List of governors of Kasaï (former province)

This list of governors of Kasaï includes governors or equivalent officeholders of the Congo-Kasaï/Kongo-Kasaï province established in the Belgian Congo in 1918. On 1 October 1933 it was split into the Lusambo and Léopoldville provinces. Lusambo included the Kasaï and Sankuru districts of Congo-Kasaï and parts of the Léopold II District (Équateur) and Lomami District (Katanga). On 27 May 1947 Lusambo was renamed Kasaï, which became an autonomous province of the Congo republic on 30 June 1960.

Belgian Congo provinces in 1920
Belgian Congo provinces in 1933 after Léopoldville and Lusambo (Kasaï) had been separated
The present Kasaï Province created in 2015 when Kasai-Occidental was partitioned

On 14 August 1962 Kasaï was divided into five new provinces: Lomami, Luluabourg, Sankuru, Sud-Kasaï and Unité Kasaïenne. On 25 April 1966 Luluabourg and Unité Kasaïenne were united to form Kasaï-Occidental, while Lomami, Sankuru, and Sud-Kasaï were united in the new province of Kasaï-Oriental. Kasaï-Occidental was split in 2015 into the Kasaï-Central and Kasaï provinces.[1]

Congo-Kasaï (1922–1932)

The governors (or equivalent) of Congo-Kasaï Province were:[1]

StartEndOfficeholderTitle
18 October 19181922Léon Guilain Bureau (1869–1944)Deputy governor-general
19221925Alphonse Engels (1880–1962)Deputy governor-general
192519 June 1929Alphonse Engels (1880–1962Governor and deputy governor-general
19 June 19295 January 1932Joseph Beernaert (1883–1950)Governor and deputy governor-general
17 August 193230 September 1933Paul Ermens (1884–1957)Governor and deputy governor-general

Lusambo (1933–1947)

The governors (or equivalent) of Lusambo Province were:[1]

StartEndOfficeholderTitle
1 October 193317 August 1940Constant WautersCommissioner
11 September 19401941François WennerCommissioner
19419 June 1944François WennerGovernor
July 19441945Albert-Émile de BeauffortGovernor
7 February 194521 September 1945René P. PreysGovernor
21 September 19451947Léon A. HofkensGovernor

Kasaï (1947–1962)

The governors (or equivalent) of Kasaï Province were:[1]

StartEndOfficeholderTitle
194719 July 1948Léon A. HofkensGovernor
19 July 194811 April 1952Firmin PeigneuxGovernor
11 April 195227 March 1955Roger Le BussyGovernor
20 April 195527 September 1955Jean Paelinck (1906–1961)Governor
1 October 195522 June 1958Antoine LamborelleGovernor
1 July 19581960Louis De Jaegher (1908–1973)Governor
196031 May 1960L. HenrotauxGovernor (acting)
31 May 196030 June 1960Marcel MatterneGeneral Extraordinary Commissioner
30 June 1960December 1961Barthélemy Mukenge (1925–2018)President (1st time)
January 1962May 1962André Lubaya (d. 1968)President
9 June 196214 August 1962Barthélemy MukengePresident (2nd time)

See also

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