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Luigi Bongiovanni

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Luigi Bongiovanni
Italian Governor of Cyrenaica
In office
December 1922 – 24 May 1924
Preceded byEduardo Baccari
Succeeded byErnesto Mombelli
Personal details
Born8 December 1866
Reggio Emilia
DiedApril 4, 1941(1941-04-04) (aged 74)
Rome

Luigi Bongiovanni (1866–1941) was an Italian general. He had been a governor of Cyrenaica from December 1922 to May 1924.

During the battle of Caporetto in World War I, he commanded VII corps of the Italian 2nd Army. Before that he participated in Boxer rebellion, then in the Italo-Turkish War.