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| Italian Commissioner-General of Somaliland | |
| In office 16 March 1905 – 1906 | |
| Preceded by | Giorgio Sorrentino (commissioner) |
| Succeeded by | Giuseppe Salvago Raggi |
| Italian Governor of Tripolitana | |
| In office 6 July 1920 – July 1921 | |
| Preceded by | Vittorio Menzinger |
| Succeeded by | Giuseppe Volpi |
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| Born | 21 October 1853 Alfonsine |
| Died | 4 April 1922(1922-04-04) (aged 68) Rio de Janeiro |
| Nationality | Italian |
Luigi Mercatelli (21 October 1853 – 4 April 1922) was an Italian politician, attorney and diplomat.
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 World War I 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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| Italian Governors of Eritrea and Somaliland | |
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| Governors of Eritrea (1890–1941) |
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| Governors of Somaliland (1889–1941) |
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| Italian Governors of Tripolitania and Cyrenaica | |
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| Governors of Tripolitania (1911–1934) | |
| Governors of Cyrenaica (1912–1935) | |
| tc = G. of Tripolitania and Cyrenaica. v = Deputy of the G. of Cyrenaica (G. of Tripolitania). h = Honorary since 1-1-1934. | |
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