Ruggero Santini (April 16, 1870 – April 4, 1958)^[1] was an Italian general. He was the colonial governor of Somaliland. He fought in the First Italo-Ethiopian War and Italo-Turkish War. In World War I he fought against Austria-Hungary.

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During the Second Italo-Ethiopian War he commanded the 1st Corps and fought in the North against the Ethiopians.^[2]

• Commemorative Medal for the Italo-Austrian War 1915–1918