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 | |
| Reports to | King of Italy |
| Formation | 5 October 1911 |
| First holder | Raffaele Borea Ricci d'Olmo |
| Final holder | Pietro Badoglio |
| Abolished | 31 December 1933 |
| Succession | Governor-General of Italian Libya |
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[edit]
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 | Vice admiral Raffaele Borea Ricci d'Olmo (1857–1942) | 5 October 1911 | 13 October 1911 | 8 days | ||||
| 2 | Major general Carlo Caneva (1845–1922) | 13 October 1911 | 5 November 1911 | 23 days | ||||
| Italian Tripolitania Protectorate | ||||||||
| 2 | Major general Carlo Caneva (1845–1922) | 5 November 1911 | 2 September 1912 | 302 days | ||||
| 3 | Major general Ottavio Ragni (1852–1919) | 2 September 1912 | 2 June 1913 | 273 days | ||||
| 4 | Lieutenant general Vincenzo Garioni (1856–1929) | 2 June 1913 | 1 October 1914 | 1 year, 121 days | ||||
| 5 | Divisional general Giorgio Cigliana (1857–1919) | 2 October 1914 | 16 November 1914 | 45 days | ||||
| 6 | Lieutenant general Luigi Druetti (1853–1919) | 16 November 1914 | 5 February 1915 | 81 days | ||||
| 7 | Lieutenant general Giulio Cesare Tassoni (1859–1942) | 5 February 1915 | 15 July 1915 | 160 days | ||||
| 8 | Lieutenant general Giovanni Ameglio (1854–1921) | 15 July 1915 | 8 August 1918 | 3 years, 24 days | ||||
| (4) | Lieutenant general Vincenzo Garioni (1856–1929) | 8 August 1918 | 8 August 1919 | 1 year | ||||
| 9 | Vittorio Menzinger (1861–1925) [a] | 16 August 1919 | 6 July 1920 | 325 days | ||||
| – | Ugo Niccoli (1868–?) Acting | 6 July 1920 | 31 July 1920 | 25 days | ||||
| 10 | Luigi Mercatelli (1853–1922) | 1 August 1920 | 16 July 1921 | 349 days | ||||
| – | Eduardo Baccari (1871–1952) Acting | 16 July 1921 | 24 August 1921 | 39 days | ||||
| 11 | Giuseppe Volpi (1877–1947) | 24 August 1921 | 12 November 1922 | 1 year, 80 days | ||||
| Italian Tripolitania Colony | ||||||||
| 11 | Giuseppe Volpi (1877–1947) | 12 November 1922 | 3 July 1925 | 2 years, 233 days | ||||
| 12 | Marshal Emilio De Bono (1866–1944) | 3 July 1925 | 18 December 1928 | 3 years, 168 days | ||||
| 12 | Marshal Pietro Badoglio (1871–1956) [b] | 18 December 1928 | 31 December 1933 | 5 years, 13 days | ||||
For continuation after unification, see: List of governors-general of Italian Libya
See also[edit]
Footnotes[edit]
- ^ The first civilian Governor of Tripolitania
- ^ Unique Governor of Tripolitania and Cyrenaica after 21 January 1929
