List of governors-general of Italian East Africa
Appearance
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Governor-General of Italian East Africa | |
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Governatore Generale della Africa Orientale Italiana | |
![]() Coat of arms of Italian East Africa | |
![]() Flag of viceroy of the Kingdom of Italy | |
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
[edit]No. | Portrait | Viceroy and Governor-General | Took office | Left office | Time in office | Defence branch |
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1 | Marshal Pietro Badoglio (1871–1956) [a] | 9 May 1936 | 11 June 1936 | 33 days | ![]() | |
2 | Rodolfo Graziani (1882–1955) | Marshal11 June 1936 | 21 December 1937 | 1 year, 193 days | ![]() | |
3 | Prince Amedeo, Duke of Aosta (1898–1942) | General21 December 1937 | 19 May 1941 [b] | 3 years, 149 days | ![]() | |
– | Pietro Gazzera (1879–1953) Acting | General23 May 1941 | 6 July 1941 | 44 days | ![]() | |
– | Guglielmo Nasi (1879–1971) Acting | General6 July 1941 | 27 November 1941 | 144 days | ![]() |
See also
[edit]- 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)
Footnotes
[edit]- ^ 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.