List of governors-general of Italian Libya

Governor-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 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.	Governor-General	Took office	Left office	Time in office	Defence branch
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

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.

External links

World Statesmen – Libya

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[2] Although Pietro Badoglio was uniquely governor of Tripolitania (including Fezzan) and Cyrenaica from 1929 to 1933, Libya became a united province under Balbo.^[1]

[3] Replaced in the aftermath of Operation Compass, during the Western Desert campaign of World War II.

[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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Governors	Italo Balbo Rodolfo Graziani Italo Gariboldi Ettore Bastico Giovanni Messe
General History	Italo-Turkish War Italian colonization of Libya Italian Libya Second Italo-Senussi War Western Desert campaign North African campaign Allied administration of Libya 1945 anti-Jewish riots in Tripolitania Italian refugees from Libya
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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 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

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References

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