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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