Giacomo Giuseppe Costa
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Giacomo Giuseppe Costa | |
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| Minister of Justice | |
| In office 10 March 1896 – 15 August 1897 | |
| Preceded by | Vincenzo Calenda di Tavani |
| Succeeded by | Antonio di Rudinì |
| Senator | |
| In office 14 June 1886 – 15 August 1897 | |
Giacomo Giuseppe Costa (Milan, 24 November 1833 – Ovada, 15 August 1897) was an Italian magistrate and politician, senator of the Kingdom of Italy and Minister of Justice.[1][2]
While he was still an infant, his father Giacomo died, and his mother, Luigia Missaglia, moved back to Gallarate, where her family looked after them. The young Costa moved from Gallarate back to Milan to finish his studies, intending to enroll at university. However, in 1853, Milan was part of the Kingdom of Lombardy-Venetia, and so Costa was faced with the prospect of compulsory military service for the Austrian Empire - so he left Milan for Genoa, where his late father’s relatives lived.
At the University of Genoa, he enrolled in the faculty of law where he graduated in 1858 with honors. In 1859, after the annexation of Lombardy to the Kingdom of Sardinia, he returned to Milan, participating in government commissions for the examination of the penal and civil code and for the bill revising the judicial system in the new territory. In appreciation of the services rendered in these Commissions, he was invited, in July 1860, to take up a post at the Court of Appeal of Milan, where he remained until 1867 with the rank of Deputy Attorney General. During his career in the judiciary, he served as Attorney General at the Courts of Appeal of Venice, Genoa, Ancona and Palermo.[1][3]
On 12 June 1885, Giuseppe Mantellini, creator of the State Attorney's Office, died and Prime Minister Agostino Depretis invited Costa to succeed him.[1][2]
