Pietro Badoglio

Pietro Badoglio
Prime Minister of Italy
In office
25 July 1943  8 June 1944
MonarchVittorio Emanuele III
Lieutenant GeneralThe Prince of Piedmont
DeputyPalmiro Togliatti
Preceded byBenito Mussolini
Succeeded byIvanoe Bonomi
Minister of Foreign Affairs
In office
11 February 1944  8 June 1944
Prime MinisterHimself
Preceded byRaffaele Guariglia
Succeeded byIvanoe Bonomi
Minister of the Italian Africa
In office
11 February 1944  8 June 1944
Prime MinisterHimself
Preceded byMelchiade Gabba
Succeeded byIvanoe Bonomi
Governor-General of Italian East Africa and Viceroy of Ethiopia
In office
9 May 1936  11 June 1936
MonarchVittorio Emanuele III
DuceBenito Mussolini
Preceded byOffices established
Succeeded byRodolfo Graziani
Commissary of the Italian East Africa
In office
28 November 1935  9 May 1936
Preceded byEmilio De Bono
Succeeded byOffice abolished
Governor of Eritrea
In office
22 November 1935  9 May 1936
Preceded byEmilio De Bono
Succeeded byAlfredo Guzzoni
Governor of Tripolitania and Cyrenaica
In office
24 January 1929  31 December 1933
Preceded byEmilio De Bono (Tripolitania)
Attilio Teruzzi (Cyrenaica)
Succeeded byItalo Balbo (Governor of Libia)
Chief of the Italian General Staff
In office
4 May 1925  5 December 1940
Preceded byOffice established
Succeeded byUgo Cavallero
Chief of Staff of the Royal Italian Army
In office
25 November 1919  2 February 1921
Preceded byArmando Diaz
Succeeded byGiuseppe Vaccari
In office
4 May 1925  1 February 1927
Preceded byGiuseppe Francesco Ferrari
Succeeded byGiuseppe Francesco Ferrari
Personal details
Born(1871-09-28)28 September 1871
Grazzano Monferrato, Piedmont, Italy
Died1 November 1956(1956-11-01) (aged 85)
Grazzano Badoglio, Piedmont, Italy
Political partyIndependent
Spouse
Sofia Valania
(m. 1904; died 1942)
Military service
AllegianceKingdom of Italy
Branch/serviceRoyal Italian Army
Years of service1892–1943
RankMarshal of Italy
Battles/wars

Pietro Badoglio, 1st Duke of Addis Abeba, 1st Marquess of Sabotino (US: /bəˈdlj/ bə-DOH-lyoh, Italian: [ˈpjɛːtro baˈdɔʎʎo]; 28 September 1871 – 1 November 1956), was an Italian general during both World Wars and the first viceroy of Italian East Africa. With the fall of the Fascist regime in Italy, he became Prime Minister of Italy.