List of colonial governors of Italian Cyrenaica

This article lists the colonial governors of Italian Cyrenaica from 1912 to 1935. They administered the territory on behalf of the Kingdom of Italy.

Governor of Italian Cyrenaica
Governatore della Cirenaica italiana
Coat of arms of Italian Cyrenaica
Longest serving Rodolfo Graziani (as Vice Governor) 15 March 1930 – 31 May 1934
Reports to	King of Italy Governor-General of Italian Libya (after 1934)
Formation	2 September 1912
First holder	Ottavio Briccola
Final holder	Guglielmo Nasi
Abolished	1 July 1935
Succession	Governor-General of Italian Libya

Map of traditional provinces of Libya, with Cyrenaica marked in gray.

List

Complete list of colonial governors of Italian Cyrenaica:

No.	Portrait	Name (Birth–Death)	Term of office
			Took office	Left office	Time in office
Italian Suzerainty
1		Lieutenant general Ottavio Briccola (1853–1924)	2 September 1912	9 January 1913	129 days
Italian Cyrenaica Protectorate
1		Lieutenant general Ottavio Briccola (1853–1924)	9 January 1913	6 November 1913	301 days
2		Lieutenant general Giovanni Ameglio (1854–1921)	6 November 1913	15 July 1915	1 year, 251 days
			15 July 1915	8 August 1918	3 years, 24 days
–		Lieutenant general Vincenzo Garioni (1856–1929) Acting	8 August 1918	17 May 1919	282 days
Italian Cyrenaica Colony
3		Lieutenant general Vincenzo Garioni (1856–1929)	17 May 1919	1 July 1919	45 days
4		Giacomo De Martino (1849–1921)	1 July 1919	23 November 1921	2 years, 145 days
–		Luigi Pintor (1882–1925) Acting	23 November 1921	30 September 1922	311 days
5		Eduardo Baccari (1871–1952)	1 October 1922	1 December 1922	61 days
–		Pompeo Gorini Acting	1 December 1922	6 June 1923	187 days
6		Lieutenant general Luigi Bongiovanni (1866–1941)	6 June 1923	24 May 1924	353 days
7		Major general Ernesto Mombelli (1867–1932)	24 May 1924	22 November 1926	2 years, 182 days
8		Lieutenant general Attilio Teruzzi (1882–1950)	23 November 1926	18 December 1928	2 years, 25 days
9		Marshal Pietro Badoglio (1871–1956)	18 December 1928	21 January 1929	34 days
10		Domenico Siciliani (1879–1938) Vice Governor	21 January 1929	15 March 1930	1 year, 53 days
11		Marshal Rodolfo Graziani (1882–1955) Vice Governor	15 March 1930	31 December 1933	3 years, 291 days
Unification of Italian Tripolitania and Italian Cyrenaica, establishing Italian Libya 1 January 1934
11		Marshal Rodolfo Graziani (1882–1955) Vice Governor	31 December 1933	31 May 1934	151 days
12		Guglielmo Nasi (1879–1971) Vice Governor	1 June 1934	1 July 1935	1 year, 30 days

For continuation after unification, see: List of governors-general of Italian Libya

See also

• Ottoman Tripolitania
  • Pasha of Tripoli
• Italian Libya
  • List of governors-general of Italian Libya
• Italian Tripolitania
  • List of colonial governors of Italian Tripolitania
• Italian Cyrenaica