List of governors-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

Italian East Africa was a territory occupied by Fascist Italy from 1936 to 1941 in the Horn of Africa. ^{[1] [2] [3] [4] [5]} It encompassed Italian Somaliland, Italian Eritrea, and occupied Ethiopian territories, all administred by a single administrative unit, the Governo Generale dell'Africa Orientale Italiana. ^{[1] [6]} The region was governed from Addis Ababa under the authority of a Governor-General, who represented the Italian crown and exercised executive powers in the territories. The Governor-General was also Viceroy of Ethiopia. ^[7] Below is a chronological list of all individuals who held that office during the brief existence of Italian East Africa.

List

No.	Portrait	Viceroy and Governor-General	Took office	Left office	Time in office	Defence branch
1		Badoglio, Pietro Marshal 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

See also

• Italian East Africa
  • List of governors of the governorates of Italian East Africa
• Italian Eritrea
  • List of colonial governors of Italian Eritrea
• Italian Somaliland
  • List of colonial governors of Italian Somaliland
• History of Ethiopia
• History of Eritrea
• History of Somalia
• Second Italo-Ethiopian War
• East African campaign (World War II)
  • Arbegnoch
  • Italian guerrilla war in Ethiopia

Footnotes

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, during the East African campaign of World War II.

References

1. Ben-Ghiat & Fuller 2016, p. 7.
2. Mockler 2019, p. 475.
3. Pergher 2017, p. 4.
4. Ben-Ghiat & Fuller 2016, p. xvii.
5. Sbacchi 1997, p. 163.
6. Mockler 2019, p. 165.
7. Treccani: Africa orientale Italiane, section: "Governo e amministrazione (in Italian)

Bibliography

• Sbacchi, Alberto (1997). Legacy of Bitterness. Lawrenceville, NJ: Red Sea Press(NJ). ISBN   0-932415-74-1.
• Ben-Ghiat, R.; Fuller, M. (30 April 2016). Italian Colonialism. New York: Springer. ISBN   978-1-4039-8158-5.
• Mockler, Anthony (2019). Il mito dell'Impero. Storia delle guerre italiane in Abissinia e in Etiopia (in Italian). Res Gestae. ISBN   978-88-6697-269-3.
• Pergher, Roberta (2 November 2017). Mussolini's Nation-Empire. Cambridge University Press. ISBN   978-1-108-35595-7.

External links

• World Statesmen – Ethiopia