List of governors of the Italian Islands of the Aegean

Governor of the Italian Islands of the Aegean
Governatore della Isole italiane dell'Egeo
Coat of arms of the Italian Islands of the Aegean
Longest serving Mario Lago 16 November 1922 – 27 November 1936
Reports to	King of Italy
Residence	Governor's Palace, Rhodes
Formation	5 May 1912
First holder	Giovanni Ameglio
Final holder	Otto Wagener
Abolished	8 May 1945
Succession	British military administrators in the Aegean

This article lists the governors of the Italian Islands of the Aegean, from 1912 to 1945. It includes Italian commanders and governors, as well as German commanders of the Dodecanese during World War II.

Italy conquered the Dodecanese from the Ottoman Empire in 1912, during the Italo-Turkish War and ceded the islands to Greece in 1947, according to the Treaty of Paris.

No.	Portrait	Commander	Took office	Left office	Time in office
1		General Giovanni Ameglio (1854–1921)	5 May 1912	14 October 1913	1 year, 162 days
–		General Ferruccio Trombi (1858–1915) Acting	14 October 1913	9 November 1913	26 days
2		General Francesco Marchi (?–?)	9 November 1913	26 April 1914	168 days
3		General Giovanni Croce (?–?)	26 April 1914	26 March 1917	2 years, 334 days
4		General Vittorio Elia (?–?)	26 March 1917	15 December 1919	2 years, 264 days
5		General Achille Porta (1868–1953)	15 December 1919	7 August 1920	236 days
–		Carlo Senni (1879–1946) Acting	7 August 1920	16 September 1920	40 days
6		Felice Maiassa (?–?)	16 September 1920	16 August 1921	334 days
7		Alessandro De Bosdari (1867–1929)	16 August 1921	15 November 1922	1 year, 91 days

No.	Portrait	Governor	Took office	Left office	Time in office
1		Mario Lago (1878–1950)	16 November 1922	27 November 1936	14 years, 11 days
2		General Cesare Maria De Vecchi (1884–1959)	2 December 1936	9 December 1940	4 years, 7 days
3		Marshal Ettore Bastico (1876–1972)	10 December 1940	14 July 1941	216 days
4		Admiral Inigo Campioni (1878–1944)	14 July 1941	8 September 1943	2 years, 56 days

No.	Portrait	Commander	Took office	Left office	Time in office
1		General Ulrich Kleemann (1892–1963)	8 September 1943	20 July 1944	316 days
2		General Otto Wagener (1888–1971)	20 July 1944	8 May 1945	292 days

• Italian Islands of the Aegean
• Dodecanese
  • Rhodes
• Italian colonists in the Dodecanese
• Turks of the Dodecanese

• World Statesmen – Greece (Dodecanese Islands and Rhodes)