List of governors of Katanga

Belgian Congo provinces in 1920
Belgian Congo provinces in 1933 after the District of Lomami was transferred to the new Kasaï Province
Katanga in the Democratic Republic of the Congo in 2015

This list of governors of Katanga includes governors or equivalent officeholders of the Katanga Province established in the Belgian Congo in 1910, and of successor provinces up to 29 October 2015, when Katanga was split into the provinces of Haut-Katanga, Haut-Lomami, Lualaba and Tanganyika.[1]

On 1 October 1933 the original province of Katanga was renamed Elisabethville/Elisabethstad. The district of Lomami was transferred at this time to the new province of Lusambo (later named Kasaï), which had been formed from parts of the old Congo-Kasaï province. The province returned to the name of Katanga on 27 May 1947.[1]

On 11 July 1960, a few days after the Congo Republic had gained independence, the province of Katanga seceded as an independent state. In November 1961 the northern portion was reconquered by the national government and made the province of Nord-Katanga. On 21 January 1963 the remainder of Katanga was reconquered and divided into the provinces of Lualaba and Katanga Oriental.[1]

Nord-Katanga, Lualaba and Katanga Oriental were merged back into the province of Katanga on 28 December 1966. The province was renamed Shaba on 2 January 1972, then returned to the name of Katanga in 1997.[1]

Governors of Katanga / Elisabethville (1891–1960)

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The governors (or equivalent) of Katanga province, renamed Elisabethville/Elisabethstad Province from 1 October 1933 to 27 May 1947, were:[1]

Province Start End Officeholder Title
Katanga 1 September 1910 21 March 1917 Émile Wangermée (1855–1924) Governor and deputy governor-general
Katanga 1915 1917 Adolphe De Meulemeester Interim governor[2]
Katanga 22 March 1917 2 September 1920 Charles Tombeur (1867–1947) Governor and deputy governor-general
Katanga September 1920 October 1921 Léopold De Koninck[3] Governor and deputy governor-general (acting)
Katanga October 1921 23 December 1923 Martin Rutten (1876–1944) Governor and deputy governor-general
Katanga December 1923 21 January 1928 Léon Guilain Bureau (1869–1944) Governor and deputy governor-general
Katanga 5 May 1928 September 1931 Gaston Heenen (1880–1963) Governor and deputy governor-general (1st time)
Katanga 1931 1931 Rodolphe Dufour Interim governor[4]
Katanga September 1931 January 1932 Louis Joseph Postiaux (1882–1948) Governor and deputy governor-general
Katanga January 1932 23 September 1933 Gaston Heenen Governor and deputy governor-general (2nd time)
Elisabethville 1933 1941 Amour Maron (1891–1948) Commissioner
Elisabethville 1941 1945 Amour Maron Governor
Elisabethville 1945 March 1948 Léon Keyser Governor
Katanga March 1948 April 1951 Joseph Ziegler de Ziegleck auf Rheingrub Governor
Katanga May 1951 October 1955 René Wauthion Governor
Katanga January 1956 September 1958 Jean Paelinck (1906–1961) Governor
Katanga September 1958 30 June 1960 André Schöller (b. 1908) Governor (also deputy governor-general)

Governors of successor state and provinces (1960–1966)

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Independent Katanga (1960–1963)

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The rule of the independent state of Katanga were:[1]

Start End Officeholder Title
16 June 1960 12 January 1963 Moïse Tshombe (1919–1969) President

Nord-Katanga (1961–1966)

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The governors (or equivalent) of the province of Nord-Katanga were:[1]

Start End Officeholder Title
20 October 1960 March 1961 Prosper Mwamba-Ilunga President (1st time)
11 September 1962 27 September 1963 Prosper Mwamba-Ilunga President (2nd time)
27 September 1963 15 March 1964 Jason Sendwe (1917–1964) President (1st time)
15 March 1964 21 April 1964 Fortunat Kabange Numbi (1934–1964) President
21 April 1964 18 June 1964 Jason Sendwe President (2nd time)
22 June 1964 July 1964 Ildephonse Masengo (c.1935–1969) President
22 July 1965 5 November 1966 Henri Ndala Kambola Governor (administrator since August 1964?)

Lualaba (1963–1966)

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The governors (or equivalent) of the province of Lualaba were:[1]

Start End Officeholder Title
23 September 1963 24 April 1966 Dominique Diur (b. 1929) President (from 1965, governor)

Katanga Oriental (1963–1966)

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The governors (or equivalent) of the province of Katanga Oriental were:[1]

Start End Officeholder Title
13 August 1963 20 July 1965 Édouard Bulundwe (b. 1932) President
20 July 1965 24 April 1966 Godefroid Munongo Governor (from 24 April 1966 to 5 November 1966 of Sud-Katanga, including Lualaba)

Governors of Katanga / Shaba (1966–2015)

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The governors (or equivalent) of the province of Katanga, renamed Shaba Province on 2 January 1972, then returned to the name of Katanga in 1997 were:[1]

Province Start End Officeholder Title
Katanga 3 January 1967 August 1967 Jean Foster Manzikala
Katanga 1967 Masiala Kinkela (d. 1975) Governor
Katanga 1967 1968 Denis Paluku (1936–2014) Governor
Katanga 1968 1970 Léon Engulu Governor
Katanga 1970 1972 Henri-Désiré Takizala (1936–2000) Governor
Shaba 1972 1973 Daniel Monguya Mbenge Commissioner
Shaba 1973 1975 Duga Kugbe Toro (1st time) (1935–2010) Commissioner
Shaba 1975 1977 Assumani Busanya Lukili Commissioner
Shaba 1977 1978 Efambe Ey'Olanga Commissioner
Shaba 1978 January 1980 Alexandre Singa Boyenge Mosambayi (1932–2001) Commissioner
Shaba January 1980 January 1985 Mandungu Bula Nyati (1935–2000) Governor
Shaba January 1985 1986 Duga Kugbe Toro Governor (2nd time)
Shaba 1986 May 1990 Koyagialo Ngbase te Gerengbo (1947–2014) Governor
Shaba May 1990 November 1991 Bonaventure Konde Vila Kikanda Governor
Shaba 1991 April 1995 Gabriel Kyungu wa Kumwanza (b. 1938) Governor (1st time)
Shaba 1995 1997 Benjamin Thadée Ngoie Mulume Governor
Katanga March 1997 April 1997 Gabriel Kyungu wa Kumwanza Governor (2nd time)
Katanga April 1997 April 1998 Gaëtan Kakudji (1942–2009) Governor
Katanga April 1998 April 2001 Augustin Katumba Mwanke (1963–2012) Governor
Katanga April 2001 November 2001 Jacques Muyumba Governor (interim)
Katanga 26 November 2001 May 2004 Aimé Ngoy Mukena Governor
Katanga 26 May 2004 24 February 2007 Kisula Ngoy (1940-2018) Governor
Katanga 24 February 2007 September 2015 Moïse Katumbi (b. 1964) Governor
Katanga September 2015 29 October 2015 Guilbert Paul Yav Tshibal Governor (interim)

See also

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References

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  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i j "Congo (Kinshasa) Provinces", Rulers.org, retrieved 2020-08-05
  2. ^ Moeller de Laddersous, A. (7 July 1961), Biographie Belge D'Outre-mer (PDF), vol. VI, Academie Royale des Sciences D'Outremer, pp. col.727–732, retrieved 2020-08-10
  3. ^ "Leopold De Koninck", Wikipedia (in Dutch), 2021-03-19, retrieved 2021-03-29
  4. ^ Archives d'Auguste Verbeken – HA.01.0192 (PDF), Tervuren: Musée royal de l’Afrique centrale, retrieved 2020-08-12