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 colony was divided into six governorates: the Addis Ababa Governorate [ it] ( Scioa Governorate from 1938), Amhara Governorate, Eritrea Governorate, Galla-Sidamo Governorate, Harar Governorate and Somalia Governorate. ^[1]

List

Addis Ababa / Scioa Governorate

No.	Portrait	Governor	Took office	Left office	Time in office
Addis Ababa Governorate
1		Bottai, Giuseppe Giuseppe Bottai (1895–1959)	5 May 1936	27 May 1936	22 days
2		Siniscalchi, Alfredo Alfredo Siniscalchi (1885–1954)	1 June 1936	23 September 1938	2 years, 114 days
3		Canero Medici, Francesco Francesco Canero Medici (1886–1946)	23 September 1938	1 January 1939	100 days
Scioa Governorate
1		Cerulli, Enrico Enrico Cerulli (1898–1988)	1 January 1939	5 May 1939	124 days
2		Nasi, Guglielmo Guglielmo Nasi (1879–1971)	5 May 1939	2 June 1940	1 year, 28 days
3		Daodice, Giuseppe Giuseppe Daodice (1882–1952)	2 June 1940	3 April 1941	305 days
–		Frangipani, Agenore Agenore Frangipani (1876–1941 [a]) Acting	3 April 1941	6 April 1941 †	3 days

Amhara Governorate

No.	Portrait	Governor	Took office	Left office	Time in office
1		Pirzio Biroli, Alessandro Alessandro Pirzio Biroli (1877–1962)	1 June 1936	15 December 1937	1 year, 197 days
2		Pirzio Biroli, Alessandro Ottorino Mezzetti [ it] (1877–1962)	15 December 1937	1 January 1939	1 year, 17 days
–		Frusci, Luigi Luigi Frusci (1879–1949) Acting	1 January 1939	19 May 1941	2 years, 138 days
–		Nasi, Guglielmo Guglielmo Nasi (1879–1971) Acting	19 May 1941	27 November 1941	192 days

Eritrea Governorate

No.	Portrait	Governor	Took office	Left office	Time in office
1		Guzzoni, Alfredo Alfredo Guzzoni (1877–1965)	1 June 1936	1 April 1937	304 days
2		de Feo, Vincenzo Vincenzo de Feo (1876–1955)	1 April 1937	15 December 1937	258 days
3		Daodice, Giuseppe Giuseppe Daodice (1882–1952)	15 December 1937	2 June 1940	2 years, 170 days
–		Frusci, Luigi Luigi Frusci (1879–1949) Acting	2 June 1940	19 May 1941	351 days

Galla-Sidamo Governorate

No.	Portrait	Governor	Took office	Left office	Time in office
1		Geloso, Carlo Carlo Geloso (1879–1957)	1 June 1936	9 July 1938	2 years, 38 days
2		Felsani, ArmandoArmando Felsani (1892–?)	10 July 1938	12 August 1938	33 days
3		Gazzera, Pietro Pietro Gazzera (1879–1953)	12 August 1938	6 July 1941	2 years, 328 days

Harar Governorate

No.	Portrait	Governor	Took office	Left office	Time in office
1		Nasi, Guglielmo Guglielmo Nasi (1879–1971)	1 June 1936	5 May 1939	2 years, 338 days
2		Cerulli, Enrico Enrico Cerulli (1898–1988)	5 May 1939	11 June 1940	1 year, 37 days
–		Nasi, Guglielmo Guglielmo Nasi (1879–1971) Acting	11 June 1940	4 February 1941	238 days
–		Gorini, Pompeo Pompeo Gorini [ it] Acting	4 February 1941	9 March 1941	33 days
–		De Simone, Carlo Carlo De Simone (1885–1951) Acting	10 March 1941	24 April 1941	45 days

Somalia Governorate

No.	Portrait	Governor	Took office	Left office	Time in office
1		Santini, Ruggero Ruggero Santini (1870–1958)	25 May 1936	15 December 1937	1 year, 204 days
2		Caroselli, FrancescoFrancesco Caroselli (1887–1967)	15 December 1937	11 June 1940	2 years, 179 days
–		Pesenti, Gustavo Gustavo Pesenti (1878–1960) Acting	11 June 1940	31 January 1941	234 days
–		De Simone, Carlo Carlo De Simone (1885–1951) Acting	31 January 1941	20 March 1941	48 days

Notes

See also

• Italian East Africa
  • List of governors-general of Italian East Africa
• Italian Ethiopia
• Italian Eritrea
  • List of colonial governors of Italian Eritrea
• Italian Somaliland
  • List of colonial governors of Italian Somaliland
• History of Ethiopia
• History of Eritrea
• History of Somalia
• Second Italo-Ethiopian War
• East African campaign (World War II)
  • Arbegnoch
  • Italian guerrilla war in Ethiopia

References

External links

• Worldstatesmen.org – Ethiopia (Italian East Africa), Eritrea and Somalia