List of governors of the Italian Islands of the Aegean

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.

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(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	[it], Provisional Commander
9 November 1913 to 26 April 1914	, Commander
27 April 1914 to 3 August 1914	, Provisional Commander
3 August 1914 to 26 May 1917	, Commander
27 May 1917 to 15 December 1919	, Commander
15 December 1919 to 6 August 1920	[it], Commander
7 August 1920 to 16 September 1920	[it], Provisional Commander
17 September 1920 to 16 August 1921	, Commander
17 August 1921 to 15 November 1922	[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	[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	, Chief Administrator
1946 to 15 September 1947	, Chief Administrator

See also[]

• Italian Islands of the Aegean
• Dodecanese
  • Rhodes
• Italian colonists in the Dodecanese
• Turks of the Dodecanese

External links[]

• World Statesmen – Greece (Dodecanese Islands and Rhodes)