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List of governors of the governorates of Italian East Africa

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Source revisionMar 25, 2026
Entity authorityQ65067152 ↗
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Italian East Africa (Italian: Africa Orientale Italiana, A.O.I.) was a territory occupied by Fascist Italy from 1936 to 1941 in the Horn of Africa. It encompassed Italian Somaliland, Italian Eritrea, and occupied Ethiopian territories, all administered by a single administrative unit, the Governo Generale dell'Africa Orientale Italiana. The region was governed from Addis Ababa under the authority of a Governor-General, who represented the Italian crown and exercised executive powers in the territories.

Italian East Africa was administratively divided into six governorates. Eritrea and Somalia, Italian possessions since the 1880s, were enlarged with captured Ethiopian territory and became the Eritrea and Somalia Governorates. The remainder of the occupied Ethiopian territories comprised the Harar, Galla-Sidamo, Amhara, and Scioa Governorates. The following list details the individuals who served as governors of these territorial units during the occupation.

List

Addis Ababa / Scioa Governorate

Amhara Governorate

Eritrea Governorate

Galla-Sidamo Governorate

Harar Governorate

Somalia Governorate

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

Bibliography

Sbacchi, Alberto (1997). Legacy of Bitterness. Lawrenceville, NJ: Red Sea Press(NJ).

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