The 1st Duke of Addis Abeba | |
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28th Prime Minister of Italy | |
In office 25 July 1943 – 8 June 1944 |
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Monarch | Vittorio Emanuele III |
Lieutenant General | Prince Umberto |
Preceded by | Benito Mussolini |
Succeeded by | Ivanoe Bonomi |
Minister of Foreign Affairs | |
In office 11 February 1944 – 8 June 1944 |
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Preceded by | Raffaele Guariglia |
Succeeded by | Ivanoe Bonomi |
Minister of the Italian Africa | |
In office 11 February 1944 – 8 June 1944 |
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Preceded by | Melchiade Gabba |
Succeeded by | Ivanoe Bonomi |
Viceroy of the Italian East Africa Viceroy of Ethiopia |
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In office 9 May 1936 – 11 June 1936 |
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Monarch | Vittorio Emanuele III |
Duce | Benito Mussolini |
Preceded by | Positions established |
Succeeded by | Rodolfo Graziani |
Commissary of the Italian East Africa | |
In office 28 November 1935 – 9 May 1936 |
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Preceded by | Emilio De Bono |
Succeeded by | Position abolished |
Commissary of Eritrea | |
In office 22 November 1935 – 9 May 1936 |
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Preceded by | Emilio De Bono |
Succeeded by | Alfredo Guzzoni |
Commissary of Tripolitania and Cirenaica | |
In office 24 January 1929 – 31 December 1933 |
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Preceded by |
Emilio De Bono (Tripolitania) Attilio Teruzzi (Cyrenaica) |
Succeeded by | Italo Balbo (Governor of Libia) |
Personal details | |
Born |
Grazzano Monferrato, Piedmont, Kingdom of Italy |
28 September 1871
Died | 1 November 1956 Grazzano Badoglio, Piedmont, Italy |
(aged 85)
Nationality | Italian |
Political party | Independent |
Military service | |
Allegiance | Kingdom of Italy |
Service/branch | Royal Italian Army |
Years of service | 1892–1943 |
Rank | Marshal of Italy |
Battles/wars | • First Italo–Ethiopian War • Italo–Turkish War • World War I • Pacification of Libya • Second Italo–Ethiopian War • World War II |
Marshal Pietro Badoglio, 1st Duke of Addis Abeba, 1st Marquess of Sabotino (Italian pronunciation: [ˈpjɛːtro baˈdɔʎʎo]; 28 September 1871 – 1 November 1956), was an Italian general during both World Wars and a Prime Minister of Italy, as well as the first viceroy of Italian East Africa.
Badoglio was born in 1871. His father, Mario Badoglio, was a modest landowner, and his mother, Antoinetta Pittarelli, was of wealthy bourgeois background. On October 5, 1888, he was admitted to the Royal Military Academy in Turin. He received the rank of Second Lieutenant in 1890. In 1892, he finished his studies and was promoted to Lieutenant.
After completing his studies, he served with the Italian Army from 1892, at first as a Lieutenant (Tenente) in artillery, taking part in the early Italian colonial wars in Eritrea (1896), and in Libya (1912).
At the beginning of Italian participation in World War I, he was a Lieutenant Colonel (Tenente Colonnello); he rose to the rank of General following his handling of the capture of Monte Sabotino in May 1916 and by the late months of 1917 was named as Vice Chief-of-Staff (Sottocapo di Stato Maggiore) despite being one of the main responsibles for the disaster during the Battle of Caporetto on 24 October 1917.