List of colonial governors of Italian Cyrenaica

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This article lists the colonial governors of Italian Cyrenaica from 1912 to 1935. They administered the territory on behalf of the Kingdom of Italy.

Governor of Italian Cyrenaica
Governatore della Cirenaica italiana
Coat of arms of Italian Cyrenaica
Longest serving
Rodolfo Graziani

(as Vice Governor)
15 March 1930 – 31 May 1934
Reports toKing of Italy
Governor-General of Italian Libya (after 1934)
Formation2 September 1912
First holderOttavio Briccola
Final holderGuglielmo Nasi
Abolished1 July 1935
SuccessionGovernor-General of Italian Libya
Map of traditional provinces of Libya, with Cyrenaica marked in gray.

List

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

No. Portrait Name
(Birth–Death)
Term of office
Took office Left office Time in office
Italian Suzerainty
1Lieutenant general
Ottavio Briccola
(1853–1924)
2 September 19129 January 1913129 days
Italian Cyrenaica Protectorate
1Lieutenant general
Ottavio Briccola
(1853–1924)
9 January 19136 November 1913301 days
2   Lieutenant general
Giovanni Ameglio
(1854–1921)
6 November 1913 15 July 1915 1 year, 251 days
15 July 1915 8 August 1918 3 years, 24 days
Lieutenant general
Vincenzo Garioni
(1856–1929)
Acting
8 August 191817 May 1919282 days
Italian Cyrenaica Colony
3Lieutenant general
Vincenzo Garioni
(1856–1929)
17 May 19191 July 191945 days
4Giacomo De Martino
(1849–1921)
1 July 191923 November 19212 years, 145 days
Luigi Pintor
(1882–1925)
Acting
23 November 192130 September 1922311 days
5Eduardo Baccari
(1871–1952)
1 October 19221 December 192261 days
Pompeo Gorini [it]
Acting
1 December 19226 June 1923187 days
6Lieutenant general
Luigi Bongiovanni
(1866–1941)
6 June 192324 May 1924353 days
7Major general
Ernesto Mombelli
(1867–1932)
24 May 192422 November 19262 years, 182 days
8Lieutenant general
Attilio Teruzzi
(1882–1950)
23 November 192618 December 19282 years, 25 days
9Marshal
Pietro Badoglio
(1871–1956)
[a]
18 December 192821 January 192934 days
10Domenico Siciliani
(1879–1938)
Vice Governor
21 January 192915 March 19301 year, 53 days
11Marshal
Rodolfo Graziani
(1882–1955)
Vice Governor
15 March 193031 December 19333 years, 291 days
Unification of Italian Tripolitania and Italian Cyrenaica, establishing Italian Libya
1 January 1934
11Marshal
Rodolfo Graziani
(1882–1955)
Vice Governor
31 December 193331 May 1934151 days
12Guglielmo Nasi
(1879–1971)
Vice Governor
1 June 19341 July 19351 year, 30 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. ^ Unique Governor of Tripolitania and Cyrenaica after 21 January 1929

References

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