List of colonial governors of Ruanda-Urundi

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Ruanda-Urundi (dark green) depicted within the Belgian colonial empire (light green), 1935.

This is a list of European colonial administrators responsible for the territory of Ruanda-Urundi, an area equivalent to modern-day Rwanda and Burundi. Ruanda-Urundi formed part of German East Africa until it was captured by Belgian forces during World War I. After that, the territory became a Class B League of Nations mandate, and later a United Nations trust territory, under the administration of Belgium, until 1962 when the constituent parts of the territory became independent.

For residents of the subregion of Ruanda, see List of colonial residents of Rwanda.
For residents of the subregion of Urundi, see List of colonial residents of Burundi.

German rule[]

Military District of Ujiji[]

Portrait Name
(Birth–Death) 		Position Term of office Notes
Took office Left office Time in office
No image.svg  [de]
(1862–1940) 		Commander May 1896 189? 1 year, 70 days
No image.svg Commander 1898 February 1901 2–3 years

Military District of Usumbura[]

Portrait Name
(Birth–Death) 		Position Term of office Notes
Took office Left office Time in office
No image.svg Commander 1899 1902 2–3 years
No image.svg Friedrich Robert von Beringe
(1865–1940) 		Commander August 1902 February 1904 1 year, 6 months
No image.svg
(1867–1918) 		Commander February 1904 June 1906 2 years, 4 months

Military Residency of Urundi and Ruanda[]

Portrait Name
(Birth–Death) 		Position Term of office Notes
Took office Left office Time in office
No image.svg
(1867–1918) 		Military Resident 1906 15 November 1907 0–1 years

On 15 November 1907, the Military Residency of Urundi and Ruanda was divided into two civil residencies: Ruanda and Urundi.

Belgian rule[]

Map of occupation zones of the Force Publique in German East Africa between 19 September 1916 and 28 June 1919.

Territories south of Lake Victoria (including Northern Ruanda)[]

Portrait Name
(Birth–Death) 		Position Term of office Notes
Took office Left office Time in office
Kolonel Molitor in Kigali.jpg Philippe Molitor
(1869–1952) 		Commander of the Northern Brigade April 1916 1916 0 years
Le col Huyguens et Degoutte Illustration 1920.JPG Armand Huyghé
(1871–1944) 		Commander of the Northern Brigade 1916 1917 0–1 years

Territories east of Lake Kivu and Lake Tanganyika (including Southern Ruanda and Urundi)[]

Portrait Name
(Birth–Death) 		Position Term of office Notes
Took office Left office Time in office
Frederik Valdemar Olsen.jpg Frederik-Valdemar Olsen
(1877–1962) 		Commander of the Southern Brigade May 1916 1917 0–1 years

Occupied East African territories[]

Portrait Name
(Birth–Death) 		Position Term of office Notes
Took office Left office Time in office
Charles Tombeur.jpg Charles Tombeur
(1867–1947) 		Military Governor April 1916 22 November 1916 7 months
No image.svg Justin Malfeyt
(1862–1924) 		Royal Commissioner 22 November 1916 May 1919 2 years, 5 months
No image.svg Alfred Marzorati
(1881–1955) 		Royal Commissioner May 1919 20 October 1924 5 years, 5 months
Governor-General Pierre Ryckmans.jpg Pierre Ryckmans
(1891–1959) 		Acting Royal Commissioner November 1921 July 1922 8 months [a]

Ruanda-Urundi mandate / trust territory[]

Map of Ruanda-Urundi.
Portrait Name
(Birth–Death) 		Position Term of office Notes
Took office Left office Time in office
No image.svg Alfred Marzorati
(1881–1955) 		Royal Commissioner 20 October 1924 28 August 1926 1 year, 312 days [b]
Governor-General Pierre Ryckmans.jpg Pierre Ryckmans
(1891–1959) 		Acting Royal Commissioner 15 November 1925 13 December 1926 1 year, 28 days [c]
No image.svg Alfred Marzorati
(1881–1955) 		Governor and Deputy Governor-General of the Belgian Congo 28 August 1926 5 February 1929 2 years, 161 days [d]
No image.svg Louis Postiaux
(1882–1948) 		Acting Governor and Deputy Governor-General of the Belgian Congo 5 February 1929 4 July 1930 1 year, 149 days
No image.svg Charles Voisin
(1887–1942) 		Governor and Deputy Governor-General of the Belgian Congo 4 July 1930 18 August 1932 2 years, 45 days
No image.svg Eugène Jungers
(1888–1958) 		Governor and Deputy Governor-General of the Belgian Congo 18 August 1932 5 July 1946 13 years, 321 days
No image.svg Maurice Simon
(1892–1960) 		Governor and Deputy Governor-General of the Belgian Congo 5 July 1946 August 1949 3 years [e]
No image.svg Léo Pétillon
(1903–1996) 		Governor and Deputy Governor-General of the Belgian Congo August 1949 1 January 1952 2 years, 5 months
No image.svg Alfred Claeys-Boùùaert
(1906–1993) 		Governor and Deputy Governor-General of the Belgian Congo 1 January 1952 1 March 1955 3 years, 59 days
Jean-Paul Harroy.jpg Jean-Paul Harroy
(1909–1995) 		Governor and Deputy Governor-General of the Belgian Congo 1 March 1955 1960 7 years, 122 days
Resident-General 1960 1 July 1962

On 1 July 1962, the constituent parts of Ruanda-Urundi became independent as the Republic of Rwanda (République du Rwanda) and the Kingdom of Burundi (Royaume du Burundi), respectively.

See also[]

Notes[]

  1. ^ Acting for Marzorati.
  2. ^ 1st term; on 1 March 1926, Ruanda-Urundi was administratively united with Belgian Congo.
  3. ^ Acting for Marzorati to 28 August 1926.
  4. ^ 2nd term.
  5. ^ Acting to 1947.

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