List of governors of Léopoldville / Bandundu

Belgian Congo provinces in 1933 after Léopoldville and Lusambo (Kasaï) had been separated
Bandundu Province after the western provinces of Kinshasa and Bas-Congo were split out

This List of governors of Léopoldville / Bandundu includes governors of the Léopoldville Province of the Belgian Congo and its successor Republic of the Congo (Léopoldville), which was divided in 1963–1966 into the provinces of Kwilu, Kwango, and Mai-Ndombe, and governors of the Bandundu Province in the period from when it was formed in 1966 by merging these three provinces and when it was broken up into the former regions in 2015.[1]

Léopoldville Province (1932–1963)

The governors or equivalent of Léopoldville Province were:[1]

Start End Officeholder Title
1933 1941 Albert-Émile de Beauffort Commissioner
1941 1943 Albert-Émile de Beauffort Governor
1943 1945 Marcel Maquet (1891–1964) Governor
1946 1950 Léon Morel Governor
1950 1953 Lucien Lardinois (1898–1956) Governor
1953 1955 Pierre Nauwelaert (1903–1969) Governor
1955 1959 Julien Babilon (1904–1959) Governor
1959 10 May 1960 Jean-Baptiste Bomans Governor
10 May 1960 29 June 1960 Alain Stenmans (b. 1923) Governor
11 June 1960 29 June 1960 Gaston Diomi Ndongala [fr] (b. 1922) President of secessionist Congo province
18 June 1960 12 February 1962 Cléophas Kamitatu (1931–2008) President
20 June 1960 1960 Gaston Midu President of secessionist Nord-Kwilu province
12 February 1962 14 August 1962 Gaston Diomi Ndongala [fr] President

Successors (1963–1966)

Bandundu Province (1966–2015)

The governors or equivalent of Bandundu Province were:[1]

Start End Officeholder Title
25 April 1966 3 January 1967 Henri-Désiré Takizala [de] (1936–2000) Governor
3 Jan 1967 30 August 1967 François Luakabwanga Governor
30 August 1967 9 August 1968 François Kupa Governor
9 August 1968 6 March 1969 Paul Muhona Governor
12 March 1969 23 December 1970 Dieudonné Boji Governor
23 December 1970 15 July 1972 Anaclet Kaniki Commissioner
15 July 1972 10 January 1975 Mulenda Shamwange Commissioner
10 Jan 1975 21 January 1978 Kabangu Lunyanya Commissioner
21 Jan 1978 18 January 1980 Makolo Jibikilayi Commissioner
18 Jan 1980 27 August 1980 Alemo Logwala Commissioner
27 August 1980 10 October 1981 Malumba Mbangula Governor
10 October 1981 1 January 1985 Konde Vila Kikanda Governor
1 Jan 1985 1986 Sambia Gere Danu Governor
1986 Mananga Dintoko Pholo Governor
20 July 1988 1990 Samba Kaputo [fr] (1946–2007) Governor
*1992 1994* Payanzo Ntsomo Governor
1997 26 November 2001 Marc Katshunga Governor
26 November 2001 2003 Kidinda Shandungo Governor
October 2003 Oscar Bala Governor
26 May 2004 10 December 2005 Sabin Sadiboko [fr] Governor
10 December 2005 13 January 2006 Guy Kunza Governor
13 Jan 2006 16 October 2006 Gérard Gifuza Governor
16 October 2006 16 March 2007 Édouard Wenzi wa Kuyula Governor
16 March 2007 22 May 2012 Richard Ndambu Wolang (b. 1952) Governor
22 May 2012 29 October 2015 Jean Kamisendu Kutuka (b. 1955) Governor

See also

References

  1. ^ a b c "Congo (Kinshasa) Provinces", Rulers.org, retrieved 2020-08-05