List of governors of the Italian Islands of the Aegean

This article lists the governors of the Italian Islands of the Aegean, from 1912 to 1947. It includes Italian commanders and governors, as well as German commanders and British administrators of the Dodecanese during World War II and its aftermath.

Governor of the Italian Islands of the Aegean
Governatore della Isole italiane dell'Egeo
Longest serving Mario Lago 16 November 1922 – 27 November 1936
Reports to	King of Italy
Residence	Governor's Palace [it], Rhodes
Formation	5 May 1912
First holder	Giovanni Ameglio (Commander)
Final holder	Iginio Ugo Faralli [it] (Vice Governor)
Abolished	7 May 1945
Succession	British military administrators in the Aegean

Dodecanese (red) within Greece.

An Italian map of the Dodecanese.

Italy conquered the Dodecanese from the Ottoman Empire in 1912, during the Italo-Turkish War and ceded the islands to Greece in 1947, according to the Treaty of Paris.

List

(Dates in italics indicate de facto continuation of office)

Tenure	Incumbent	Notes	Portrait
Italian suzerainty
5 May 1912 to 14 October 1913	Giovanni Ameglio, Commander	Commander of the Royal Italian Army in the Battle of Rhodes
15 October 1913 to 8 November 1913	Ferruccio Trombi [it], Provisional Commander
9 November 1913 to 26 April 1914	Francesco Marchi, Commander
27 April 1914 to 3 August 1914	Giovanni Croce, Provisional Commander
3 August 1914 to 26 May 1917	Giovanni Croce, Commander
27 May 1917 to 15 December 1919	Vittorio Elia, Commander
15 December 1919 to 6 August 1920	Achille Porta [it], Commander
7 August 1920 to 16 September 1920	Carlo Senni [it], Provisional Commander
17 September 1920 to 16 August 1921	Felice Maissa, Commander
17 August 1921 to 15 November 1922	Alessandro De Bosdari [it], Commander
16 November 1922 to 27 November 1936	Mario Lago, Governor
2 December 1936 to 9 December 1940	Cesare Maria De Vecchi, Governor	One of the Fascist quadrumvirs who organised the March on Rome
10 December 1940 to 14 July 1941	Ettore Bastico, Governor	Appointed as Governor-General of Italian Libya on 19 July 1941
15 July 1941 to 18 September 1943	Inigo Campioni, Governor	Captured by the Germans during the Dodecanese campaign, following the Armistice of Cassibile
German occupation
18 September 1943 to 7 May 1945	Iginio Ugo Faralli [it], Vice Governor	Appointed on behalf of the Italian Social Republic
8 September 1943 to 20 September 1944	Ulrich Kleemann, Commander
20 September 1944 to 5 May 1945	Otto Wagener, Commander
British administration
May 1945 to 1945	Peter Acland, Chief Administrator
1945 to 1946	Charles Henry Gormley, Chief Administrator
1946 to 15 September 1947	Arthur Stanley Parker, Chief Administrator

See also

• Italian Islands of the Aegean
• Dodecanese
  • Rhodes
• Italian colonists in the Dodecanese
• Turks of the Dodecanese

External links

• World Statesmen – Greece (Dodecanese Islands and Rhodes)