Giovanni Morandini (6 January 1816 â 14 September 1888) was an Italian engineer and politician.
Morandini was born in Pereta, in the Grand Duchy of Tuscany, in 1816, to Giuseppe Morandini and Marianna Traversi. He obtained a degree in mathematics from the University of Pisa on 21 November 1843 and later earned a degree in engineering from the ÃÂcole polytechnique in Paris in 1845.
In 1846, he was arrested by Austrian authorities for visiting the mother of the Bandiera brothers in Venice, causing liberal protests and drawing the intervention of Giuseppe Mazzini. He was released in September 1847, thanks to the intervention of his uncle, Giovanni Maria Traversi, bishop of Massa Marittima and Populonia.
In 1848, he fought as a volunteer in the first Italian War of Independence, was wounded at Montanara and captured, and later freed. He was then elected to the Tuscan Assembly in 1848, subsequently to the Constituent Assembly, and finally to the Tuscan Assembly of 1859. After the annexation of Tuscany, he was elected to the Chamber of Deputies of the Kingdom of Sardinia during the 7th legislature in 1860, representing the Massa Marittima constituency.
After the proclamation of the Kingdom of Italy, he served as a member of the Chamber of Deputies during the 8th and 11th legislatures, representing Grosseto. He resigned on 17 January 1872. He also served as president of the Provincial Council of Grosseto from 1865 to 1866 and again from 1877 to 1888.
On 25 November 1883, Morandini was appointed senator, serving until his death in 1888.
He was also active in railway administration, serving on the boards of national railway companies.