Ottone Gabelli

Ottone Gabelli
Italian Governor of Eritrea
In office
January 15, 1935 – January 18, 1935
Preceded by Riccardo Di Lucchesi
Succeeded by Emilio De Bono
Personal details
Nationality Italian

Ottone Gabelli (1880-1939) was an Italian diplomat and writer.[1] He was Italian colonial "acting governor" of Eritrea in 1935, but only for a few days from January 15 to January 18.

Life

Ottone Gabelli was born in Friuli in 1880, near Udine. He started a bureaucratic career in the "Ministero della Colonie", becoming General Director in the early 1930s. He also was a member of the "Istituto per L'oriente", a magazine about colonial studies.

He moved to Italian Africa in 1934, becoming temporarily governor of Eritrea.

His role of "Regent Governor" in Italian was Funzionario ruolo colonie (attribuzione: Reggente) in January 1935.[2] In July 1938 he was one of those who signed the "Manifesto della Razza"[3]

Ottone Gabelli died in 1939.

Literary works

Notes

  1. ↑ Image of the front cover of his famous book about Italian Tripolitania
  2. ↑ Governors (and their titles) of Italian Eritrea (in Italian)
  3. ↑ Manifesto della Razza supporters

See also

Preceded by
Riccardo Di Lucchesi
Italian Governor of Eritrea
January 1935
Succeeded by
Emilio De Bono
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