Marcello Cerruti

Italian diplomat and politician

Marcello Cerruti

Marcello Cerruti between circa 1860 and circa 1865 date

Personal details
Born| (1808-07-16)July 16, 1808
Genova
Died| 12 March 1896(1896-03-12) (aged 87)
Roma

Marcello Cerruti (Genoa, July 16, 1808 – Rome, March 12, 1896) was an Italian diplomat and politician. He was appointed senator of the Kingdom of Italy in 1870.

## Biography

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A fellow student of Giuseppe Mazzini, he entered the diplomatic career of the Kingdom of Sardinia in 1825, at the consulate of Constantinople; he was then assigned to Tripoli (1831), Tunis (1836), Milan (1837) and Cyprus (1841). In 1845 he was a member of the Institute of Archaeological Correspondence in Rome and, in 1847, of the Eastern Archaeological Society of Germany.[1]

After a short period at the Ministry, Cerrutti was chosen as Sardinian consul in Belgrade (1849). Here he provoked the protests of the Austrian government for his action in favour of the Hungarian refugees and the Italian legionaries who took refuge in the Serbian capital.[2]

In 1850 he was recalled to Turin and, two years later, he was appointed Chargé d'affaires and Sardinian consul general in Brazil; in 1858 he held the same post in Buenos Aires. After being sent by Cavour on a special mission to Constantinople (September 1860), he was later appointed Secretary General of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, a position he held from March 26, 1863, to December 30, 1866.[1]

Subsequently he was plenipotentiary minister in Berne (1867), in Washington (1868), in The Hague (April 1869) and in Madrid (July 1869). On December 7, 1870, he was retired and, five days later, appointed Senator of the Kingdom.[1]

## References

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1. ^ a b c "Scheda senatore CERRUTI Marcello". notes9.senato.it. Retrieved February 22, 2021.
2. ^ Università degli Studi di Lecce (1987). La formazione della diplomazia nazionale (1861-1915) Repertorio bio-bibliografico dei funzionari del Ministero degli Affari Esteri (in Italian). Roma: Istituto Poligrafico e Zecca della Stato. pp. 179

## Honors

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Grand cordon of the Order of Saints Maurice and Lazarus – January 27, 1867

Officer of the Order of Leopold of Belgium

Officer of the Legion of Honor

Officer of the Order of the Savior

## External links

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* Marcello Cerruti sul sito dell'Enciclopedia italiana, on treccani.it.
* Photos of Marcello Cerruti in Immaginario Diplomatico \- collection of historical photos of Italian Diplomats by Stefano Baldi

Preceded by

Luigi Corti

|  Italian ambassador to Spain
1869–1870  | Succeeded by

Alberto Blanc

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Preceded by

Joseph Bertinatti

|  Italian Ambassador to the United States
1867–1869  | Succeeded by

Luigi Corti

Preceded by

Giacomo Durando

|  Italian ambassador to the Ottoman Empire
1861–1862  | Succeeded by

Camillo Caracciolo Di Bella

Preceded by

|  Italian ambassador to Argentina
1856–1861  | Succeeded by

Raffaele Ulisse Barbolani

Preceded by

Emilio Visconti Venosta

|  Secretary General of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs
1863–1866  | Succeeded by

Anselmo Guerrieri Gonzaga

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