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Dodecanese (red) within Greece.
An Italian map of the Dodecanese.

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.

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

(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

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