Historical country records
Eritrea historical timeline
Eritrea
| Date or term | Officeholder or event | Category |
|---|---|---|
| 1557/58 | Ottoman rule | Leaders |
| 1865 | Egyptian rule | Leaders |
| 1882 | port of Assab is taken over by the Italian government | Leaders |
| 6 Feb 1885 | port of Massawa is taken over by Italy; expansion in the hinterland follows | Leaders |
| 1 Jan 1890 | Italian colony (Eritrea) | Leaders |
| 1 Jun 1936 | part of Italian East Africa (province of Eritrea, formed by the merger of the colony and the Ethiopian region of Tigre) | Leaders |
| 1941 | British administration | Leaders |
| 15 Sep 1952 | federated with Ethiopia, under the sovereignty of the Ethiopian crown | Leaders |
| 14 Nov 1962 | integral part of Ethiopia | Leaders |
| 29 May 1991 | provisional government established | Leaders |
| 24 May 1993 | independence (State of Eritrea) | Leaders |
| 1882 - 1885 | Giulio Pestalozza | Commandant of Assab |
| 5 Feb 1885 - 15 Dec 1885 | Tancredi Saletta (1st time) | Commandants of Massawa |
| 15 Dec 1885 - 18 Mar 1887 | Carlo Gené | Commandants of Massawa |
| 18 Mar 1887 - Oct 1887 | Tancredi Saletta (2nd time) | Commandants of Massawa |
| Nov 1887 - 1888 | Alessandro Asinardi di San Mariano | Commandants of Massawa |
| 1888 - 20 Dec 1889 | Antonio Baldissera | Commandants of Massawa |
| 20 Dec 1889 - 30 Jun 1890 | Baldassare Orero | Commandants of Massawa |
| 30 Jun 1890 - 28 Feb 1892 | Giacomo Gandolfi | Governors |
| 28 Feb 1892 - 22 Feb 1896 | Oreste Baratieri | Governors |
| 22 Feb 1896 - 16 Dec 1897 | Antonio Baldissera | Governors |
| 16 Dec 1897 - 25 Mar 1907 | Ferdinando Martini | Governors |
| 25 Mar 1907 - 17 Aug 1915 | Giuseppe Salvago Raggi | Governors |
| 17 Aug 1915 - 16 Sep 1916 | Giovanni Cherina Ferroni | Governors |
| 16 Sep 1916 - 20 Jul 1919 | Giacomo De Martino | Governors |
| 20 Jul 1919 - 20 Nov 1920 | Camillo De Camillis | Governors |
| 20 Nov 1920 - 14 Apr 1921 | Ludovico Pollera | Governors |
| 14 Apr 1921 - 1 Jun 1923 | Giovanni Cherina Ferroni | Governors |
| 1 Jun 1923 - 1 Jun 1928 | Jacopo Gasparini | Governors |
| Sep 1928 - 11 Jul 1930 | Corrado Zoli | Governors |
| 11 Jul 1930 - 15 Jan 1935 | Riccardo Astuto dei Duchi di Lucchesi | Governors |
| 18 Jan 1935 - 22 Nov 1935 | Emilio De Bono | Governors |
| 22 Nov 1935 - 22 May 1936 | Pietro Badoglio | Governors |
| 1 Jun 1936 - 1 Apr 1937 | Alfredo Guzzoni | Governors |
| 1 Apr 1937 - 15 Dec 1937 | Vincenzo De Feo | Governors |
| 15 Dec 1937 - 2 Jun 1940 | Giuseppe Daodice | Governors |
| 2 Jun 1940 - 19 May 1941 | Luigi Frusci (acting) | Governors |
| 5 Feb 1941 - 4 May 1942 | Sir William Platt | Administrators |
| 4 May 1942 - 9 Nov 1944 | Stephen Hemsley Longrigg | Administrators |
| 9 Nov 1944 - 14 Aug 1945 | C.D. McCarthy | Administrators |
| 14 Aug 1945 - 1 Nov 1946 | John Meredith Benoy | Administrators |
| 1 Nov 1946 - 19 Feb 1951 | Francis Greville Drew | Administrators |
| 19 Feb 1951 - 15 Sep 1952 | Eduardo Anze Matienzo (Bolivia) | UN high commissioner |
| 19 Feb 1951 - 15 Sep 1952 | Duncan Cameron Cumming | Chief administrator |
| 15 Sep 1952 - 29 Jul 1955 | Tedla Bairu | Chief executives |
| 8 Aug 1955 - Dec 1959 | Asfaha Woldemikael | Chief executives |
| Dec 1959 - 14 Nov 1962 | Abiye Abebe | Chief executives |
| 29 May 1991 - 24 May 1993 | Isaias Afewerki | Secretary-general of the Provisional Government |
| 24 May 1993 - | Isaias Afewerki | President |