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Badoglio

The 1st Duke of Addis Abeba
Pietro Badoglio 3.jpg
28th Prime Minister of Italy
In office
25 July 1943 – 8 June 1944
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
Preceded by Raffaele Guariglia
Succeeded by Ivanoe Bonomi
Minister of the Italian Africa
In office
11 February 1944 – 8 June 1944
Preceded by Melchiade Gabba
Succeeded by Ivanoe Bonomi
Viceroy of the Italian East Africa
Viceroy of Ethiopia
In office
9 May 1936 – 11 June 1936
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
Preceded by Emilio De Bono
Succeeded by Position abolished
Commissary of Eritrea
In office
22 November 1935 – 9 May 1936
Preceded by Emilio De Bono
Succeeded by Alfredo Guzzoni
Commissary of Tripolitania and Cirenaica
In office
24 January 1929 – 31 December 1933
Preceded by Emilio De Bono (Tripolitania)
Attilio Teruzzi (Cyrenaica)
Succeeded by Italo Balbo (Governor of Libia)
Personal details
Born (1871-09-28)28 September 1871
Grazzano Monferrato, Piedmont, Kingdom of Italy
Died 1 November 1956(1956-11-01) (aged 85)
Grazzano Badoglio, Piedmont, Italy
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.


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