List of colonial governors of Italian Somaliland


This article lists the colonial governors of Italian Somaliland from 1889 to 1941. They administered the territory on behalf of the Kingdom of Italy.

Italian Somaliland

Complete list of colonial governors of Italian Somaliland:
Between 1936 and 1941, Italian Somaliland was administered as the Somalia Governorate within Italian East Africa. In 1940, British Somaliland was conquered and annexed to the Somalia Governorate and governed by Carlo De Simone as "interim military governor" until March 1941.

British Military Administration / Trust Territory of Somaliland

From spring 1941 until November 1949, Italian Somaliland was governed by the British Military Administration. The territory was thereafter administered as the Trust Territory of Somaliland, a United Nations trusteeship with Italian administration. The governors were:
For continuation after independence, see: List of Presidents of Somalia