Vincenzo Garioni

Vincenzo Garioni (19 November 1856 – 24 April 1929) was an Italian general. He was the governor of Tripolitania (1913-1914), and later had become the governor of both of Tripolitania and Cyrenaica.

Vincenzo Garioni
Italian Governor of Tripolitania
In office
2 June 1913 – 1 October 1914
Preceded byOttavio Ragni
Succeeded byGiorgio Cigliana
In office
5 August 1918 – 16 August 1919
Preceded byGiovanni Ameglio
Succeeded byVittorio Menzinger
Italian Governor of Cyrenaica
In office
5 August 1918 – 5 August 1919
Preceded byGiovanni Ameglio
Succeeded byGiacomo De Martino
Personal details
Born19 November 1856
Biadene
DiedApril 24, 1929(1929-04-24) (aged 72)
Venice

After being promoted to colonel in 1900, he commanded of the Italian Expeditionary Corps in China sent to put down the Boxer Rebellion. Then, as a lieutenant-general in Italo-Turkish war (1911-1912), he (with Luigi Agliardi, another China veteran) was assigned with the conquest of Zuwara, Ghadames on the Libyan-Tunisian border.[1]

Between his two terms as a governor, he commanded, at the Beginning of World War I, VII Corps, and temporarily the 3rd Italian Army until arrival of Duke of Aosta.[2][1]

During the sixth battle of the Isonzo (August 1916), he commanded II corps of the 2nd Italian Army.[3]

Notes
  1. I Tre Cinesi e la guerra di Libia del 1911
  2. The Beginning of Futility Gaetano V. Cavallaro
  3. VI Battaglia dell'Isonzo


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