Colonial heads of Libya - AbsoluteAstronomy.com

List of Colonial Heads of Libya
Libya
Libya is an African country in the Maghreb region of North Africa bordered by the Mediterranean Sea to the north, Egypt to the east, Sudan to the southeast, Chad and Niger to the south, and Algeria and Tunisia to the west....

Term	Incumbent	Notes>
Italian Suzerainty History of Libya as Italian Colony The History of Libya as an Italian colony began in the 1910s and lasted until February 1947, when Italy officially lost all the colonies of the former Italian Empire.-First years:...
1 January 1934	Italian colony of Libya Libya Libya is an African country in the Maghreb region of North Africa bordered by the Mediterranean Sea to the north, Egypt to the east, Sudan to the southeast, Chad and Niger to the south, and Algeria and Tunisia to the west.... : Tripolitania Tripolitania Tripolitania or Tripolitana is a historic region and former province of Libya.Tripolitania was a separate Italian colony from 1927 to 1934... , Cyrenaica Cyrenaica Cyrenaica is the eastern coastal region of Libya.Also known as Pentapolis in antiquity, it was part of the Creta et Cyrenaica province during the Roman period, later divided in Libia Pentapolis and Libia Sicca... and Fezzan Fezzan Fezzan is a south western region of modern Libya. It is largely desert but broken by mountains, uplands, and dry river valleys in the north, where oases enable ancient towns and villages to survive deep in the otherwise inhospitable Sahara.-Name:...
1 January 1934 to 28 June 1940	Italo Balbo Italo Balbo Italo Balbo was an Italian Blackshirt leader who served as Italy's Marshal of the Air Force , Governor-General of Libya, Commander-in-Chief of Italian North Africa , and the "heir apparent" to Italian dictator Benito Mussolini.After serving in... , Governor-General
1 July 1940 to 25 March 1941	Rodolfo Graziani, 1st Marquis of Neghelli Rodolfo Graziani Rodolfo Graziani, 1st Marquis of Neghelli , was an officer in the Italian Regio Esercito who led military expeditions in Africa before and during World War II.-Rise to prominence:... , Governor-General
25 March 1941 to 19 July 1941	Italo Gariboldi Italo Gariboldi Italo Gariboldi was a senior officer in the Italian Royal Army before and during World War II. He was also a recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross... , Governor-General
19 July 1941 to 2 February 1943	Ettore Bastico Ettore Bastico Ettore Bastico was an Italian military officer before and during World War II. He held high commands during the Second Italo-Abyssinian War , the Spanish Civil War, and the North African Campaign.... , Governor-General
2 February 1943 to 13 May 1943	Giovanni Messe Giovanni Messe Giovanni Messe was an Italian general, politician, and Field Marshal . He is considered by many to have been the best Italian general of the Second World War.-Early life and career:Born in Mesagne, Apulia, Giovanni Messe pursued a military career in 1901... , acting Governor-General
13 May 1943	The end of Italian rule
UN Administration
three constituent parts were administered separately:	Tripolitania Tripolitania Tripolitania or Tripolitana is a historic region and former province of Libya.Tripolitania was a separate Italian colony from 1927 to 1934... and Cyrenaica Cyrenaica Cyrenaica is the eastern coastal region of Libya.Also known as Pentapolis in antiquity, it was part of the Creta et Cyrenaica province during the Roman period, later divided in Libia Pentapolis and Libia Sicca... British, Fezzan Fezzan Fezzan is a south western region of modern Libya. It is largely desert but broken by mountains, uplands, and dry river valleys in the north, where oases enable ancient towns and villages to survive deep in the otherwise inhospitable Sahara.-Name:... French
10 December 1949 to 24 December 1951	Adrian Pelt, UN Commissioner (Netherlands Netherlands The Netherlands is a constituent country of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, located mainly in North-West Europe and with several islands in the Caribbean. Mainland Netherlands borders the North Sea to the north and west, Belgium to the south, and Germany to the east, and shares maritime borders... )	(arrived in Tripoli 18 January 1950)
24 December 1951	Independence as United Kingdom of Libya	Under King Idris I Idris I of Libya Idris, GBE , , was the first and only king of Libya, reigning from 1951 to 1969, and the Chief of the Senussi Muslim order.- Early life :...

For continuation after independence, see: List of heads of state of Libya

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