Giacomo De Martino (governor)

Giacomo De Martino
Italian Governor of Somaliland
In office 1910–1916
Preceded by	Tommaso Carletti
Succeeded by	Giovanni Cerrina Feroni
Italian Governor of Eritrea
In office 16 September 1916 – 20 July 1919
Preceded by	Giovanni Cerrina Feroni
Succeeded by
Italian Governor of Cyrenaica
In office 5 August 1919 – 23 November 1921
Preceded by	Vincenzo Garioni
Succeeded by	Luigi Pintor
Personal details
Born	(1849-09-21)21 September 1849 London
Died	23 November 1921(1921-11-23) (aged 72) Benghazi

Giacomo De Martino (21 September 1849 – 23 November 1921) was an Italian politician, who was governor in the Italian colonies.^[1]

Biography[]

Born in London in 1849 from a rich Italian family. He was one of the main supporters of the Italian colonialism since he was young. Initially he was a diplomat, but soon started to do a political career. In 1905 he was elected at the Italian Senate. In 1906 De Martino created the Istituto coloniale italiano, in order to promote the development of the Italian colonies and their management.^[2]

He had held several colonial posts as he had been a governor of the Italian colonies of Somaliland (1910–1916),^[3] Eritrea (1916–1919), and finally Cyrenaica (1919–1921), where he had died at office.

Notes[]

Bibliography[]

• Istituto coloniale italiano. Rivista coloniale, Volumi 1-2. Editore ICI. Roma, 1906

See also[]

• Italian empire

External links[]

• Newspaper clippings about Giacomo De Martino in the 20th Century Press Archives of the ZBW