Career
Captain Vincenzo Filonardi had under his command several ships between Italy and the coasts of Eastern Africa. In 1890 Filonardi had been nominated by the Italian Prime Minister Giovanni Giolitti consul and ambassador of Italy at Zanzibar. From 3 August 1889 to 15 May 1893 Filonardi was the first Governor of Italian Somaliland and was in charge of an Italian company responsible for the administration of the Benadir territory.