Rodolfo Graziani

Rodolfo Graziani

Rodolfo Graziani, 1st Marquis of Neghelli (Italian pronunciation: [roˈdɔlfo ɡratˈtsjaːni]; 11 August 1882 – 11 January 1955), was a prominent Italian military officer in the Kingdom of Italy's Royal Army, primarily noted for his campaigns in Africa before and during World War II. A dedicated fascist and prominent member of the National Fascist Party, he was a key figure in the Italian military during the reign of Victor Emmanuel III. Graziani played an important role in the consolidation and expansion of the Italian colonial empire during the 1920s and 1930s, first in Libya and then in Ethiopia. He became infamous for harsh repressive measures, such as the use of concentration camps that caused many civilian deaths, and for extreme measures taken against the native resistance of the countries invaded by the Italian army, such as the hanging of Omar Mukhtar. Due to his brutal methods used in Libya, he was nicknamed Il macellaio del Fezzan ("the butcher of Fezzan"). Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Rodolfo Graziani has received more than 910,608 page views. His biography is available in 36 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 33 in 2019). Rodolfo Graziani is the 1,366th most popular politician (up from 1,856th in 2019), the 540th most popular biography from Italy (up from 696th in 2019) and the 82nd most popular Italian Politician.

Rodolfo Graziani was an Italian military commander who was most famous for his time as the head of the Italian occupation forces in Libya.