Camillo Finocchiaro Aprile

Finocchiaro Aprile was born in Palermo on 28 January 1851.^[1] He received a degree in law in 1873 and was elected as a municipal councilor in Palermo while studying law.^[1]

He served at the Parliament from 1882 to his death in 1916.^[2] He was the minister of posts and telegraphs between May 1892 and November 1893 in the first Giolitti cabinet.^[1] He also served as the minister of justice for three terms (1898–1899; 1905–1906; 1911–1914).^[2] He was the vice president of the Parliament for four times in the period between 1895 and 1916 with some intervals.^[2] He died in Rome on 26 January 1916.^[1]

One of his children, Andrea Finocchiaro Aprile, was among the leaders of the Movement for Sicilian Independence.^[3]

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