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Belgian Congo (
dark green
) depicted with Belgian
Ruanda-Urundi
(
light green
), 1935.
This is a list of European colonial administrators responsible for the territory of the
Congo Free State
and
Belgian Congo
(today the
Democratic Republic of the Congo
).
International Association of the Congo
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Prior to the creation of the Congo Free State, the
International Association of the Congo
(IAC) had signed treaties with over 300 native Congolese chiefs and in effect exercised sovereignty over a large area of the
Congo Basin
. The IAC was headquartered in Belgium and run by a committee under the presidency of
Maximilien Strauch
. Prior to the creation of the office of Administrator-General, authority on the ground in the Congo had been exercised by a Chief of Expedition, who until April 1884 was
Henry Morton Stanley
.
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Name
(Birth?Death)
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Position
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Term of office
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Notes
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Took office
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Left office
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Time in office
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Francis de Winton
(1835?1901)
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Administrator-General
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22 April 1884
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1 July 1885
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1 year, 70 days
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Congo Free State
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Administrators-General / Governors-General
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Name
(Birth?Death)
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Position
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Term of office
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Notes
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Took office
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Left office
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Time in office
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Francis de Winton
(1835?1901)
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Administrator-General
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1 July 1885
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April 1886
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9 months
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Camille Janssen
(1837?1926)
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April 1886
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17 April 1887
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6 years, 3 months
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Governor-General
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17 April 1887
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1 July 1892
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Theophile Wahis
(1844?1921)
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1 July 1892
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15 November 1908
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16 years, 137 days
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Vice Governors-General
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Name
(Birth?Death)
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Position
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Term of office
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Notes
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Took office
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Left office
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Time in office
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Camille Janssen
(1837?1926)
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Vice Administrator-General
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25 September 1885
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April 1886
|
6 months
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Herman Ledeganck
(1841?1908)
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Vice Governor-General
|
31 January 1888
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January 1889
|
11 months
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|
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Henri Gondry
(1845?1889)
|
Acting Vice Governor-General
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January 1889
|
18 May 1889
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4 months
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Camille Coquilhat
(1853?1891)
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Vice Governor-General
|
1890
|
24 March 1891
|
0?1 years
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Theophile Wahis
(1844?1921)
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15 April 1891
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1 July 1892
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1 year, 77 days
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Francis Dhanis
(1861?1909)
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4 September 1896
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1897
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0?1 years
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Emile Wangermee
(1855?1924)
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11 April 1897
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1 December 1897
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234 days
|
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Alphonse van Gele
(1848?1939)
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1 December 1897
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10 January 1899
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1 year, 40 days
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Paul Costermans
(1860?1905)
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January 1904
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March 1905
|
1 year, 2 months
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Felix Fuchs
(1858?1928)
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Governor-General
ad interim
|
25 December 1902
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4 March 1904
|
1 year, 70 days
|
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Vice Governor-General
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1907
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1908
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0?1 years
|
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Albert Lantonnois van Rode
(1852?1934)
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May 1905
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1906/7
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1?2 years
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Belgian Congo
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Name
(Birth?Death)
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Position
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Term of office
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Notes
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Took office
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Left office
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Time in office
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Theophile Wahis
(1844?1921)
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Governor-General
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15 November 1908
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20 May 1912
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3 years, 187 days
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Felix Fuchs
(1858?1928)
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20 May 1912
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5 January 1916
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3 years, 230 days
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Eugene Henry
(1862?1930)
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5 January 1916
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30 January 1921
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5 years, 25 days
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Maurice Lippens
(1875?1956)
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30 January 1921
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24 January 1923
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1 year, 359 days
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Martin Rutten
(1876?1944)
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24 January 1923
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27 December 1927
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4 years, 337 days
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Auguste Tilkens
(1869?1949)
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27 December 1927
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14 September 1934
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6 years, 261 days
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Pierre Ryckmans
(1891?1959)
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14 September 1934
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31 December 1946
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12 years, 108 days
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Eugene Jungers
(1888?1958)
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31 December 1946
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1 January 1952
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5 years, 1 day
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Leo Petillon
(1903?1996)
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1 January 1952
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12 July 1958
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6 years, 192 days
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Hendrik Cornelis
(1910?1999)
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12 July 1958
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30 June 1960
|
1 year, 354 days
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On 1 July 1960, the Belgian Congo became independent as the
Republic of the Congo
(
Republique du Congo
).
See also
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Notes
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References
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- Boulger, Demetrius Charles (1898).
The Congo State: Or, The Growth of Civilisation in Central Africa
. London: W. Thacker & Co.
- Gann, Lewis H.; Duignan, Peter (1979).
The Rulers of Belgian Africa, 1884?1914
. Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press.
- Henige, David P. (1970).
Colonial Governors from the Fifteenth Century to the Present: A Comprehensive List
. Madison, WI: University of Wisconsin Press.
- Janssens, Edouard; Cateaux, Albert (1908).
Les Belges au Congo: notices biographiques
. Antwerp: J. van Hille-De Backer.
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