Luigi Bongiovanni
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Luigi Bongiovanni | |
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Italian Governor of Cyrenaica | |
In office December 1922 – 24 May 1924 | |
Preceded by | Eduardo Baccari |
Succeeded by | Ernesto Mombelli |
Personal details | |
Born | 8 December 1866 Reggio Emilia |
Died | April 4, 1941 Rome | (aged 74)
Luigi Bongiovanni (1866–1941) was an Italian general. He had been a governor of Cyrenaica from December 1922 to May 1924.
During the battle of Caporetto in World War I, he commanded VII corps of the Italian 2nd Army. Before that he participated in Boxer rebellion, then in the Italo-Turkish War.
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