Inigo Campioni
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Inigo Campioni (November 14, 1878 - May 24, 1944) was an Italian admiral.
He was born in Viareggio, Tuscany. He led several groups of the Regia Marina during World War II, reaching the grade of Ammiraglio di Squadra. Later he was appointed as governor of the Italian Dodecanesus, where he was at the Armistice between Italy and the Allies of 8 September 1943.
After several uncertainties that favoured the German occupation, he refused to collaborate with the fascist government of the Italian Social Republic. Brought to Italy, he was condemned to death for High Treason by a Military Tribunal in Parma and shot in the May of 1944.
He later received a Gold Medal for Valour in Battle.