List of governors of Kasaï (former province)

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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

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 (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.

On 14 August 1962 Kasaï was divided into five new provinces: Lomami, Luluabourg, Sankuru, Sud-Kasa�� 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]

Start End Officeholder Title
18 October 1918 1922 Léon Guilain Bureau (1869–1944) Deputy governor-general
1922 1925 Alphonse Engels (1880–1962) Deputy governor-general
1925 19 June 1929 Alphonse Engels (1880–1962 Governor and deputy governor-general
19 June 1929 5 January 1932 Joseph Beernaert (1883–1950) Governor and deputy governor-general
17 August 1932 30 September 1933 Paul Ermens (1884–1957) Governor and deputy governor-general

Lusambo (1933–1947)[]

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

Start End Officeholder Title
1 October 1933 17 August 1940 Constant Wauters Commissioner
11 September 1940 1941 François Wenner Commissioner
1941 9 June 1944 François Wenner Governor
July 1944 1945 Albert-Émile de Beauffort Governor
7 February 1945 21 September 1945 René P. Preys Governor
21 September 1945 1947 Léon A. Hofkens Governor

Kasaï (1947–1962)[]

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

Start End Officeholder Title
1947 19 July 1948 Léon A. Hofkens Governor
19 July 1948 11 April 1952 Firmin Peigneux Governor
11 April 1952 27 March 1955 Roger Le Bussy Governor
20 April 1955 27 September 1955 Jean Paelinck (1906–1961) Governor
1 October 1955 22 June 1958 Governor
1 July 1958 1960 Louis De Jaegher (1908–1973) Governor
1960 31 May 1960 Governor (acting)
31 May 1960 30 June 1960 General Extraordinary Commissioner
30 June 1960 December 1961 Barthélemy Mukenge (1925–2018) President (1st time)
January 1962 May 1962 André Lubaya (d. 1968) President
9 June 1962 14 August 1962 Barthélemy Mukenge President (2nd time)

See also[]

References[]

  1. ^ a b c d "Congo (Kinshasa) Provinces", Rulers.org, retrieved 2020-08-05
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