Ottone Gabelli

Ottone Gabelli (1880-1939) was an Italian diplomat and writer. He was Italian colonial "acting governor" of Eritrea in 1935, but only for a few days from January 15 to January 18.

Ottone Gabelli was born in Friuli in 1880, near Udine. He started a bureaucratic career in the "Ministero della Colonie", becoming General Director in the early 1930s. He also was a member of the "Istituto per L'oriente", a magazine about colonial studies.

He moved to Italian Africa in 1934, becoming temporarily governor of Eritrea.

His role of "Regent Governor" in Italian was Funzionario ruolo colonie (attribuzione: Reggente) in January 1935. In July 1938 he was one of those who signed the "Manifesto della Razza"

Ottone Gabelli died in 1939.

• LA TRIPOLITANIA DALLA FINE DELLA GUERRA MONDIALE ALL'AVVENTO DEL FASCISMO - 2 VOLUMI. Editore: A. AIROLDI. Verona, 1939
• Le vicende della colonizzazione italiana in Eritrea e Somalia in "L'Africa orientale italiana e il conflitto italo-etiopico"; p. 113-126. Roma, 1936