List of governors of the Province of Trieste

Changes of Italian eastern border from 1920 to 1975:

  The Austrian Littoral, later renamed Venezia Giulia (or Julian March), which was assigned to Italy in 1920 with the Treaty of Rapallo (the border was modified in 1924 with the Treaty of Rome and annexation of the Free State of Fiume) and which was later ceded to Yugoslavia in 1947 with the Treaty of Peace with Italy.

  Areas annexed to Italy in 1920, and remained Italian after 1947.

  Areas annexed to Italy in 1920, transferred to the Free Territory of Trieste in 1947 with the Treaty of Peace with Italy and definitively assigned to Italy in 1975 with the Treaty of Osimo.

  Areas annexed to Italy in 1920, transferred to the Free Territory of Trieste in 1947 with the Treaty of Peace with Italy and assigned definitively to Yugoslavia in 1975 with the Treaty of Osimo.

The following is a list of governors of the Province of Trieste, from 1918 to 1954. It includes Italian military governor, general civil commissioners and prefects, as well as Allied/Yugoslav military governors of the Free Territory of Trieste (Governors of all Julian March prior to the establishment of the Territory) in the aftermath of World War II.

List[]

Tenure	Incumbent	Notes	Portrait
Italian suzerainty
3 November 1918 to 1919	Carlo Petitti di Roreto, Military Governor
31 July 1919 to 3 December 1919	, General Civil Commissioner
8 December 1919 to 30 October 1922	Antonio Mosconi, General Civil Commissioner
1 November 1922 to 18 June 1924	, Prefect
22 June 1924 to 11 December 1925	, Prefect
11 December 1925 to 15 December 1926	, Prefect
16 December 1926 to 16 July 1929	, Prefect
16 July 1929 to 16 January 1933	, Prefect
16 January 1933 to 1 August 1936	Carlo Tiengo, Prefect
1 August 1936 to 21 August 1939	, Prefect
21 August 1939 to 7 June 1941	, Prefect
7 June 1941 to 1 August 1943	Tullio Tamburini, Prefect	1st time
1 August 1943 to 11 September 1943	, Prefect
German occupation
12 September 1943 to 1 October 1943	Tullio Tamburini, Prefect	2nd time, appointed on behalf of the Italian Social Republic
22 October 1943 to 28 April 1945	Bruno Coceani, Prefect	Appointed on behalf of the Italian Social Republic
28 April 1945 to 1945	Antonio De Berti, Prefect	Appointed on behalf of the Italian Social Republic
Free Territory
Zone A (Allied)
2 May 1945 to July 1945	Bernard Freyberg, Military Governor	From New Zealand
July 1945 to July 1947	Alfred Connor Bowman, Military Governor	From United States
July 1947 to 15 September 1947	James Jewett Carnes, Military Governor	From United States
15 September 1947 to 31 March 1951	Sir Terence Airey, Military Governor	From United Kingdom
1 April 1951 to 26 October 1954	Sir John Winterton, Military Governor	From United Kingdom
Zone B (Yugoslav)
1 May 1945 to September 1947	Dušan Kveder, Military Governor
15 September 1947 to March 1951	, Military Governor
March 1951 to 25 October 1954	Miloš Stamatović, Military Governor

External links[]

• World Statesmen – Italy (Trieste)