List of governors of the Italian Islands of the Aegean

Dodecanese (red) within Greece.

The following is a list of 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.

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 Peace.

List of rulers of Italian Dodecanese

Italian Islands of the Aegean (1912–1947)

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

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