Italian governorate of Montenegro

Governorate of Montenegro
  • Governatorato del Montenegro (Italian)
  • Гувернаторат за Црну Гору (Serbian)
1941–1943
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The Governorate of Montenegro is shown on this map of the Axis occupation of Yugoslavia to the immediate west of Albania shown in white and a darker shade of green.
The Governorate of Montenegro is shown on this map of the Axis occupation of Yugoslavia to the immediate west of Albania shown in white and a darker shade of green.
CapitalCetinje
42°23′22″N 18°55′23″E / 42.38944°N 18.92306°E / 42.38944; 18.92306
Common languagesItalian, Serbo-Croatian
Religion
Eastern Orthodoxy
Roman Catholicism
Sunni Islam
GovernmentGovernorate
Governor 
• 1941
Serafino Mazzolini[a]
• 1941–1943
Alessandro Pirzio Biroli
• 1943
Curio Barbasetti di Prun
Prime Minister 
• July 1941
Sekula Drljević[1]
Head of the National Committee 
• 1942–1943
Blažo Đukanović
Historical eraWorld War II
18 April 1941
12 July 1941
13 July 1941
• Independence canceled
24 July 1941
• Governorate established
3 October 1941
12 September 1943
Population
• 1941
411,000
CurrencyYugoslav dinar
Italian lira
Preceded by
Succeeded by
Kingdom of Yugoslavia
German–occupied territory of Montenegro
Today part ofMontenegro
Serbia

The Italian governorate of Montenegro (Italian: Governatorato del Montenegro) existed from October 1941 to September 1943 as an occupied territory under military government of Fascist Italy during World War II. Although the Italians had intended to establish a quasi-independent Montenegrin kingdom, these plans were permanently shelved after a popular uprising in July 1941.[2][3][4] Following the Italian surrender in September 1943, the territory of Montenegro was occupied by German forces which withdrew in December 1944.


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  1. ^ Roberts 2007, p. 353.
  2. ^ Rodogno 2006, pp. 134–136.
  3. ^ Tomasevich 1975, p. 103.
  4. ^ Lemkin 2008, p. 590.

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