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Sigismondo Savona
Maltese educator and politician
Sigismondo Savona (12 March 1835 – 24 July 1908) was a Maltese educator and politician who played a prominent role in the Language Question which defined the politics of the Crown Colony of Malta in the late 19th century.
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Early life
Savona was born in Valletta on 12 March 1835.[1] He studied at the Normal School of the Royal Military Asylum in Chelsea. On 21 July 1852, at the age of 17, he joined the Royal Malta Fencible Regiment and rose to the rank of Hospital Sergeant. He was also the regiment's Schoolmaster, and he remained in the military until 22 June 1865.[2]
Political career
Savona's political career began when he was elected to Malta's Council of Government in the 1875 election.
He favoured the reforms proposed in the Rowsell-Julyan-Keenan Commission including the abolition of the tax on grain and the promotion of the English language in Malta.[2][3] He was appointed Dir Biography: Sigismondo Savona - Times of Malta FOCOV