1933 in the Belgian Congo

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The following lists events that happened during 1933 in the Belgian Congo.

Incumbent[]

Events[]

Date Event
1 October Équateur Province is renamed Coquihatville Province, under a provincial commissioner. The first commissioner was .[1]
1 October Orientale Province is divided into Costermansville Province (later Kivu Province) and Stanleyville Province.[2]
1 October Georges Mortehan (1883–1955) becomes commissioner of Costermansville Province.[3]
1 October Rodolphe Dufour becomes commissioner of Stanleyville Province.[3]
1 October Congo-Kasaï province is divided into the provinces of Lusambo and Léopoldville.[2]
1 October Constant Wauters becomes commissioner of Lusambo Province.[3]
1 October Katanga Province is renamed Elisabethville Province. (1891–1948) is appointed commissioner.[3]
12 November Bernardin Mungul Diaka, future prime minister of Zaire, is born.

See also[]

References[]

  1. ^ Lufungula 1986, p. 155.
  2. ^ a b Bruneau 2009, p. 8.
  3. ^ a b c d Congo (Kinshasa) Provinces.

Sources[]

  • Bruneau, Jean-Claude (30 June 2009), "Les nouvelles provinces de la République Démocratique du Congo : construction territoriale et ethnicités", L'Espace Politique, 7 (2009–1), doi:10.4000/espacepolitique.1296, retrieved 8 August 2020
  • "Congo (Kinshasa) Provinces", Rulers.org, retrieved 5 August 2020
  • Lufungula, Lewono (1986), "Les gouverneurs de l'Équateur, 1885 - 1960", Annales Aequatoria, Honoré Vinck, 7: 149–166, JSTOR 25836402
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