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Francesco Saverio Nitti




  Country Italy
  Term June 23 , 1919 &ndash June 15 , 1920
  Before Vittorio Emanuele Orlando
  After Giovanni Giolitti
  Date Birth July 19 , 1868
  Date Death February 20 , 1953
  Place Birth Melfi , Italy
  Place Death Rome , Italy


Francesco Saverio Vincenzo de Paola Nitti ( Melfi , July 19 , 1868 - Rome , February 20 , 1953 ) was an Italian Economist and Political Figure . A Radical , he served as the Prime Minister Of Italy between 1919 and 1920 .

According to the Catholic Encyclopedia ("''Theories of Overpopulation''"), Nitti (''Population and the Social System'', 1894) was a staunch critic of English economist Thomas Robert Malthus and his Principle of Population.


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