Can some people give me an assesment of him; I can't seem to find that much on him, really. 
What was his political stance?
What was his political stance?-
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Vittorio Emanuele Orlando (19 May 1860- 1 Dec. 1952)
Born in Palermo, he graduated very young: at the age of 22 he was already a professor of Law in the Unversity of Palermo and then (1885) of Modena and (1886) of Messina. Between 1888 and 1900 he was again a professor in the University of Palermo; then he teached Public Law in Rome untill 1921 and Constitutional Law untill 1931, when he resigned to avoid to swear to be faithful to Fascism (only a dozen of professors resigned, the others swore).
Meanwhile he had started his political career. In 1897 he was elected deputy (he was reelected many times, untill he resigned in 1925). His political position is rather like that of Zanardelli and Giolitti: center-left, liberal. He was minister of Instruction during the 2nd Giolitti govern (1903-05) and then minister of Justice in the 3rd Giolitti govern (1907-09). In 1914 he abandoned the political line of Giolitti (who was a neutralist) and supported the interventists and an alliance with France, UK and Russia. He became minister of Justice in the authoritarian govern of Salandra (1914-16) and then minister of the Interior in the moderate govern of Boselli (1916-17). After the defeat of Caporetto he was choosen as Prime Minister (29 Oct. 1917). His behaivour during the inquiry for the defeat was at least ambigous: he wanted gen. Luigi Cadorna to be replaced by gen. Armando Diaz, but he covered the mistakes of gen. Pietro Badoglio (it has been alleged because they were both freemasons).
He avoided too many interferences from the Allies, and gave all his support to the new strategy of Diaz. After the victory, he led the Italian delegation in Versailles, but the support given by Wilson to Yugoslavs, Orlando's ignorance of French and English languages and the political problems in Italy (socialists, unemployement, distrastous financial situation, huge debt with the USA and UK, etc.) led to the "pace mutilata" ("mutilated peace") of Versailles that gave less lands than those promised by the pact of London (1915). After that treaty, Orlando resigned to protest against it and started supporting far-right movements like Fascism. He, like almost all the politicians that had governed Italy before WW1, thought that Fascism was useful to avoid a communist revolution, and then they might have returned to the govern. Instead Fascism became a regime, not only a temporary solution, and Orlando, after having been elected in the coalition led by Mussolini, resigned in 1925. In 1931 he abandoned the public life.
After WW2 he was against the peace of Paris, but his political influence was very limited, and the parlament ratified it. He became senator in 1948 and died in Rome in 1952.
Born in Palermo, he graduated very young: at the age of 22 he was already a professor of Law in the Unversity of Palermo and then (1885) of Modena and (1886) of Messina. Between 1888 and 1900 he was again a professor in the University of Palermo; then he teached Public Law in Rome untill 1921 and Constitutional Law untill 1931, when he resigned to avoid to swear to be faithful to Fascism (only a dozen of professors resigned, the others swore).
Meanwhile he had started his political career. In 1897 he was elected deputy (he was reelected many times, untill he resigned in 1925). His political position is rather like that of Zanardelli and Giolitti: center-left, liberal. He was minister of Instruction during the 2nd Giolitti govern (1903-05) and then minister of Justice in the 3rd Giolitti govern (1907-09). In 1914 he abandoned the political line of Giolitti (who was a neutralist) and supported the interventists and an alliance with France, UK and Russia. He became minister of Justice in the authoritarian govern of Salandra (1914-16) and then minister of the Interior in the moderate govern of Boselli (1916-17). After the defeat of Caporetto he was choosen as Prime Minister (29 Oct. 1917). His behaivour during the inquiry for the defeat was at least ambigous: he wanted gen. Luigi Cadorna to be replaced by gen. Armando Diaz, but he covered the mistakes of gen. Pietro Badoglio (it has been alleged because they were both freemasons).
He avoided too many interferences from the Allies, and gave all his support to the new strategy of Diaz. After the victory, he led the Italian delegation in Versailles, but the support given by Wilson to Yugoslavs, Orlando's ignorance of French and English languages and the political problems in Italy (socialists, unemployement, distrastous financial situation, huge debt with the USA and UK, etc.) led to the "pace mutilata" ("mutilated peace") of Versailles that gave less lands than those promised by the pact of London (1915). After that treaty, Orlando resigned to protest against it and started supporting far-right movements like Fascism. He, like almost all the politicians that had governed Italy before WW1, thought that Fascism was useful to avoid a communist revolution, and then they might have returned to the govern. Instead Fascism became a regime, not only a temporary solution, and Orlando, after having been elected in the coalition led by Mussolini, resigned in 1925. In 1931 he abandoned the public life.
After WW2 he was against the peace of Paris, but his political influence was very limited, and the parlament ratified it. He became senator in 1948 and died in Rome in 1952.