List of governors-general of Italian Libya

Governor-General of Italian Libya
Governatore Generale della Libia italiana
Coat of arms of Italian Libya
Longest serving
Italo Balbo
1 January 1934 – 28 June 1940
Reports toKing of Italy
ResidenceGovernor-General's Palace, Tripoli
PrecursorGovernor of Italian Tripolitania
Governor of Italian Cyrenaica
Formation1 January 1934
First holderItalo Balbo
Final holderGiovanni Messe
Abolished13 May 1943
SuccessionAllied 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
1
Italo Balbo
Balbo, ItaloMarshal of the Air
Italo Balbo
(1896–1940)
[a]		1 January 193428 June 1940 †6 years, 179 days Regia Aeronautica
2
Rodolfo Graziani
Graziani, RodolfoMarshal
Rodolfo Graziani
(1882–1955)		1 July 194025 March 1941 [b]267 days Royal Italian Army
3
Italo Gariboldi
Gariboldi, ItaloGeneral
Italo Gariboldi
(1879–1970)		25 March 194119 July 1941116 days Royal Italian Army
4
Ettore Bastico
Bastico, EttoreMarshal
Ettore Bastico
(1876–1972)		19 July 19412 February 19431 year, 198 days Royal Italian Army
–
Giovanni Messe
Messe, GiovanniGeneral
Giovanni Messe
(1883–1968)
Acting		2 February 194313 May 1943100 days Royal Italian Army

Timeline

Giovanni MesseEttore BasticoItalo GariboldiRodolfo GrazianiItalo Balbo

See also

Footnotes

  1. ^ Although Pietro Badoglio was uniquely governor of Tripolitania (including Fezzan) and Cyrenaica from 1929 to 1933, Libya became a united province under Balbo.[1]
  2. ^ Replaced in the aftermath of Operation Compass, during the Western Desert campaign of World War II.

References

  1. ^ "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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