Tommaso Carletti (16 April 1860 – 16 May 1919) was born in Viterbo (Italy) and was one of the Governors of Italian Somalia.
[1] Tommaso Carletti was born in Viterbo (Lazio) on April 16, 1860[2] and graduated as attorney in Rome.
Later he was named Governor of the newly created Somalia italiana, that he ruled from 1908 until July 1910 (when was substituted by Giacomo De Martino).
In July 1908 Carletti started the full conquest of the interior of Somalia,[3] because until then the Italians controlled only the coastal area around Mogadishu and other port cities.
He supported a moderate approach with the Somali populations during this initial conquest, but was forced to have harsh political discussions with military commander Antonino Di Giorgio who did a bloody campaign in the Scebeli region.