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

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

No.	Portrait	Viceroy and Governor-General	Took office	Left office	Time in office	Defence branch
1		Badoglio, PietroMarshal 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 Ethiopia
• 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 (1941), during the East African campaign of World War II.

References

1. Treccani: Africa orientale Italiane, section: "Governo e amministrazione (in Italian)

External links

• World Statesmen – Ethiopia