List of governors of Orientale Province

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Belgian Congo provinces in 1920
Belgian Congo provinces in 1933 after Costermansville (later Kivu) and Stanleyville (Orientale) had been split

This list of governors of Orientale Province includes governors or equivalent officerholders of the original Orientale Province created in the Belgian Congo in 1913, and of the successor provinces until the 2015 break-up of the province into the provinces of Bas-Uélé, Haut-Uélé, Ituri and Tshopo.

Orientale/Oost Province was divided in 1933 into Costermansville Province (later Kivu Province) and Stanleyville Province. Stanleyville Province was renamed Orientale/Oost Province from 1947 to 1963, when it was broken up into Kibali-Ituri, Uélé and Haut-Congo provinces. Orientale Province was reconstituted in 1966. It was renamed Haut-Zaïre Province from 1971–1997, then returned to the name of Orientale Province from 1997 to 2015.

First period (1913–1963)[]

The governors or equivalent of Orientale/Oost Province and Stanleyville Province from 1913 to 1963 were:[1]

Province Start End Officeholder Title
Orientale 7 November 1913 5 July 1916 Justin Malfeyt (1862–1924) Deputy governor-general[2]
Orientale July 1916 August 1917 Alexis Bertrand (1870–1946) Interim deputy governor-general
Orientale 15 August 1917 1925 Adolphe De Meulemeester (1870–1944) Deputy governor-general
Orientale 1925 26 September 1926 Adolphe De Meulemeester Governor and deputy governor-general
Orientale 9 October 1926 30 September 1933 Alfred Alphonse Moeller (1889–1971) Governor and deputy governor-general
Stanleyville 1 October 1933 18 November 1940 Rodolphe Dufour Commissioner
Stanleyville 18 November 1940 10 March 1943 Marcel Maquet (1891–1964) Commissioner, then Governor from 1941
Stanleyville 10 March 1943 15 May 1945 R. Bertrand Governor
Stanleyville 1 June 1945 29 June 1950 Ernest Bock (1st time) (1894–1952) Governor (from 1947 of Orientale Province)
Orientale 1 October 1950 8 October 1951 (1899–1956) Governor
Orientale 8 October 1951 10 December 1952 Ernest Bock (2nd time) Governor
Orientale 13 March 1953 13 March 1954 (b. 1900) Governor
Orientale 30 March 1954 1 July 1958 (b. 1908) Governor
Orientale 22 December 1958 11 June 1960 Pierre Leroy (1909–1985) Governor
Independence 30 June 1960
Orientale 11 June 1960 11 October 1960 Jean-Pierre Finant (d. 1961) President
Orientale 1960 December 1960 President
Orientale 9 December 1960 25 October 1961 President
Orientale 25 October 1961 27 July 1962 President
Orientale 20 August 1962 March 1963 Extraordinary commissioner

Successor provinces (1963–1966)[]

Between 1963 and 1966 Orientale was broken up into the Kibali-Ituri, Uélé and Haut-Congo provinces.

Kibali-Ituri[]

The head of Kibali-Ituri Province was:[1]

Start End Officeholder Title
September 1962 28 December 1966 President (from 1965, governor)

Uélé[]

The heads of Uélé Province were:[1]

Start End Officeholder Title
11 September 1962 May 1965 President
6 July 1965 28 December 1966 Governor

Haut-Congo[]

The heads of Haut-Congo Province were:[1]

Start End Officeholder Title
March 1963 8 September 1963 Extraordinary commissioner
June 1963 26 June 1963 (b. 1908) President
26 June 1963 1964 President
1964 5 August 1964 Extraordinary commissioner-general for the former province of Haut-Congo
16 September 1964 November 1964 President
November 1964 5 November 1966 President (from 1965, governor)
5 November 1966 28 December 1966 Governor

Second period (1966–2015)[]

The governors or equivalent of Orientale Province and Haut-Zaïre Province from 1966 to 2015 were:[1]

Province Start End Officeholder Title
Orientale 28 December 1966 3 January 1967 Governor
Orientale 3 January 1967 17 July 1967 (b. 1923) Governor
Orientale 30 August 1967 9 August 1968 Governor
Orientale 9 August 1968 19 October 1968 Jonas Mukamba (b. 1931) Governor
Orientale 19 October 1968 5 August 1969 Governor
Orientale 5 August 1969 8 December 1970 (b. 1932) Governor
Orientale 23 December 1970 24 February 1972 Governor
Haut-Zaïre 24 February 1972 17 September 1972 Commissioner
Haut-Zaïre 17 September 1972 10 February 1976 Commissioner
Haut-Zaïre 10 February 1976 21 January 1978 Commissioner
Haut-Zaïre 21 January 1978 18 January 1980 Commissioner
Haut-Zaïre 18 January 1980 27 August 1980 Commissioner
Haut-Zaïre 27 August 1980 10 October 1981 Governor
Haut-Zaïre 10 October 1981 23 January 1982 Governor
Haut-Zaïre 23 January 1982 1 January 1985 Governor
Haut-Zaïre 1 January 1985 20 July 1988 Governor
Haut-Zaïre 20 July 1988 11 January 1990 (1944–2006) Governor
Haut-Zaïre 11 January 1990 March 1991 (1946–2007) Governor
Haut-Zaïre 3 March 1991 14 March 1997 Governor
Orientale 23 March 1997 23 August 1998 Governor
Orientale 26 September 1998 6 December 1998 Governor
Orientale 23 December 1998 20 July 2000  [fr] (1st time) Governor (in rebellion)
Orientale 20 July 2000 20 April 2001 Governor (in rebellion)
Orientale 20 April 2001 16 May 2004 Governor (in rebellion)
Orientale May 2002 Governor
Orientale 26 May 2004 15 November 2005  [fr] (2nd time) Governor
Orientale 15 November 2005 24 February 2007 Jean-Pierre Lola Kisanga (b. 1969) Governor
Orientale 24 February 2007 5 March 2012 Médard Autsai Asenga (b. 1942) Governor
Orientale 5 March 2012 5 February 2013 (acting) Governor
Orientale 5 February 2013 29 October 2015 Jean Bamanisa Saïdi (b. 1964) Governor

See also[]

Notes[]

References[]

  1. ^ a b c d e "Congo (Kinshasa) Provinces", Rulers.org, retrieved 2020-08-05
  2. ^ *Northrup, David (1988), Beyond the bend in the river : African labor in eastern Zaire, 1865-1940, Boston College Libraries, p. 83, ISBN 9780896801516, retrieved 2020-08-11
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