Italian soldier and prime minister (19434), born in Grazzano Monferrato (now Grazzano Badoglio), N Italy. He served in World War 1, and was promoted field marshal in 1926. He was Governor-General of Libya (192833) and directed the conquest of Abyssinia, now Ethiopia (19356). On Italy's entry into World War 2 in 1940 he was made commander-in-chief, but resigned during the Greek humiliation of Italian arms in Albania. Following Mussolini's downfall (1943) he formed a non-Fascist government, negotiated an armistice with the Allies, declared war on Germany, and held power till 1944.
Pietro Badoglio| Prime Minister of Italy | |
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In office July 25, 1943 – June 18, 1944 |
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| Preceded by | Benito Mussolini |
| Succeeded by | Ivanoe Bonomi |
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September 28, 1871 Piedmont, Italy |
| Died |
November 1, 1956 |
| Political party | none (Provisional Military Government) |
Pietro Badoglio, 1st Duke of Addis Abeba (September 28, 1871 – November 1, 1956) was an Italian soldier and politician.
Marshal Pietro Badoglio led the Italian troops into Addis Ababa on May 5, and Mussolini declared King Victor Emmanuel III of Italy Emperor of Ethiopia and Ethiopia an Italian province.
Following the Allied invasion of Sicily in 1943, there was a meeting of the Fascist Grand Council on July 24 and the following day in a technical coup d'etat Victor Emmanuel III of Italy dismissed Mussolini and appointed Badoglio to head the government.
After his death in 1956, he was succeeded as Duke of Addis Abeba (Duca di Addis Abeba) by his grandson, Pietro Badoglio, 2nd Duke of Addis Abeba, who was married to Princess Phuong Mai, daughter of Bao Dai, last Emperor of Vietnam
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Preceded by: Benito Mussolini |
Prime Minister of Italy 1943–1944 |
Succeeded by: Ivanoe Bonomi |
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Preceded by: {none) |
Duke of Addis Abeba 1936–1956 |
Succeeded by: Pietro Badoglio, 2nd Duke of Addis Abeba |
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Preceded by: Raffaele Guariglia |
Italian Minister of Foreign Affairs 1944 |
Succeeded by: Ivanoe Bonomi |
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Preceded by: Benito Mussolini |
Head of the Fascist Grand Council 1944 |
Succeeded by: (post abolished) |
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