List of governors-general of Italian East Africa

Summary

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

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 toKing of Italy
ResidenceGuenete Leul Palace, Addis Ababa
Formation9 May 1936
First holderPietro Badoglio
Final holderGuglielmo Nasi
Abolished27 November 1941

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

List edit

No. Portrait Viceroy and Governor-General Took office Left office Time in office Defence branch
1
 
Badoglio, PietroMarshal
Pietro Badoglio
(1871–1956)
[a]
9 May 193611 June 193633 days  Royal Italian Army
2
 
Graziani, RodolfoMarshal
Rodolfo Graziani
(1882–1955)
11 June 193621 December 19371 year, 193 days  Royal Italian Army
3
 
Aosta, AmedeoGeneral
Prince Amedeo, Duke of Aosta
(1898–1942)
21 December 193719 May 1941 [b]3 years, 149 days  Royal Italian Army
 
Gazzera, PietroGeneral
Pietro Gazzera
(1879–1953)
Acting
23 May 19416 July 194144 days  Royal Italian Army
 
Nasi, GuglielmoGeneral
Guglielmo Nasi
(1879–1971)
Acting
6 July 194127 November 1941144 days  Royal Italian Army

See also edit

Footnotes edit

  1. ^ 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.
  2. ^ Surrendered to the Allies at the Battle of Amba Alagi (1941), during the East African campaign of World War II.

References edit

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

External links edit

  • World Statesmen – Ethiopia