List of governors of the governorates of Italian East Africa
![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/aa/Italian_East_Africa_%281938%E2%80%931941%29.svg/220px-Italian_East_Africa_%281938%E2%80%931941%29.svg.png)
![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c4/Scudo_Africa_Orientale_Italiana.svg/220px-Scudo_Africa_Orientale_Italiana.svg.png)
This article lists the governors of the governorates of Italian East Africa. The governorates formed the first level of country subdivision of the Italian East Africa, a colony of the Italian Empire from 1936 to 1941.
The colony was divided into six governorates: the Addis Ababa Governorate [it] (Scioa Governorate from 1938), Amhara Governorate, Eritrea Governorate, Galla-Sidamo Governorate, Harar Governorate and Somalia Governorate.[1]
List
Addis Ababa / Scioa Governorate
![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4d/Coat_of_arms_of_Addis_Abeba_governorate.svg/180px-Coat_of_arms_of_Addis_Abeba_governorate.svg.png)
![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2a/Coat_of_arms_of_Scioa_governorate.svg/180px-Coat_of_arms_of_Scioa_governorate.svg.png)
No. | Portrait | Governor | Took office | Left office | Time in office |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Addis Ababa Governorate | |||||
1 | ![]() | Bottai, GiuseppeGiuseppe Bottai (1895–1959) | 5 May 1936 | 27 May 1936 | 22 days |
2 | ![]() | Siniscalchi, AlfredoAlfredo Siniscalchi (1885–1954) | 1 June 1936 | 23 September 1938 | 2 years, 114 days |
3 | ![]() | Canero Medici, FrancescoFrancesco Canero Medici (1886–1946) | 23 September 1938 | 1 January 1939 | 100 days |
Scioa Governorate | |||||
1 | ![]() | Cerulli, EnricoEnrico Cerulli (1898–1988) | 1 January 1939 | 5 May 1939 | 124 days |
2 | ![]() | Nasi, GuglielmoGuglielmo Nasi (1879–1971) | 5 May 1939 | 2 June 1940 | 1 year, 28 days |
3 | ![]() | Daodice, GiuseppeGiuseppe Daodice (1882–1952) | 2 June 1940 | 3 April 1941 | 305 days |
– | ![]() | Frangipani, AgenoreAgenore Frangipani (1876–1941[a]) Acting | 3 April 1941 | 6 April 1941 † | 3 days |
Amhara Governorate
![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/27/Coat_of_arms_of_Amhara_governorate-2.svg/180px-Coat_of_arms_of_Amhara_governorate-2.svg.png)
No. | Portrait | Governor | Took office | Left office | Time in office |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | ![]() | Pirzio Biroli, AlessandroAlessandro Pirzio Biroli (1877–1962) | 1 June 1936 | 15 December 1937 | 1 year, 197 days |
2 | ![]() | Pirzio Biroli, AlessandroOttorino Mezzetti [it] (1877–1962) | 15 December 1937 | 1 January 1939 | 1 year, 17 days |
– | ![]() | Frusci, LuigiLuigi Frusci (1879–1949) Acting | 1 January 1939 | 19 May 1941 | 2 years, 138 days |
– | ![]() | Nasi, GuglielmoGuglielmo Nasi (1879–1971) Acting | 19 May 1941 | 27 November 1941 | 192 days |
Eritrea Governorate
![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f1/Coat_of_arms_of_Eritrea_%281936-1941%29.svg/180px-Coat_of_arms_of_Eritrea_%281936-1941%29.svg.png)
No. | Portrait | Governor | Took office | Left office | Time in office |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | ![]() | Guzzoni, AlfredoAlfredo Guzzoni (1877–1965) | 1 June 1936 | 1 April 1937 | 304 days |
2 | ![]() | de Feo, VincenzoVincenzo de Feo (1876–1955) | 1 April 1937 | 15 December 1937 | 258 days |
3 | ![]() | Daodice, GiuseppeGiuseppe Daodice (1882–1952) | 15 December 1937 | 2 June 1940 | 2 years, 170 days |
– | ![]() | Frusci, LuigiLuigi Frusci (1879–1949) Acting | 2 June 1940 | 19 May 1941 | 351 days |
Galla-Sidamo Governorate
![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c3/Coat_of_arms_of_Galla-Sidamo_governorate.svg/180px-Coat_of_arms_of_Galla-Sidamo_governorate.svg.png)
No. | Portrait | Governor | Took office | Left office | Time in office |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | ![]() | Geloso, CarloCarlo Geloso (1879–1957) | 1 June 1936 | 9 July 1938 | 2 years, 38 days |
2 | ![]() | Felsani, ArmandoArmando Felsani (1892–?) | 10 July 1938 | 12 August 1938 | 33 days |
3 | ![]() | Gazzera, PietroPietro Gazzera (1879–1953) | 12 August 1938 | 6 July 1941 | 2 years, 328 days |
Harar Governorate
![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/43/Coat_of_arms_of_harar_governorate.svg/180px-Coat_of_arms_of_harar_governorate.svg.png)
No. | Portrait | Governor | Took office | Left office | Time in office |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | ![]() | Nasi, GuglielmoGuglielmo Nasi (1879–1971) | 1 June 1936 | 5 May 1939 | 2 years, 338 days |
2 | ![]() | Cerulli, EnricoEnrico Cerulli (1898–1988) | 5 May 1939 | 11 June 1940 | 1 year, 37 days |
– | ![]() | Nasi, GuglielmoGuglielmo Nasi (1879–1971) Acting | 11 June 1940 | 4 February 1941 | 238 days |
– | ![]() | Gorini, PompeoPompeo Gorini [it] Acting | 4 February 1941 | 9 March 1941 | 33 days |
– | ![]() | De Simone, CarloCarlo De Simone (1885–1951) Acting | 10 March 1941 | 24 April 1941 | 45 days |
Somalia Governorate
![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/45/Coat_of_arms_of_Italian_Somaliland_governorate.svg/180px-Coat_of_arms_of_Italian_Somaliland_governorate.svg.png)
No. | Portrait | Governor | Took office | Left office | Time in office |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | ![]() | Santini, RuggeroRuggero Santini (1870–1958) | 25 May 1936 | 15 December 1937 | 1 year, 204 days |
2 | ![]() | Caroselli, FrancescoFrancesco Caroselli (1887–1967) | 15 December 1937 | 11 June 1940 | 2 years, 179 days |
– | ![]() | Pesenti, GustavoGustavo Pesenti (1878–1960) Acting | 11 June 1940 | 31 January 1941 | 234 days |
– | ![]() | De Simone, CarloCarlo De Simone (1885–1951) Acting | 31 January 1941 | 20 March 1941 | 48 days |
Notes
- ^ Committed suicide.
See also
- Italian East Africa
- Italian Ethiopia
- Italian Eritrea
- Italian Somaliland
- History of Ethiopia
- History of Eritrea
- History of Somalia
- Second Italo-Ethiopian War
- East African campaign (World War II)
References
- ^ Royal Institute of International Affairs (24 August 1940). "Italian Possessions in Africa: II. Italian East Africa". Bulletin of International News. 17 (17): 1065–1074.
External links
- Worldstatesmen.org – Ethiopia (Italian East Africa), Eritrea and Somalia
- v
- t
- e
Western Mediterranean | |
---|---|
Balkans |
|
Horn of Africa | |
Libya | |
Far East | |
Planned expansion |
![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e7/Impero_italiano.svg/280px-Impero_italiano.svg.png)
Settlers and colonists | |
---|---|
Irredentism |
Governmental |
|
---|---|
Civilian | |
Urbanism |
|
- Italian African Police
- Bands (Italian Army irregulars)
- Zaptié
- Dubat
- Savari
- Spahis
- Royal Corps of Colonial Troops
- Ascari del Cielo
- Italian 1st Eritrean Division
- Italian 2nd Eritrean Division
- 1st Libyan Division Sibille
- 2nd Libyan Division Pescatori
- Italian Libyan Colonial Division
- Italian Somali Divisions (101 and 102)
- Maletti Group
- Legione Redenta
- Italian guerrilla units (A.O.I.)