List of governors-general of Italian Libya
Governor-General of Italian Libya | |
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Governatore Generale della Libia italiana | |
Coat of arms of Italian Libya | |
Longest serving Italo Balbo 1 January 1934 – 28 June 1940 | |
Reports to | King of Italy |
Residence | Governor-General's Palace, Tripoli |
Precursor | Governor of Italian Tripolitania Governor of Italian Cyrenaica |
Formation | 1 January 1934 |
First holder | Italo Balbo |
Final holder | Giovanni Messe |
Abolished | 13 May 1943 |
Succession | Allied administrators of Libya |
This article lists the governors-general of Italian Libya, a colony of the Italian Empire from 1934 to 1943.
List
No. | Portrait | Governor-General | Took office | Left office | Time in office | Defence branch |
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1 | Balbo, ItaloMarshal of the Air Italo Balbo (1896–1940) [a] | 1 January 1934 | 28 June 1940 † | 6 years, 179 days | Regia Aeronautica | |
2 | Graziani, RodolfoMarshal Rodolfo Graziani (1882–1955) | 1 July 1940 | 25 March 1941 [b] | 267 days | Royal Italian Army | |
3 | Gariboldi, ItaloGeneral Italo Gariboldi (1879–1970) | 25 March 1941 | 19 July 1941 | 116 days | Royal Italian Army | |
4 | Bastico, EttoreMarshal Ettore Bastico (1876–1972) | 19 July 1941 | 2 February 1943 | 1 year, 198 days | Royal Italian Army | |
– | Messe, GiovanniGeneral Giovanni Messe (1883–1968) Acting | 2 February 1943 | 13 May 1943 | 100 days | Royal Italian Army |
See also
- Italian Libya
- Italian Cyrenaica
- Italian Tripolitania
- History of Libya
- Italo-Turkish War
- North African campaign
Footnotes
- ^ Although Pietro Badoglio was uniquely governor of Tripolitania (including Fezzan) and Cyrenaica from 1929 to 1933, Libya became a united province under Balbo.[1]
- ^ Replaced in the aftermath of Operation Compass, during the Western Desert campaign of World War II.
References
- ^ "International Boundary Study No. 3 (Revised) – December 15, 1978 Chad – Libya Boundary" (PDF). The Geographer Office of the Geographer Bureau of Intelligence and Research. Archived from the original (PDF) on 26 September 2007.
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