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Vittorio Menzinger | |
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Italian Governor of Tripolitana | |
In office 16 August 1919 –10 July 1920 | |
Preceded by | Vincenzo Garioni |
Succeeded by | Luigi Mercatelli |
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Born | 1861 |
Died | 1925 (aged 63–64) |
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Formerly,he had been an acting mayor of Pisa (1905-1907),and Naples (1913-1914).[ citation needed ]
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