Alessandro Fortis (16 September 1842 – 4 December 1909) in Forlì, Papal States was an Italian politician who served as the 27th Prime Minister of Italy from 1905 to 1906.
An Italian patriot he joined Giuseppe Garibaldi in 1866 and fought with him first in Trentino then at Mentana and in France. After being elected to the Chamber of Deputies in 1880, he served as Agriculture Minister from 1898 to 1899. He was Italy's first Jewish Prime Minister.
His daughter Maria Fortis married the count Rinaldo Girolamo Saffi of Forlì (1868–1929), a minor son of count Aurelio Saffi (1819–1890) a famous patriot and hero of Italian Risorgimento who had also been one of the major sponsors of the political career of Alessandro Fortis himself.
| Preceded by Tommaso Tittoni |
Prime Minister of Italy 1905–1906 |
Succeeded by Sidney Sonnino |
| Preceded by Tommaso Tittoni |
Italian Minister of the Interior 1905–1906 |
Succeeded by Sidney Sonnino |
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