List of colonial heads of Libya

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List of Colonial Heads of Libya

Term Incumbent Notes
Italian Suzerainty
1 January 1934 Italian colony of Libya: Tripolitania, Cyrenaica and Fezzan
1 January 1934 to 28 June 1940 Italo Balbo, Governor-General
1 July 1940 to 25 March 1941 Rodolfo Graziani, marchese di Neghelli, Governor-General
25 March 1941 to 19 July 1941 Italo Gariboldi, Governor-General
19 July 1941 to 2 February 1943 Ettore Bastico, Governor-General
2 February 1943 to 13 May 1943 Giovanni Messe, acting Governor-General
13 May 1943 end of Italian rule
UN Administration as UN Trust territory
three constituent parts were administered separately: Tripolitania British, Cyrenaica and Fezzan French
10 December 1949 to 24 December 1951 Adrian Pelt, UN Commissioner (Netherlands) (arrived in Tripoli 18 January 1950)
24 December 1951 Independence as United Kingdom of Libya