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| Italian Commissioner-General of Somaliland | |
| In office 16 March 1905 – 1906 | |
| Preceded by | Giorgio Sorrentino (commisioner) |
| Succeeded by | Giuseppe Salvago Raggi |
| Italian Governor of Tripolitana | |
| In office 6 July 1920 – July 1921 | |
| Preceded by | Vittorio Menzinger |
| Succeeded by | Giuseppe Volpi |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 21 October 1853 Alfonsine |
| Died | April 4, 1922(1922-04-04) (aged 68) Rio de Janeiro |
Luigi Mercatelli (1853-1922) was an Italian politician, attorney and diplomatic.
Biography
Luigi Mercatelli was born in Alfonsine (near Ravenna, Italy) in 1853. Graduated as lawyer showing since young sympathies for the development of Italian colonialism. He was friend of Giovanni Pascoli and wrote for the newspaper Il Mattino of Napoli. Mercatelli participated in the Eritrea conquest in the 1890s.
He was the Commissioner general of Italian Somaliland (1905-1906), then the Governor of Italian Tripolitania (1920-1921).
He was the Italian ambassador in Rio de Janeiro when he died in 1922.
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See also
Source
Treaccani enciclopedia: Luigi Mercatelli
| Italian Governors of Eritrea and Somaliland | |
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| Governors of Eritrea (1890–1941) |
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| Governors of Somaliland (1889–1941) |
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| cm=Commanders. c=Commissioners. cg=Commissioners-General. v=Vice-Governor. p=As a part of Italian East Africa | |
| Italian Governors of Tripolitania and Cyrenaica | |
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| Governors of Tripolitania (1911–1934) | |
| Governors of Cyrenaica (1912–1935) | |
| tc = G. of Tripolitania and Cyrenaica. v = Deputy of the G. of Cyrenaica (G. of Tripolitania). h = Honorary since 1-1-1934. | |