Salvatore Barzilai

Salvatore Barzilai (5 July 1860 – May 1939) was an Italian jurist, journalist and politician who was one of the leaders of the Republican Party. He served as the minister for the lands freed by the enemy for one year between 1915 and 1916.

Early life and education Barzilai was born in Trieste on 5 July 1860 into a Jewish family.

Barzilai obtained a degree in law from the University of Bologna. He also served as the president of the party, but resigned from the office following the Congress in Ancona held in 20–22 May 1912.

On 16 July 1915 Barzilai was appointed minister for the lands freed by the enemy to the cabinet led by Prime Minister Antonio Salandra and was in office until 18 July 1916. In September 1920 he was elected to the Italian Senate. In his first term as its president Barzilai encouraged the Chamber of Deputies to take some steps to restrict the Italian press with the goal of economic and nationalistic defense of the Kingdom. He died in Rome in May 1939.