Efisio Cugia
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Efisio Cugia | |
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| Minister of War | |
| In office 22 August 1866 – 10 April 1867 | |
| Preceded by | Ignazio De Genova di Pettinengo |
| Succeeded by | Genova Giovanni Thaon di Revel |
| Minister of the Navy | |
| In office 20 April 1863 – 28 September 1863 | |
| Preceded by | Orazio Di Negro |
| Succeeded by | Alfonso La Marmora |
| Deputy (Kingdom of Italy) | |
| In office 17 March 1861 – 13 February 1872 | |
| Deputy (Kingdom of Sardinia) | |
| In office 15 January 1855 – 17 March 1861 | |
Efisio Cugia di Sant'Orsola (27 April 1818 in Cagliari – 13 February 1872 in Rome) was an Italian general and politician.
Born into a family of Sardinian nobility, he embarked on a military career. After completing his studies at the it: Accademia Reale di Torino, he was appointed Second Lieutenant in the artillery. In 1848 he participated in the first Italian War of Independence and on May 30, in the battle of Goito, he was wounded, which earned him a silver medal of military valor. He went on to earn a second at the battle of Novara.[1][2][3]
During the Second Italian War of Independence. he fought alongside General Enrico Cialdini in the IV division, earning the knight's cross in the Military Order of Savoy for his bravery at the battle of Palestro. After the armistice of Villafranca, he was assigned by king Vittorio Emanuele II to organize the military college of Milan.[2][3]
General in 1860, he was chosen as chief of staff of the army corps; appointed on 12 December of the same year as director for war affairs in southern Italy,[4] relinquishing this post to Genova Giovanni Thaon di Revel when Vittorio Emanuele II, assigned him instead the position of extraordinary commissioner in Sicily, which he held until 21 August 1862.[5][6]
In 1866 he commanded the VIII Division at the Battle of Custoza as a lieutenant general. Subsequently, up to his death in 1872, Cugia held the office of first aide-de-camp to the then crown prince, and later king, Umberto I.[1][3]
