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List of colonial governors of Italian Somaliland

List of colonial governors of Italian Somaliland

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This article lists the colonial governors of Italian Somaliland from 1889 to 1941. They administered the territory on behalf of the Kingdom of Italy.

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Italian Somaliland (green) and Jubaland/Oltre Giuba (blue) in 1930.
Enlargement and transformation of Italian Somaliland into Somalia Governorate of the Italian East Africa, 1936–1941.

Italian Somaliland

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

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Between 1936 and 1941, Italian Somaliland was administered as the Somalia Governorate within Italian East Africa (Africa Orientale Italiana). In 1940, British Somaliland was invaded and annexed to the Somalia Governorate and governed by Carlo De Simone as "interim military governor" until March 1941.

British Military Administration/Trust Territory of Somaliland

Coat of arms of the Trust Territory of Somaliland
Somalia after independence in 1960, when British Somaliland and the Trust Territory of Somaliland disappeared with their political union

From 1941 until 1950, Italian Somaliland was governed by the British Military Administration. The territory was thereafter administered as the Trust Territory of Somaliland, a United Nations trusteeship with Italian administration. The governors were:

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For continuation after independence, see: List of presidents of Somalia.

Notes

  1. Dates in italics indicate de facto continuation of office.

See also

References

  1. [1]
    Worldstatesmen.org
  2. [2]
    Patrizia Palumbo (2003). A Place in the Sun: Africa in Italian Colonial Culture from Post-Unification to the Present. University of California Press. p. 30. ISBN 978-0-520-93626-3.

Bibliography

  • Antonicelli, Franco. Trent'anni di storia italiana 1915 – 1945. Ed. Mondadori. Torino, 1961.
  • Calchi Novati, Gian Paolo. L'Africa d'Italia Editori Carrocci. Roma, 2011.
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