Governorate of Montenegro | |||||||||
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1941–1943 | |||||||||
![]() 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. | |||||||||
Status | Occupied territory | ||||||||
Capital | Cettigne 42°23′22″N 18°55′23″E / 42.38944°N 18.92306°E | ||||||||
Common languages | Italian, Serbo-Croatian | ||||||||
Religion | Eastern Orthodoxy Roman Catholicism Sunni Islam | ||||||||
Government | Governorate | ||||||||
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 era | World 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 | ||||||||
Currency | Yugoslav dinar Italian lira | ||||||||
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Today part of | Montenegro Serbia |
History of Montenegro |
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Modern and contemporary |
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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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