Rava Maurizio (governor)

Maurizio Rava
Italian Governor of Somalia
In office
July 1, 1931 – March 6, 1935
Preceded by Guido Corni
Succeeded by Rodolfo Graziani
Personal details
Born January 31, 1878
Milano
Died November 1941
Roma
Nationality Italian
Political party Italian Fascism

Rava Maurizio (January 31, 1878, Milan, Italy – 1941, Rome) was the Italian Governor of Italian Somaliland from 1931 to 1935, and was also a politician and general of the Regio Esercito. He was one of the first fascist jews of Italy.[1]

Life

Rava was born in a Jewish family in Milan. He enthusiastically joined the National Fascist Party during World War I: in 1919 he was a cofounder of the "Fascio" of Roma. But in the late 1930s he faced problems within the party because of German Nazi influences against Italian Jews.

In the 1920s Rava was "Segretario generale delle Colonie" and in 1930 vice-governor of Italian Tripolitania[2] and a general in the Fascist Militia.[3]

From 1 July 1931 to 6 March 1935 Rava was the Governor of Italian Somaliland. In his time as governor thousands of Italian colonists came to Mogadishu and many Somalis joined the Italian colonial troops as a result of his policy to assimilate the Somalis. Rava promoted the creation of the first postal service stations in all Somalia.[4]

Maurizio Rava had a famous son, Carlo Enrico Rava, who was an important Italian architect of the Gruppo 7.

Works

Maurizio Rava was also a painter and a writer. When young he studied at Rome's "Accademia di Belle Arti" [5] and until 1903 he exposed his paintings with a relative success.

Rava wrote some literary works.[6] In the late 1930s he wrote a famous book about Somalia (titled "Parole ai Coloniali"), that had a preface written by Benito Mussolini.[7]

See also

References

  1. ↑ "RAVA, Maurizio in "Enciclopedia Italiana"". Treccani.it. Retrieved 2016-12-11.
  2. ↑ C. Bettin. Italian Jews from Emancipation to the Racial Laws. Books.google.it. p. 179. Retrieved 2016-12-11.
  3. ↑ "Italian Fascism Didn't Practice Anti-Semitism". NYTimes.com. ITALY. 1993-12-22. Retrieved 2016-12-11.
  4. ↑ "1937 Map of postal service & radio stations in Italian Somalia" (JPG). Italiacoloniale.files.wordporess.com. Retrieved 2016-12-11.
  5. ↑ "Rava Maurizio*". Webcache.googleusercontent.com. 2016-11-22. Retrieved 2016-12-11.
  6. ↑ "Libri antichi, moderni, introvabili e novità". Maremagnum.com. Retrieved 2016-12-11.
  7. ↑ Maurizio Rava. "Parole ai coloniali prefazione di S. E. Benito Mussolini | 246". Maremagnum.com. Retrieved 2016-12-11.

Bibliography

Preceded by
Guido Corni		 Italian Governors of Somaliland Succeeded by
Rodolfo Graziani
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