List of Governors of the Governorates of Italian East Africa

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 Governorates of Italian East Africa after the 1938 creation of the Scioa Governorate, and before the 1940 conquest of British Somaliland.
Coat of arms of Italian East Africa.

The colony was divided into 6 Governorates – Addis Ababa Governorate (Scioa Governorate from 1938), Amhara Governorate, Eritrea Governorate, Galla-Sidamo Governorate, Harar Governorate and Somalia Governorate.[1]

List

Addis Ababa / Scioa Governorate
Coat of arms of the Addis Ababa Governorate.
Coat of arms of the Scioa Governorate.
No. Portrait GovernorTook officeLeft officeTime in office
Addis Ababa Governorate
1
Bottai, GiuseppeGiuseppe Bottai
(1895–1959)		5 May 193627 May 193622 days
2
Siniscalchi, AlfredoAlfredo Siniscalchi
(1885–1954)		1 June 193623 September 19382 years, 114 days
3
Canero Medici, FrancescoFrancesco Canero Medici
(1886–1946)		23 September 19381 January 1939100 days
Scioa Governorate
1
Cerulli, EnricoEnrico Cerulli
(1898–1988)		1 January 19395 May 1939124 days
2
Nasi, GuglielmoGuglielmo Nasi
(1879–1971)		5 May 19392 June 19401 year, 28 days
3
Daodice, GiuseppeGiuseppe Daodice
(1882–1952)		2 June 19403 April 1941305 days
–
Frangipani, AgenoreAgenore Frangipani
(1876–1941[lower-alpha 1])
Acting		3 April 19416 April 1941 †3 days

Amhara Governorate
Coat of arms of the Amhara Governorate.
No. Portrait GovernorTook officeLeft officeTime in office
1
Pirzio Biroli, AlessandroAlessandro Pirzio Biroli
(1877–1962)		1 June 193615 December 19371 year, 197 days
2
Pirzio Biroli, AlessandroOttorino Mezzetti
(1877–1962)		15 December 19371 January 19391 year, 17 days
–
Frusci, LuigiLuigi Frusci
(1879–1949)
Acting		1 January 193919 May 19412 years, 138 days
–
Nasi, GuglielmoGuglielmo Nasi
(1879–1971)
Acting		19 May 194127 November 1941192 days

Eritrea Governorate
Coat of arms of the Eritrea Governorate.
No. Portrait GovernorTook officeLeft officeTime in office
1
Guzzoni, AlfredoAlfredo Guzzoni
(1877–1965)		1 June 19361 April 1937304 days
2
De Feo, VincenzoVincenzo De Feo
(1876–1955)		1 April 193715 December 1937258 days
3
Daodice, GiuseppeGiuseppe Daodice
(1882–1952)		15 December 19372 June 19402 years, 170 days
–
Frusci, LuigiLuigi Frusci
(1879–1949)
Acting		2 June 194019 May 1941351 days

Galla-Sidamo Governorate
Coat of arms of the Galla-Sidamo Governorate.
No. Portrait GovernorTook officeLeft officeTime in office
1
Geloso, CarloCarlo Geloso
(1879–1957)		1 June 19369 July 19382 years, 38 days
2
Felsani, ArmandoArmando Felsani
(1892–?)		10 July 193812 August 193833 days
3
Gazzera, PietroPietro Gazzera
(1879–1953)		12 August 19386 July 19412 years, 328 days

Harar Governorate
Coat of arms of the Harar Governorate.
No. Portrait GovernorTook officeLeft officeTime in office
1
Nasi, GuglielmoGuglielmo Nasi
(1879–1971)		1 June 19365 May 19392 years, 338 days
2
Cerulli, EnricoEnrico Cerulli
(1898–1988)		5 May 193911 June 19401 year, 37 days
–
Nasi, GuglielmoGuglielmo Nasi
(1879–1971)
Acting		11 June 19404 February 1941238 days
–
Gorini, PompeoPompeo Gorini
Acting		4 February 19419 March 194133 days
–
De Simone, CarloCarlo De Simone
(1885–1951)
Acting		10 March 194124 April 194145 days

Somalia Governorate
Coat of arms of the Somalia Governorate.
No. Portrait GovernorTook officeLeft officeTime in office
1
Santini, RuggeroRuggero Santini
(1870–1958)		25 May 193615 December 19371 year, 204 days
2
Saverio Caroselli, FrancescoFrancesco Saverio Caroselli
(1887–1967)		15 December 193711 June 19402 years, 179 days
–
Pesenti, GustavoGustavo Pesenti
(1878–1960)
Acting		11 June 194031 January 1941234 days
–
De Simone, CarloCarlo De Simone
(1885–1951)
Acting		31 January 194120 March 194148 days

Notes
  1. Committed suicide.

See also

References
  1. Royal Institute of International Affairs (24 August 1940). "Italian Possessions in Africa: II. Italian East Africa". Bulletin of International News. 17 (17): 1065–1074.
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