He undertook an ambitious railroad-building program as Minister of Commerce and Agriculture, which propelled him to the post of Prime Minister.
Early in his career, this politician published an essay "On Railroads in" his homeland in the journal La Revue Nouvelle. He undertook an ambitious railroad-building program as Minister of Commerce and Agriculture, which propelled him to the post of Prime Minister. Later, he was briefly replaced by Alfonso La Marmora. This politician united rightist and leftist factions by the connubio, and he secretly arranged for French military aid to his country against Austria via the (*) Plombieres Agreement, which he signed with Napoleon III. Though not a monarch, this man spearheaded the effort to join his own country with the lands conquered by Garibaldi. For 10 points, name this Piedmontese politician who became the first Prime Minister of Italy.
Early in his career, this politician published an essay "On Railroads in" his homeland in the journal La Revue Nouvelle.
Camillo Benso, Count of Cavour [accept either]