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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
Pietro Badoglio
Badoglio, PietroMarshal
Pietro Badoglio
(1871–1956)
[a]
9 May 193611 June 193633 days Royal Italian Army
2
Rodolfo Graziani
Graziani, RodolfoMarshal
Rodolfo Graziani
(1882–1955)
11 June 193621 December 19371 year, 193 days Royal Italian Army
3
Prince Amedeo, Duke of Aosta
Aosta, AmedeoGeneral
Prince Amedeo, Duke of Aosta
(1898–1942)
21 December 193719 May 1941 [b]3 years, 149 days Royal Italian Army
Pietro Gazzera
Gazzera, PietroGeneral
Pietro Gazzera
(1879–1953)
Acting
23 May 19416 July 194144 days Royal Italian Army
Guglielmo Nasi
Nasi, GuglielmoGeneral
Guglielmo Nasi
(1879–1971)
Acting
6 July 194127 November 1941144 days Royal Italian Army

See also

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.

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