Luigi Mercatelli
| Luigi Mercatelli | |
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| Italian Commissioner-General of Somaliland | |
| In office 16 March 1905 – 1906 |
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| Preceded by | Giorgio Sorrentino (commisioner) |
| Succeeded by | Giuseppe Salvago Raggi |
| Italian Governor of Tripolitana | |
| In office 6 July 1920 – July 1921 |
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| Preceded by | Vittorio Menzinger |
| Succeeded by | Giuseppe Volpi |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 21 October 1853 Alfonsine |
| Died | Script error: The function "death_date_and_age" does not exist. Rio de Janeiro |
| Nationality | Italian |
Luigi Mercatelli (October 21, 1853 - April 4, 1922) was an Italian politician, attorney and diplomatic. [1]
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Biography
Luigi Mercatelli was born in Alfonsine (near Ravenna, Italy) in 1853. Graduated as lawyer in Ferrara, showed since young sympathies for the development of Italian colonialism. He was friend of Giovanni Pascoli and wrote for the newspapers "Il Corriere di Napoli" and Il Mattino of Napoli. Mercatelli participated in the Eritrea conquest in the 1890s, supporting the colonialism of Prime Minister Giovanni Giolitti.
He was initially named "Consul of Italy in Zanzibar in 1903 and the Commissioner general of Italian Somaliland (1905-1906). After WWI was named Governor of Italian Tripolitania (1920-1921).
He was the Italian ambassador in Rio de Janeiro when he died in 1922.
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