Italian East Africa (, A.O.I.) was a territory occupied by Fascist Italy from 1936 to 1941 in the Horn of Africa. It encompassed Italian Somaliland, Italian Eritrea, and occupied Ethiopian territories, all administered by a single administrative unit, the Governo Generale dell'Africa Orientale Italiana. The region was governed from Addis Ababa under the authority of a Governor-General, who represented the Italian crown and exercised executive powers in the territories.

Italian East Africa was administratively divided into six governorates. Eritrea and Somalia, Italian possessions since the 1880s, were enlarged with captured Ethiopian territory and became the Eritrea and Somalia Governorates. The remainder of the occupied Ethiopian territories comprised the Harar, Galla-Sidamo, Amhara, and Scioa Governorates. The following list details the individuals who served as governors of these territorial units during the occupation.

List

Addis Ababa / Scioa Governorate

|-style="text-align:center;" !colspan=6|Addis Ababa Governorate

|-style="text-align:center;" !colspan=6|Scioa Governorate

Amhara Governorate

Eritrea Governorate

Galla-Sidamo Governorate

Harar Governorate

Somalia Governorate

Notes

See also

Italian East Africa List of governors-general of Italian East Africa Italian Ethiopia Italian Eritrea List of colonial governors of Italian Eritrea Italian Somaliland List of colonial governors of Italian Somaliland History of Ethiopia History of Eritrea History of Somalia Second Italo-Ethiopian War East African campaign (World War II) Arbegnoch Italian guerrilla war in Ethiopia

References

Bibliography

External links Worldstatesmen.org – Ethiopia (Italian East Africa), Eritrea and Somalia