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List of colonial governors of Italian Tripolitania

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Governor of Italian Tripolitania
Governatore della Tripolitania Italiana
Coat of arms of Italian Tripolitania
Longest serving
Pietro Badoglio

18 December 1928 – 31 December 1933
Reports toKing of Italy
Formation5 October 1911
First holderRaffaele Borea Ricci d'Olmo
Final holderPietro Badoglio
Abolished31 December 1933
SuccessionGovernor-General of Italian Libya
Map of traditional provinces of Libya, with Tripolitania marked in green.

This article lists the colonial governors of Italian Tripolitania from 1911 to 1934. They administered the territory on behalf of the Kingdom of Italy.

List

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Complete list of colonial governors of Italian Tripolitania:[1]

No. Portrait Name
(Birth–Death)
Term of office
Took office Left office Time in office
Italian Suzerainty
1
Raffaele Borea Ricci d'Olmo
Vice admiral
Raffaele Borea Ricci d'Olmo
(1857–1942)
5 October 191113 October 19118 days
2
Carlo Caneva
Major general
Carlo Caneva
(1845–1922)
13 October 19115 November 191123 days
Italian Tripolitania Protectorate
2
Carlo Caneva
Major general
Carlo Caneva
(1845–1922)
5 November 19112 September 1912302 days
3
Ottavio Ragni
Major general
Ottavio Ragni
(1852–1919)
2 September 19122 June 1913273 days
4
Vincenzo Garioni
Lieutenant general
Vincenzo Garioni
(1856–1929)
2 June 19131 October 19141 year, 121 days
5
Giorgio Cigliana
Divisional general
Giorgio Cigliana
(1857–1919)
2 October 191416 November 191445 days
6
Luigi Druetti
Lieutenant general
Luigi Druetti
(1853–1919)
16 November 19145 February 191581 days
7
Giulio Cesare Tassoni
Lieutenant general
Giulio Cesare Tassoni
(1859–1942)
5 February 191515 July 1915160 days
8
Giovanni Ameglio
Lieutenant general
Giovanni Ameglio
(1854–1921)
15 July 19158 August 19183 years, 24 days
(4)
Vincenzo Garioni
Lieutenant general
Vincenzo Garioni
(1856–1929)
8 August 19188 August 19191 year
9
Vittorio Menzinger
Vittorio Menzinger
(1861–1925)
[a]
16 August 19196 July 1920325 days
Ugo Niccoli
Ugo Niccoli
(1868–?)
Acting
6 July 192031 July 192025 days
10
Luigi Mercatelli
Luigi Mercatelli
(1853–1922)
1 August 192016 July 1921349 days
Eduardo Baccari
Eduardo Baccari
(1871–1952)
Acting
16 July 192124 August 192139 days
11
Giuseppe Volpi
Giuseppe Volpi
(1877–1947)
24 August 192112 November 19221 year, 80 days
Italian Tripolitania Colony
11
Giuseppe Volpi
Giuseppe Volpi
(1877–1947)
12 November 19223 July 19252 years, 233 days
12
Emilio De Bono
Marshal
Emilio De Bono
(1866–1944)
3 July 192518 December 19283 years, 168 days
12
Pietro Badoglio
Marshal
Pietro Badoglio
(1871–1956)
[b]
18 December 192831 December 19335 years, 13 days

For continuation after unification, see: List of governors-general of Italian Libya

See also

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Footnotes

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  1. ^ The first civilian Governor of Tripolitania
  2. ^ Unique Governor of Tripolitania and Cyrenaica after 21 January 1929

References

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