President of the Council of Ministers of the Kingdom of the Two Sicilies
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The Presidents of the Council of Ministers of the Kingdom of the Two Sicilies, served successively from 1816 to 1861 and were 16 individuals who presided over a total of 20 governments; a 21st government, the provisional junta, was not led by any President.
AppointerKing of the Two Sicilies
PrecursorSecretary of State of the Kingdoms of Naples and Sicily
Formation1816
| President of the Council of Ministers of the Kingdom of the Two Sicilies | |
|---|---|
| Kingdom of the Two Sicilies | |
| Seat | Naples |
| Appointer | King of the Two Sicilies |
| Precursor | Secretary of State of the Kingdoms of Naples and Sicily |
| Formation | 1816 |
| First holder | Luigi de' Medici |
| Final holder | Pietro Calà Ulloa |
| Abolished | 1861 |
| Superseded by | President of the Council of Ministers of the Kingdom of Italy |
History
Officially the first president was Luigi de' Medici, in office when in December 1816 the Kingdom of Naples and the Kingdom of Sicily were formally unified into the Kingdom of the Two Sicilies.[1][2]
List of presidents
- Party or placement
Military
| No. | President of the Council | Term | Party | King of the Two Sicilies | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Start | End | ||||||
| 1 | Donato Tommasi (1761–1831) |
January 1815 | 4 June 1815 | – |  Ferdinand I 1759–1825 | ||
| 2 | Tommaso di Somma (1737–1826) |
4 June 1815 | 27 June 1816 | ||||
| 3 | .JPG) |
Luigi de' Medici (1759–1830) |
27 June 1816 | 9 July 1820 | |||
| - | Vacant | 13 July 1820 | March 1821 | ||||
| (2) | Tommaso di Somma (1737–1826) |
March 1821 | June 1822 | ||||
| (3) | |
Luigi de' Medici (1759–1830) |
June 1822 | 25 January 1830 † | |||
| (1) | Donato Tommasi (1761–1831) |
25 January 1830 | 11 March 1831 | .jpg) Francis I 1825–1830 | |||
| 4 | Carlo Avarna (1757–1836) |
19 March 1831 | 18 May 1836 † |  Ferdinand II 1830–1859 | |||
| 5 | Girolamo Ruffo (1771–1839) |
18 May 1836 | 29 November 1839 † | ||||
| 6 |  |
Giuseppe Ceva Grimaldi (1777–1862) |
14 January 1840 | 27 January 1848 | |||
| 7 | Nicola Maresca Donnorso di Serracapriola (1790–1870) |
27 January 1848 | 3 April 1848 | ||||
| 8 |  |
Carlo Troya (1784–1858) |
3 April 1848 | 15 May 1848 | Moderate | ||
| 9 | Gennaro Spinelli (1780–1851) |
15 May 1848 | 7 August 1849 | Murat (conservative) | |||
| 10 |  |
Giustino Fortunato (1777–1862) |
8 August 1849 | 18 January 1852 | Murat (conservative) | ||
| 11 | Ferdinando Troya (1786–1861) |
18 January 1852 | 7 June 1859 | – | |||
| 12 |  |
Carlo Filangieri (1784–1867) |
7 June 1859 | 16 March 1860 | Murat |  Francis II 1859–1861 | |
| 13 |  |
Antonio Statella di Cassaro (1785–1864) |
16 March 1860 | 25 June 1860 | – | ||
| 14 | Antonio Spinelli di Scalea (1795–1884) |
25 June 1860 | 7 September 1860 | ||||
| 15 | Francesco Angelo Casella (1819–1894) |
7 September 1860 | November 1860 | Military | |||
| 16 |  |
Pietro Calà Ulloa (1801–1879) |
November 1860 | 13 February 1861 | – | ||
| 13 February 1861 | 20 September 1870 | ||||||