List of governors of Léopoldville / Bandundu

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]

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

Léopoldville Province (1932–1963)

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

StartEndOfficeholderTitle
19331941Albert-Émile de BeauffortCommissioner
19411943Albert-Émile de BeauffortGovernor
19431945Marcel Maquet (1891–1964)Governor
19461950Léon MorelGovernor
19501953Lucien Lardinois (1898–1956)Governor
19531955Pierre Nauwelaert (1903–1969)Governor
19551959Julien Babilon (1904–1959)Governor
195910 May 1960Jean-Baptiste BomansGovernor
10 May 196029 June 1960Alain Stenmans (b. 1923)Governor
11 June 196029 June 1960Gaston Diomi (b. 1922)President of secessionist Congo province
18 June 196012 February 1962Cléophas Kamitatu (1931–2008)President
20 June 19601960Gaston MiduPresident of secessionist Nord-Kwilu province
12 February 196214 August 1962Gaston DiomiPresident

Successors (1963–1966)

Bandundu Province (1966–2015)

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

StartEndOfficeholderTitle
25 April 19663 January 1967Henri-Désiré Takizala (1936–2000)Governor
3 Jan 196730 August 1967François LuakabwangaGovernor
30 August 19679 August 1968François KupaGovernor
9 August 19686 March 1969Paul MuhonaGovernor
12 March 196923 December 1970Dieudonné BojiGovernor
23 December 197015 July 1972Anaclet KanikiCommissioner
15 July 197210 January 1975Mulenda ShamwangeCommissioner
10 Jan 197521 January 1978Kabangu LunyanyaCommissioner
21 Jan 197818 January 1980Makolo JibikilayiCommissioner
18 Jan 198027 August 1980Alemo LogwalaCommissioner
27 August 198010 October 1981Malumba MbangulaGovernor
10 October 19811 January 1985Konde Vila KikandaGovernor
1 Jan 19851986Sambia Gere DanuGovernor
1986Mananga Dintoko PholoGovernor
20 July 19881990Guillaume Samba Kaputo (1946–2007)Governor
*19921994*Payanzo NtsomoGovernor
199726 November 2001Marc KatshungaGovernor
26 November 20012003Kidinda ShandungoGovernor
October 2003Oscar BalaGovernor
26 May 200410 December 2005Sabin SadibokoGovernor
10 December 200513 January 2006Guy KunzaGovernor
13 Jan 200616 October 2006Gérard GifuzaGovernor
16 October 200616 March 2007Édouard Wenzi wa KuyulaGovernor
16 March 200722 May 2012Richard Ndambu Wolang (b. 1952)Governor
22 May 201229 October 2015Jean Kamisendu Kutuka (b. 1955)Governor

See also

References
  1. "Congo (Kinshasa) Provinces", Rulers.org, retrieved 2020-08-05
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