–1848) Grand ChancellorTerm startTerm endGiovanni Cristoforo Zoppi17301740Carlo Vincenzo Ferrero d'Ormea17421745
First Secretary of StateTerm startTerm endGiuseppe Osorio Alarcòn17561763
Grand ChancellorTerm startTerm endCarlo Luigi Caissotti17681779Giuseppe Ignazio Corte17891793
Prime ministers of the Kingdom of Sardinia (1848–1861) Political parties
Governments
+ PortraitNameTerm of officePolitical partyCabinetCompositionLegislatureMonarchTook officeLeft officeTime in officeCesare Balbo18 March184827 July1848Moderate PartyBalboModerate • MilitaryICharles AlbertGabrio Casati27 July184815 August1848Moderate PartyCasatiModerate • MilitaryCesare Alfieri di Sostegno15 August184811 October1848Moderate PartyAlfieriModerate • MilitaryEttore Perrone di San Martino11 October184816 December1848MilitaryPerroneModerate • MilitaryVincenzo Gioberti16 December184821 February1849Moderate PartyGiobertiModerate • MilitaryAgostino Chiodo21 February184927 March1849MilitaryChiodoModerate • MilitaryIIClaudio Gabriele de Launay27 March18497 May1849MilitaryDe LaunayModerate • MilitaryIIIVictor Emmanuel IIMassimo d'Azeglio7 May184921 May1852Moderate PartyD'Azeglio IModerate • MilitaryIV21 May185222 October1852D'Azeglio IICamillo Benso di Cavour22 October18524 May1855Moderate PartyCavour IModerate • MilitaryV4 May185519 July1859Cavour IIVIAlfonso Ferrero La Marmora19 July185921 January1860MilitaryLa Mormora IModerate • MilitaryCamillo Benso di Cavour21 January186023 March1861Moderate PartyCavour IIIModerate • MilitaryVII
Timeline
See also Council of Ministers Council of Ministers (Italy) Kingdom of Sardinia Kingdom of Sardinia (1324–1720) King of Italy List of prime ministers of Italy
References
Bibliography General
Individual prime ministers