Giuseppe Salvago Raggi Explained

Giuseppe Salvago Raggi
Nationality:Italian
Birth Date:17 May 1866
Birth Place:Genoa, Italy
Death Place:Molare, Italy
Office:Italian Ambassador to China
Term Start:1899
Term End:1901
Predecessor:Renato De Martino
Successor:Vitale Giovanni Gallina
Office1:Italian Governor of Eritrea
Term Start1:1907
Term End1:1915
Predecessor1:Ferdinando Martini
Successor1:Giovanni Cerrina Feroni
Office2:Italian Governor of Somaliland
Term Start2:1906
Term End2:1907
Predecessor2:Luigi Mercatelli
Successor2:Tommaso Carletti

Giuseppe Salvago Raggi (17 May 1866 – 28 February 1946) was an Italian diplomat, born in Genoa. He was the son of Paris Maria Salvago and Violante Raggi. His father was After his mother's death in 1867, he acquired Raggi as his second surname in January 1881, "in memory of his mother".[1] His father, a landowner with a Catholic-liberal orientation, was a deputy in the Tenth Legislature.

Giuseppe Salvago Raggi graduated on 29 May 1887 from the School of Social Sciences in Florence, which his father had helped to found. The school represented the pinnacle of training for the ruling class and in particular for the diplomatic class. After a suggestion from his father, he travelled to different countries in the Middle East. He documented these journeys in his Lettere dall'Oriente (Letters from the East). Back in Italy, began his diplomatic career in 1889.He was ambassador of Italy to China (1899–1901) and France. He was the Italian colonial governor of Somaliland (1906–1907) and Eritrea (1907–1915). He is best known for signing the Boxer Protocol on behalf of the Kingdom of Italy.

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  1. Olindo de Napoli, SALVAGO RAGGI, Giuseppe Maria, on treccani.it. URL consulted on 25 August 2024.