Emilio De Bono

Maresciallo d'Italia Emilio De Bono
De Bono in 1937
Minister of the Colonies
In office 12 September 1929 – 17 January 1935
Monarch	Victor Emmanuel III
Preceded by	Benito Mussolini (act.)
Succeeded by	Benito Mussolini (act.)
Governor of Eritrea
In office 18 January 1935 – 22 November 1935
Preceded by	Ottone Gabeli (act.)
Succeeded by	Pietro Badoglio
Governor of Tripolitania
In office 3 July 1925 – 18 December 1928
Preceded by	Giuseppe Volpi
Succeeded by	Pietro Badoglio
Member of the Senate of the Kingdom
In office 1 March 1923 – 5 August 1943
Appointed by	Victor Emmanuel III
Personal details
Born	(1866-03-19)19 March 1866 Cassano d'Adda, Lombardia, Italy
Died	11 January 1944(1944-01-11) (aged 77) Verona, Veneto, Italian Social Republic
Cause of death	Execution by firing squad
Political party	National Fascist Party
Alma mater	Scuola Militare Teulié Military Academy of Modena
Cabinet	Mussolini
Military service
Allegiance	Kingdom of Italy (1915–1943)
Branch/service	Royal Italian Army
Years of service	1884–1920; 1935–1943
Rank	Marshal of Italy
Commands	Blackshirts
Battles/wars	Italo-Ethiopian War of 1887–1889 Italo-Turkish War World War I Second Italo-Ethiopian War World War II

Emilio De Bono (19 March 1866 – 11 January 1944) was an Italian general, fascist activist, marshal, war criminal, and member of the Fascist Grand Council (Gran Consiglio del Fascismo). De Bono fought in the Italo-Turkish War, the First World War and the Second Italo-Abyssinian War. He was one of the key figures behind Italy's anti-partisan policies in Libya, such as the use of poison gas and concentration camps, which resulted in the deaths of tens of thousands of civilians and have been described as genocidal.^[1]

After voting for the ousting of Benito Mussolini, De Bono and five others were arrested and tried for treason at the Verona trial. All of the men were found guilty, with De Bono and four others being executed by firing squad the following day.