Camillo Corsi

Camillo Corsi (Rome, 13 May 1860 - Rome, 17 July 1921) was an Italian admiral and politician. He served as Minister of the Navy of the Kingdom of Italy in the second Salandra government and the Boselli government.

Early life Corsi was the son of Tito Corsi and his wife Teresa Mazzetti. He enrolled at the Scuola di marina in 1874 and embarked on a naval career when he graduated in 1879. He took part in the Italo-Ethiopian War of 1887–1889 as a tenente (lieutenant. In 1905 he was made chief of staff of Minister of the Navy Carlo Mirabello, where he assisted with the task of modernising and developing the Italian Regia Marina ("Royal Navy"). He was also editor of the Rivista Marittima for several years.

In 1914 he was made commander of the Royal Naval Academy, and in 1915, when Italy entered the World War I, he was appointed commander of the First Naval squadron, with the battleship as is flagship, as well as chief of staff of the fleet. Thereafter Corsi combined his former post with his cabinet role. This arrangement was intended to streamline command and reduce the tensions and disagreements that had plagued the navy since it entered the war. Soon after his ministerial appointment he was also sworn in as a senator of the Kingdom of Italy.

Corsi returned to active naval service, and in 1918 he was moved to an auxiliary role.

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