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.