Pietro Badoglio

Prime Minister of Italy
In office
25 July 1943 – 8 June 1944
MonarchVittorio Emanuele III
Lieutenant GeneralThe Prince of Piedmont
DeputyPalmiro Togliatti
Preceded byBenito Mussolini
Succeeded byIvanoe Bonomi
Minister of Foreign Affairs
In office
11 February 1944 – 8 June 1944
Prime MinisterHimself
Preceded byRaffaele Guariglia
Succeeded byIvanoe Bonomi
Minister of the Italian Africa
In office
11 February 1944 – 8 June 1944
Prime MinisterHimself
Preceded byMelchiade Gabba
Succeeded byIvanoe Bonomi
Governor-General of the Italian East Africa
Viceroy of Ethiopia
In office
9 May 1936 – 11 June 1936
MonarchVittorio Emanuele III
DuceBenito Mussolini
Preceded byOffices established
Succeeded byRodolfo Graziani
Commissary of the Italian East Africa
In office
28 November 1935 – 9 May 1936
Preceded byEmilio De Bono
Succeeded byOffice abolished
Governor of Eritrea
In office
22 November 1935 – 9 May 1936
Preceded byEmilio De Bono
Succeeded byAlfredo Guzzoni
Governor of Tripolitania and Cyrenaica
In office
24 January 1929 – 31 December 1933
Preceded byEmilio De Bono (Tripolitania)
Attilio Teruzzi (Cyrenaica)
Succeeded byItalo Balbo (Governor of Libia)
Personal details
Born(1871-09-28)28 September 1871
Grazzano Monferrato, Piedmont, Kingdom of Italy
Died1 November 1956(1956-11-01) (aged 85)
Grazzano Badoglio, Piedmont, Italy
Political partyIndependent
Spouse
Sofia Valania
(m. 1904; died 1942)
Military service
Allegiance Kingdom of Italy
Branch/service Royal Italian Army
Years of service1892–1943
RankMarshal of Italy
Battles/warsFirst Italo–Ethiopian War
Italo–Turkish War
World War I
Pacification of Libya
Second Italo–Ethiopian War
World War II

Pietro Badoglio, 1st Duke of Addis Abeba, 1st Marquess of Sabotino (US: /bəˈdlj/ bə-DOH-lyoh,[1] Italian: [ˈpjɛːtro baˈdɔʎʎo]; 28 September 1871 – 1 November 1956), was an Italian general during both World Wars and the first viceroy of Italian East Africa.[2] With the fall of the Fascist regime in Italy, he became Prime Minister of Italy.

  1. ^ "Badoglio". Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary. Retrieved 10 August 2019.
  2. ^ "Pietro Badoglio". Encyclopaedia Britannica. 28 October 2023.

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