This article lists the colonial governors of Italian Eritrea from 1890 to 1941. They administered the territory on behalf of the

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Before the official creation of Italian Eritrea (''Colonia Eritrea'') in 1890, the territory had seven interim governors: (1882 to 1885), Alessandro Caimi (1885),

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(1885), (1886 to 1887),

(1887), Alessandro Di San Marzano (1888) and

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(AOI). The Italian governors were under direct orders of the

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* Killion, Tom. ''Historical Dictionary of Eritrea''. The Scarecrow Press. . {{DEFAULTSORT:Colonial Governors Of Italian Eritrea

Eritrea Eritrea, officially the State of Eritrea, is a country in the Horn of Africa region of East Africa, with its capital and largest city being Asmara. It is bordered by Ethiopia in the Eritrea–Ethiopia border, south, Sudan in the west, and Dj ...

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