Tommaso Carletti

Tommaso Carletti(16 April 1860[1]– 16 May 1919[2]) was born in Viterbo(Italy) and was one of the Governorsof Italian Somalia.[3]Tommaso Carletti was born in Viterbo (Lazio) on April 16, 1860, and graduated as an attorney in Rome. He started a career as a diplomat in 1885, as Italian vice-consul in Tunisia.

Tommaso Carletti was the Commissioner-Generalof the Italian colony in Banadirfrom 1907 to 1908.

Later he was named Governorof the newly created Somalia Italiana, that he ruled from 1908 until July 1910 (when was substituted by Giacomo De Martino). In July 1908 Carletti started the full conquest of the interior of Somalia,  because until then the Italians controlled only the coastal area around Mogadishuand other port cities. He supported a moderate approach with the Somali populations during this initial conquest but was forced to have harsh political discussions with military commander Antonino Di Giorgio who did a bloody campaign in the Scebeliregion.

In 1909 Carletti introduced the Somali Rupiaas the currency of Somalia in use, which lasted until 1925. The Somali Rupia was divided into besecoins.

Carletti died on May 16, 1919, in his Viterbo, where was commemorated with full honors

• Beltrami, Vanni. Italia d'oltremare: storie dei territori italiani dalla conquista alla caduta. Publisher Edizioni Nuova Cultura. Roma, 2011 ISBN 8861347029
• *Calchi Novati, Gian Paolo. L'Africa d'Italia Editori Carrocci. Roma, 2011.

• Italian Somalia
• Mogadishu under Italian rule