| Term |
Incumbent |
Notes |
| Massawa |
Ottoman Province |
| ante1687 to ante1706 |
Musa, Na’ib of Arkiko, Wali of Massawa |
|
| ???? to ???? |
…, Na’ib of Arkiko, Wali of Massawa |
|
| c.1793 |
Ahmad, Na’ib of Arkiko, Wali of Massawa |
|
| 1793 to 1813 |
..., Na’ib of Arkiko, Wali of Massawa |
|
| Egyptian occupation |
Egypt itself nominally within Ottoman Empire |
| 1813 to 1826 |
..., Na’ib of Arkiko, Wali of Massawa |
|
| 1826 to 1832 |
..., Na’ib of Arkiko |
|
| 1832 to 1833 |
Turkci Bilmaz, Na’ib of Arkiko |
In rebellion |
| 18?? to 1844 |
Yahya, Na’ib of Arkiko |
|
| 1844 to 1845 |
Hasan Na’ib of Arkiko |
|
| 1845 to 1846 |
Muhammad Na’ib of Arkiko |
|
| 1846 to 1848 |
Isma'il Hakki Pasha Na’ib of Arkiko |
|
| Ottoman Suzerainty |
| 1848 to 1861 |
..., Wali of Massawa |
|
| 1861 to 1863 |
Muhammad Rasih Bey, Wali of Massawa |
|
| Egyptian Province |
| 1866 to 1867 |
Hasan Bey Rifaat, Wali of Massawa |
|
| 1867 to 18?? |
Abdelkader, Wali of Massawa |
|
| 18?? to 1871 |
Aladdin Pasha Siddiq, Wali of Massawa |
|
| 1871 to 1873 |
Werner Munzinger Pasha, Wali of Massawa, then Governor-General of the Eastern Sudan and the Red Sea Coast until November 1875 |
|
| 1873 to November 1875 |
Arakil Bey Dabroyan, Wali of Massawa |
|
| 1875 to 18?? |
..., Wali of Massawa |
|
| 18?? to December 1882 |
Hursid Bey Pertev, Wali of Massawa |
|
| 1883 to 1884 |
Muhammad Muhtar PAsha, Wali of Massawa |
|
| 1884 to 1884 |
Mason Bey, Wali of Massawa |
|
| 1884 to 1884 |
Admiral Hewett, Acting governor of Massawa (made the British Protectorate over this province reality) |
|
| 1884 to 1885 |
Izzet Bey, Wali of Massawa |
|
| Italian Suzerainty |
| 1885 to 1885 |
A. Caimi, Commandant |
|
| 5 February 1885 to 6 February 1885 |
Saletta Tancredi, Commandant |
1st Term |
| 6 February 1885 to 14 November 1885 |
Saletta Tancredi, Commandant |
1st Term (contd.) |
| 5 December 1885 to 22 April 1887 |
Carlo Gené, Superior Commandant |
|
| 22 April 1887 to 10 November 1887 |
Saletta Tancredi |
2nd Term |
| November 1887 to 1888 |
Alessandro Asinari di San Marzano |
|
| Assab Protectorate |
| 1888 to 20 December 1889 |
Antonio Baldissera |
|
| 20 December 1889 to 1 January 1890 |
Baldassare Orero, Commandant |
|
| Eritrea |
Italian Colony |
| 1 January 1890 to 30 June 1890 |
Baldassare Orero, Commandant |
|
| 30 June 1890 to 28 February 1892 |
Antonio Gandolfi, Commandant |
|
| 28 February 1892 to 22 February 1896 |
Oreste Baratieri, Commandant |
|
| 22 February 1896 to 16 December 1897 |
Antonio Baldissera, Governor |
|
| 16 December 1897 to 25 March 1907 |
Ferdinando Martini, Governor |
|
| 25 March 1907 to 17 August 1915 |
Giuseppe Salvago Raggi, Governor |
|
| 17 August 1915 to 16 September 1916 |
Giovanni Cherina Ferroni, acting Governor |
1st Term |
| 16 September 1916 to 20 July 1919 |
Giacomo De Martino, Governor |
|
| 20 July 1919 to 20 November 1920 |
Camillo De Camillis, Governor |
|
| 20 November 1920 to 14 April 1921 |
Ludovico Pollera, Governor |
|
| 14 April 1921 to 1 June 1923 |
Giovanni Cherina Ferroni, Governor |
2nd Term |
| 1 June 1923 to 1 June 1928 |
Jacopo Gasparini, Governor |
|
| 1 June 1928 to 11 July 1930 |
Corrado Zoli, Governor |
|
| 11 July 1930 to 15 January 1935 |
Riccardo Astuto dei Duchi di Lucchesi, Governor |
|
| 15 January 1935 to 18 January 1935 |
Ottone Gabeli, acting Governor |
|
| 18 January 1935 to 22 November 1935 |
Emilio Giuseppe Gaspar Giovanni De Bono, Governor |
|
| 22 November 1935 to 22 May 1936 |
Pietro Badoglio, Governor |
|
| 1 June 1936 to 1 April 1937 |
Alfredo Guzzoni, Governor |
|
| 1 April 1937 to 15 December 1937 |
Vincenzo De Feo, Governor |
|
| 15 December 1937 to 2 June 1940 |
Giuseppe Daodice, Governor |
|
| 2 June 1940 to 19 May 1941 |
Luigi Frusci, acting Governor |
|
| Eritrea |
British Administration |
| 5 February 1941 to 4 May 1942 |
Sir William Platt, Administrator |
|
| 4 May 1942 to 9 November 1944 |
Stephen Hemsley Longrigg, Administrator |
|
| 9 November 1944 to 14 August 1945 |
C.D. McCarthy, Administrator |
|
| 14 August 1945 to 1 November 1946 |
John Meredith Benoy, Administrator |
|
| 1 November 1946 to 19 February 1951 |
Francis Greville Drew, Administrator |
|
| 19 February 1951 to 15 September 1952 |
Duncan Camerone Cumming, Chief Administrator |
|
| Eritrea |
Ethiopian Federation |
| 15 September 1952 to 29 July 1955 |
Tedla Bairu, Chief Executive |
|
| 8 August 1955 to December 1959 |
Asfaha Woldemikael, Chief Executive |
|
| December 1959 to 20 May 1960 |
Abiye Abebe, Chief Executive |
|
| 20 May 1960 to 14 November 1962 |
Abiye Abebe, Chief Administrator |
|
| Eritrea |
Ethiopian Province |
| 14 November 1962 to 1964 |
Abiye Abebe, Governor-general |
|
| 1964 to December 1970 |
Ras Asrata-Medhin Kassa, Governor-general |
|
| December 1970 to August 1974 |
Debebe Haile Maryam, Governor-general |
|
| August 1974 to 29 May 1991 |
Amanuel Amde Mikael, Governor-general |
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