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Francesco Saverio Nitti
Prime Minister of Italy | |
| In office June 23, 1919 – June 15, 1920 | |
| Preceded by | Vittorio Emanuele Orlando |
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| Succeeded by | Giovanni Giolitti |
| Born | July 19, 1868 Melfi, Italy |
| Died | February 20, 1953 Rome, Italy |
| Political party | Radical Party |
Francesco Saverio Vincenzo de Paola Nitti (born July 19, 1868 in Melfi; died February 20, 1953 in Rome) was an Italian economist and political figure. A Radical, he served as the prime minister of Italy between 1919 and 1920.
According to the Catholic Encyclopedia ("Theories of Overpopulation"), Nitti (Population and the Social System, 1894) was a staunch critic of English economist Thomas Robert Malthus and his Principle of Population.
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