List of governors-general of Italian East Africa

Governor-General of Italian East Africa
Governor-General of Italian East Africa
Governatore Generale della Africa Orientale Italiana
	Coat of arms of Italian East Africa
	Flag of viceroy of the Kingdom of Italy
	Longest serving; Prince Amedeo, Duke of Aosta; 21 December 1937 – 19 May 1941
Reports to	King of Italy
Residence	Guenete Leul Palace, Addis Ababa
Formation	9 May 1936
First holder	Pietro Badoglio
Final holder	Guglielmo Nasi
Abolished	27 November 1941

This article lists the governors-general of Italian East Africa, a colony of the Italian Empire from 1936 to 1941.

The Governor-General of Italian East Africa was also Viceroy of Italian Ethiopia.^[1]

List

No.	Viceroy and Governor-General	Took office	Left office	Time in office	Defence branch
1	Badoglio, PietroMarshal Pietro Badoglio (1871–1956) ^[a]	9 May 1936	11 June 1936	33 days	Royal Italian Army
2	Graziani, RodolfoMarshal Rodolfo Graziani (1882–1955)	11 June 1936	21 December 1937	1 year, 193 days	Royal Italian Army
3	Aosta, AmedeoGeneral Prince Amedeo, Duke of Aosta (1898–1942)	21 December 1937	19 May 1941 ^[b]	3 years, 149 days	Royal Italian Army
–	Gazzera, PietroGeneral Pietro Gazzera (1879–1953) Acting	23 May 1941	6 July 1941	44 days	Royal Italian Army
–	Nasi, GuglielmoGeneral Guglielmo Nasi (1879–1971) Acting	6 July 1941	27 November 1941	144 days	Royal Italian Army

Timeline

Footnotes

^ Took control of Addis Ababa on 5 May 1936 at the end of the March of the Iron Will, during the Second Italo-Ethiopian War.
^ Surrendered to the Allies at the Battle of Amba Alagi (1941), during the East African campaign of World War II.

References

^ Treccani: Africa orientale Italiane, section: "Governo e amministrazione (in Italian)

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World Statesmen – Ethiopia

[2] Took control of Addis Ababa on 5 May 1936 at the end of the March of the Iron Will, during the Second Italo-Ethiopian War.

[3] Surrendered to the Allies at the Battle of Amba Alagi (1941), during the East African campaign of World War II.

[1] Treccani: Africa orientale Italiane, section: "Governo e amministrazione (in Italian)

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v t e Eritrea italiana (Colonia Primigenia)
Main authorities	King & Emperor Vittorio Emanuele III Prime Minister Benito Mussolini List of governors-general of Italian East Africa	Eritrea Italiana. Red points are the new borders of Eritrea, enlarged in 1936 in the Governorate of Eritrea
Governors	Italian Governors of Eritrea Governorate of Eritrea: Pietro Badoglio, Alfredo Guzzoni, Vincenzo De Feo, Luigi Frusci
General History	Italian Eritrea Eritrea Governorate Battle of Kassala Battle of Dogali First Italo-Ethiopian War Second Italo-Ethiopian War East African Campaign Battle of Keren Red Sea Flotilla Eritrea (colonial ship)
Infrastructures	Eritrean Railway Asmara-Massawa Cableway Railway stations in Eritrea Linea dell'Impero Asmara International Airport Massaua International Airport Otumlo Airport Governor's Palace (Asmara) Asmara Presidential Palace (Asmara) Church of Our Lady of the Rosary, Asmara Cinema Impero Cicero Stadium Fiat Tagliero Building Asmara's Opera
Related articles	Italian Eritreans Imperial Italy Italian East Africa Asmara under Italian rule Massaua under Italian rule Italian language in Eritrea Liceo Marconi di Asmara Eritrean tallero Italian East African lira Banca per l'Africa Orientale Postage stamps and postal history of Italian East Africa Eritrean Catholic Church Italian Eritrean cuisine Football in Italian Eritrea GS Asmara GS Melotti Asmara circuit Asmara Brewery Vincenzo DiMeglio
Colonial troops	Eritrean Ascari Royal Corps of Colonial Troops Italian 1st Eritrean Division Italian 2nd Eritrean Division Italian guerrilla units (A.O.I.) Italian African Police Bands Zaptié Spahis

v t e Italian Somaliland
Main authorities	King & Emperor Vittorio Emanuele III Prime Minister Benito Mussolini List of governors-general of Italian East Africa Prince Luigi Amedeo, Duke of the Abruzzi
Governors	Italian Governors of Somalia Main Colonial governors: Vincenzo Filonardi; Giacomo De Martino; Cesare Maria De Vecchi; Maurizio Rava; Rodolfo Graziani; Carlo De Simone
General history	Italian Somaliland Oltre Giuba Second Italo-Ethiopian War Somalia Governorate Italian invasion of British Somaliland Italian tentative to occupy French Somaliland East African Campaign Italian guerrilla war in A.O.I. (1941–1943) Trust Territory of Somaliland Italy–Somalia relations
Infrastructure	Mogadishu–Villabruzzi Railway Railway stations in Italian Somaliland Linea dell'Impero Petrella Airport Villa Somalia Governor's Palace of Mogadishu Porto di Mogadiscio Museo della Garesa Stadio Coni Mogadiscio Saline Dante Lido Beach
Related articles	Italian Somalis Mogadishu under Italian rule Villaggio Duca degli Abruzzi Genale Vittorio Port of Merca Dam of Genale Doria Banaadir Mogadiscio circuit Associazione Calcio Mogadiscio Faro Guardafui/F. Crispi Imperial Italy Italian East Africa Italian East African lira Italian Somaliland lira Italian Somaliland rupia Somalo Banca per l'Africa Orientale Postage stamps and postal history of Somalia Postage stamps and postal history of Eritrea Postage stamps and postal history of Oltre Giuba Catholic Church in Somalia Roman Catholic Diocese of Mogadishu Mogadishu Cathedral Italian language in Somalia Sentinels of Bronze Royal Banana Monopoly
Colonial troops	Royal Corps of Colonial Troops Royal Corps of Somali Colonial Troops Italian Somali Divisions (101 and 102) Dubats Italian African Police Bands Zaptié

v t e Etiopia italiana
Main authorities	King & Emperor Vittorio Emanuele III Prime Minister Benito Mussolini List of governors-general of Italian East Africa
Governors	List of governors of the Governorates of Italian East Africa Main colonial governors: Agenore Frangipani; Guglielmo Nasi; Enrico Cerulli; Pietro Gazzera; Luigi Frusci; Alessandro Pirzio Biroli
General History	Italian Ethiopia Amhara Governorate Harar Governorate Galla-Sidamo Governorate Scioa Governorate First Italo-Ethiopian War Abyssinia Crisis Second Italo-Ethiopian War Gondrand massacre Italian invasion of British Somaliland Italian attacks in Kenya Italian tentative to occupy French Somaliland East African Campaign Last stand at Amba Alagi Battle of Gondar Battle of Culqualber Italian guerrilla war in A.O.I. (1941-1943)
Infrastructures	New roads in Italian Ethiopia Linea aerea dell'Impero Ivo Olivetti aeroporto Italian colonial railways Ethio-Djibouti Railways Addis Ababa Stadium
Related articles	Italian Ethiopians Addis Abeba under Italian rule Imperial Italy Italian East Africa 40th Infantry Division Cacciatori d'Africa Italian East African lira Postage stamps and postal history of Italian East Africa Roman Catholicism in Ethiopia
Related personalities	Prince Amedeo d'Aosta Rodolfo Graziani Tito Minniti Luciano Violante Elisa Angela Meneguzzi Carla Maria Puccini Rosa Dainelli Amedeo Guillet
Colonial troops	Royal Corps of Colonial Troops Italian African Police Armed Forces of Italian East Africa Bands Dubats

v t e Italian Governors of Eritrea and Somaliland
Governors of Eritrea (1890–1941)	Baldassarre Orero^cm Antonio Gandolfi^cm Oreste Baratieri^cm Antonio Baldissera Ferdinando Martini Giuseppe Salvago Raggi Giovanni Cerrina Feroni Giacomo De Martino Camillo de Camillis Lodovico Pollera Giovanni Cerrina Feroni Jacopo Gasparini Corrado Zoli Riccardo Di Lucchesi Otone Gabelli^v Emilio De Bono Pietro Badoglio Alfredo Guzzoni^p Vincenzo de Feo^p Giuseppe Daodice^p Luigi Frusci^p
Governors of Somaliland (1889–1941)	Vincenzo Filonardi Vacant (1893–1896) Vincenzo Filonardi^c Emilio Dulio^c Giorgio Sorrentino^c Emilio Dulio Luigi Mercatelli^cg Giuseppe Salvago Raggi^cg Tommaso Carletti^cg Tommaso Carletti Giacomo De Martino Giovanni Cerrina Feroni Carlo Ricci Riveri Cesare Maria De Vecchi Guido Corni Maurizio Rava Rodolfo Graziani Angelo De Ruben^p Ruggiero Santini^p Francesco Caroselli^p Gustavo Pesenti^p Carlo De Simone^p
cm=Commanders. c=Commissioners. cg=Commissioners-General. v=Vice-Governor. p=As a part of Italian East Africa

Governor-General of Italian East Africa
Governatore Generale della Africa Orientale Italiana
Coat of arms of Italian East Africa
Flag of viceroy of the Kingdom of Italy
Longest serving Prince Amedeo, Duke of Aosta 21 December 1937 – 19 May 1941
Reports to	King of Italy
Residence	Guenete Leul Palace, Addis Ababa
Formation	9 May 1936
First holder	Pietro Badoglio
Final holder	Guglielmo Nasi
Abolished	27 November 1941

List of governors-general of Italian East Africa

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See also

Footnotes

References

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