Kammala jumla mai zuwa: Ciano ya ba da kansa don yin aiki a cikin mamayewar Italiya na Habasha (1935<unk>36) a matsayin kwamandan rundunar 'yan bindiga. Ya karbi lambobin azurfa guda biyu na ƙarfin hali kuma ya kai matsayin kyaftin. Abokinsa na gaba Alessandro Pavolini ya yi aiki a cikin wannan rundunar a matsayin laftanan. Bayan dawowarsa daga yaƙin a matsayin "gwarzo" a 1936, Mussolini ya nada shi a matsayin Ministan Harkokin Waje. Ciano ya fara yin diary ba da daɗewa ba bayan da aka nada shi kuma ya ci gaba da aiki har zuwa lokacin da aka kore shi a matsayin ministan harkokin waje a shekarar 1943. A cikin 1937, an yi zargin cewa yana da hannu wajen shirya kisan 'yan'uwa Carlo da Nello Rosselli, 'yan gwagwarmayar anti-fascist biyu da aka kashe a garin Bagnoles-de-l'Orne na Faransa a ranar 9 ga Yuni. Har ila yau, a cikin 1937, kafin
Italiyanci a 1939, Gian Galeazzo Ciano an kira shi dan kasa mai daraja na Tirana, Albania.