Enrico Morin
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5 May 1841
Enrico Morin | |
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| Born | Enrico Costantino Morin[1] 5 May 1841 |
| Died | 13 September 1910 (aged 69) Forte dei Marmi, Kingdom of Italy |
| Occupation | Admiral |
Enrico Morin (1841–1910) was an Italian admiral and politician who held several cabinet posts.
Morin was born in Genoa on 5 May 1841.[2] His father was an officer of the commissariat of the royal navy of the Kingdom of Sardinia.[2]
Between 1852 and 1857 he attended the royal navy school in Genoa.[2]
Military and political career
Morin joined the campaign of 1860–1861 as a lieutenant.[3] He was named the commanding officer of the steam frigate Giuseppe Garibaldi in a world tour that lasted from 1879 to 1882.[3] He taught tactics and ballistics at the Genoa navy school and then taught naval art at the Turin war school.[3] He was promoted to rear admiral in 1888 and served as the undersecretary of state at the Ministry of the Navy in two cabinets led by Prime Minister Francesco Crispi.[3][4] Morin's first term was between 1893 and 1894, and his second term was from 1894 to 1896.[3] He held the same post in the cabinet of Giuseppe Saracco (1900–1901) and also in the cabinet of Giuseppe Zanardelli (1901–1903).[3] Morin also served as the ad interim minister of war from April 1902 and as the foreign minister in 1903 for a short time.[2] From 1 February 1904 to 9 April 1905 he was commander-in-chief of the naval squadron in the Mediterranean, and then headed the maritime department of La Spezia.[2]
