Luigi Ferraris (politician)

Luigi Ferraris (6 March 1813 – 17 October 1900) was an Italian politician, who was Senator and minister in the Kingdom of Italy.

A liberal in politics, in 1847 signed a protest manifesto against the brutal suppression of a riot in 1847 asking reforms to king Charles Albert of Sardinia.

He was elected in the Piedmontese parliament (the Parlamento Subalpino) in 1848, defeating future prime minister Camillo Benso, Conte di Cavour.

In 1848 he was a supporter of the First Italian War of Independence, while in 1864, after the Unification of Italy, he opposed to the transferring of the capital from Turin to Florence.

Ferraris was mayor of Turin from January 1878 to October 1882 and held for a long period the position of provincial president.