List of colonial governors of the Congo Free State and Belgian Congo

File:Belgian Congo locator map.png

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

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.Template:Sfn

Portrait	Name (Birth–Death)	Position	Term of office			Notes
			Took office	Left office	Time in office
File:VingtAnnees 183.jpg	Francis de Winton (1835–1901)	Administrator-General	22 April 1884	1 July 1885	Template:Age in years and days

Congo Free State

Administrators-General / Governors-General

Portrait	Name (Birth–Death)	Position	Term of office			Notes
			Took office	Left office	Time in office
File:VingtAnnees 183.jpg	Francis de Winton (1835–1901)	Administrator-General	1 July 1885	April 1886
File:Camille Janssen.jpg	Camille Janssen (1837–1926)		April 1886	17 April 1887
		Governor-General	17 April 1887	1 July 1892		Template:Sfn
File:Théophile Wahis.jpg	Théophile Wahis (1844–1921)		1 July 1892	15 November 1908	Template:Age in years and days

Vice Governors-General

Portrait	Name (Birth–Death)	Position	Term of office			Notes
			Took office	Left office	Time in office
File:Camille Janssen.jpg	Camille Janssen (1837–1926)	Vice Administrator-General	25 September 1885	April 1886
File:Ledeganck.PNG	Herman Ledeganck (1841–1908)	Vice Governor-General	31 January 1888	January 1889		Template:Sfn
File:No image.svg	Henri Gondry (1845–1889)	Acting Vice Governor-General	January 1889	18 May 1889		Template:Sfn
File:Stanley Founding of Congo Free State 267 Lieutenant Coquilhat.jpg	Camille Coquilhat (1853–1891)	Vice Governor-General	1890	24 March 1891	Template:Age in years years	Template:Sfn
File:Théophile Wahis.jpg	Théophile Wahis (1844–1921)		15 April 1891	1 July 1892	Template:Age in years and days	Template:Sfn
File:BaronDhanisGala.jpg	Francis Dhanis (1861–1909)		4 September 1896	1897	Template:Age in years years
File:Wangermée.PNG	Émile Wangermée (1855–1924)		11 April 1897	1 December 1897	Template:Age in years and days
File:Stanley Founding of Congo Free State 265 Lieutenant Vangele.jpg	Alphonse van Gèle (1848–1939)		1 December 1897	10 January 1899	Template:Age in years and days
File:Paul costermans.jpg	Paul Costermans (1860–1905)		January 1904	March 1905
File:Gouverneur-général Fuchs, 1913.jpg	Félix Fuchs (1858–1928)	Governor-General ad interim	25 December 1902	4 March 1904	Template:Age in years and days
		Vice Governor-General	1907	1908	Template:Age in years years
File:No image.svg	Albert Lantonnois van Rode (1852–1934)		May 1905	1906/7	Template:Age in years years

Belgian Congo

Portrait	Name (Birth–Death)	Position	Term of office			Notes
			Took office	Left office	Time in office
File:Théophile Wahis.jpg	Théophile Wahis (1844–1921)	Governor-General	15 November 1908	20 May 1912	Template:Age in years and days
File:Gouverneur-général Fuchs, 1913.jpg	Félix Fuchs (1858–1928)		20 May 1912	5 January 1916	Template:Age in years and days
File:No image.svg	Eugène Henry (1862–1930)		5 January 1916	30 January 1921	Template:Age in years and days
File:Maurice Auguste Lippens.JPG	Maurice Lippens (1875–1956)		30 January 1921	24 January 1923	Template:Age in years and days
File:No image.svg	Martin Rutten (1876–1944)		24 January 1923	27 December 1927	Template:Age in years and days
File:No image.svg	Auguste Tilkens (1869–1949)		27 December 1927	14 September 1934	Template:Age in years and days
File:Governor-General Pierre Ryckmans.jpg	Pierre Ryckmans (1891–1959)		14 September 1934	31 December 1946	Template:Age in years and days
File:No image.svg	Eugène Jungers (1888–1958)		31 December 1946	1 January 1952	Template:Age in years and days
File:No image.svg	Léo Pétillon (1903–1996)		1 January 1952	12 July 1958	Template:Age in years and days
File:Governor-General Hendrik Cornelis.jpg	Hendrik Cornelis (1910–1999)		12 July 1958	30 June 1960	Template:Age in years and days

On 1 July 1960, the Belgian Congo became independent as the Republic of the Congo (République du Congo).

Timeline of governors

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See also

• Colonization of the Congo Basin
• Belgian colonial empire
• Minister of the Colonies (Belgium)
• List of colonial governors of Ruanda-Urundi
• List of presidents of the Democratic Republic of the Congo
• List of prime ministers of the Democratic Republic of the Congo

External links

• World Statesmen – Congo (Kinshasa)