Luigi Mercatelli
Luigi Mercatelli | |
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Italian Commissioner-General of Somaliland | |
In office 16 March 1905 – 1906 | |
Preceded by | Giorgio Sorrentino (commissioner) |
Succeeded by | Giuseppe Salvago Raggi |
Italian Governor of Tripolitana | |
In office 6 July 1920 – July 1921 | |
Preceded by | Vittorio Menzinger |
Succeeded by | Giuseppe Volpi |
Personal details | |
Born | 21 October 1853 Alfonsine |
Died | 4 April 1922 Rio de Janeiro | (aged 68)
Nationality | Italian |
Luigi Mercatelli (21 October 1853 – 4 April 1922) was an Italian politician, attorney and diplomatic.[1]
Biography
Luigi Mercatelli was born in Alfonsine (near
Napoli. Mercatelli participated in the Eritrea conquest in the 1890s, supporting the colonialism of Prime Minister Giovanni Giolitti
.
He was initially named "Consul of Italy in Zanzibar in 1903 and the Commissioner-general of Italian Somaliland (1905–1906). After World War I was named Governor of Italian Tripolitania (1920–1921).
He was the Italian ambassador in Rio de Janeiro when he died in 1922.
See also
- Italian Somalia
- Italian Eritrea
Notes
Sources
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