Provinces of Congo (Kinshasa)
Note: At its foundation in
1885 the Congo Free State was divided into 4 districts
headed by a Chef de division.
Several re-organizations followed and by 1912 the number
of districts had increased to 22 (including the four
into which Katanga was divided after its integration
into Congo in 1910). From 1913 onward, the districts
outside Katanga were re-grouped into three provinces,
which by 1924, were headed by deputy
governors-general, enjoying a certain degree of
self-government. These four provinces were: Congo-Kasaï,
Équateur, Katanga, and Orientale. A new reorganization
followed in 1933 when thees were broken up into 6
provinces: Équateur, Kasaï, Katanga, Kivu, Léopoldville,
and Orientale.
At independence in 1960 there were 6
provinces. In connection with the internal troubles of
the country the number had risen to 21 in 1963. On 1 Aug
1964 a new federal constitution confirmed this
fragmentation. After the military coup of Mobutu (25 Nov
1965) the power of the central government was restored
and the number of provinces decreased to 12 in Apr 1966
and 8 in Dec 1966 (plus the city of Kinshasa
respectively). A presidential decree of 31 Oct 1966 put
an end to the last remnants of provincial autonomy. On
19 Jul 1972 the provinces were re-designated regions;
this was reversed 8 Oct 1997. The constitution of 18 Feb
2006 declared a reorganization into 26 provinces which
was effected on 29 Oct 2015 in another division which
increased the number of provinces from 11 to 26
(including Kinshasa). They are grouped below according
to the territories of the 6 provinces existing in 1960.
Party abbreviations: AB = Agissons et
Bâtissons (Let's Act and Build, pro-Tshisekedi coalition, est.2023);
ACO = Avenir
du Congo (Future of Congo, economic liberalism,
est.28 Nov 2009); ACP = Alliance des
Congolais Progressistes (Alliance of Progressive
Congolese, nationalist, pro-Tshisekedi, est.2022); ACTE
= Action Congolaise pour la Tolérance et l'Egalité
(Congolese Action for Tolerance and Equality,
est.2016); ADH = Alliance des Démocrates
Humanistes (Alliance of Humanist Democrats,
est.2005); ADR = l'Alliance pour le
Développement et la République (Alliance for
Development and the Republic, est.2015);
ADRP = Alliance des Démocrates pour le Renouveau
et le Progrès (Alliance of Democrats for Renewal and
Progress); AENC = Alliance des Élites pour un
Nouveau Congo (Alliance of the Elites for a New Congo,
est.1991); AFDC = Alliance des Forces
Démocratiques du Congo et des Alliés (Alliance of
Democratic Forces of Congo and Allies, est.2010); AVC
= Autre vision du Congo et Alliés (Another Vision for
Congo and Allies); BUREC = Bloc Uni pour la
Renaissance et l'Émergence du Congo (United Block for
the Renaissance and Emergence of Congo, est.2012); CAAC
= Congrès des Alliés pour l'Action au Congo (Allied
Congress for Action in Congo, est.28 Jul 2011); CCU
= Convention des Congolais Unis (United Congolese
Convention, est.2004); FIDEC = Front des
Indépendants Démocrates-Chrétiens (Front of Independent
Christian Democrats, Fifi Masuka Saini personalist,
est.2010); Ind = Indépendant (Independent,
non-affiliated); IPDD = Initiative
Panafricaine pour la Défense de la Démocratie
(Pan-African Initiative for the Defense of Democracy,
christian-democratic, est.9 Jan 2015); MCR =
Mouvement Congolais pour la Renaissance (Congolese
Movement for the Renaissance, founded by Pierre Lumbi,
Jul 2022 renamed MS); MLC =
Mouvement pour la Libération du Congo (Movement
for the Liberation of Congo, anti-Kabila, Jean-Pierre
Bemba faction, est.Nov 1998); MSR =
Mouvement Social pour le Renouveau (Social Movement
for Renewal, social democratic, center-left,
est.2006); PALU
= Parti Lumumbiste Unifié (Unified Lumumbist Party,
socialist, nationalist, est.22 Aug 1964); PAR =
Parti du Renouveau (Party of Renewal); NBP =
Notre Beau Pays (Our Beautiful Country, est.2011); PCD
= Parti Congolais pour le Développement (Congolese Party
for Development); PDC = Parti
Démocrate-Chrétien (Christian Democratic Party,
christian democratic, federalist, est.2006);
PPRD = Parti du Peuple pour la
Reconstruction et la Démocratie (People's
Party for Reconstruction and Democracy, center-left,
pro-Joseph Kabila, est.31 Mar 2002); RDT =
Rassemblement des Démocrates Tshisekedistes (Rally
of Tshisekedist Democrats,
socialist, democratic, "Tshisekedism", pro-Félix
Tshisekedi, est.2019);
RENOVAC = Regroupement des Novateurs du Congo
(Group of Innovators of Congo, est.22 Jul 2010); RIA
= Republicains Indépendants et Alliés (Republicans
Independents and Allies, est.2018);
UFERI = Union des Fédéralistes et des
Républicains Indépendants (Union of Independent
Federalists and Republicans, liberal, populist,
est.Aug 1990); UNAFEC = Union des
Nationalistes Fédéralistes du Congo (National Union of
Federalists of the Congo, est.16 Jun 2001); UDPS
= Union pour la Démocratie et le Progrès
Social (Democratic Union for the Social
Progress, social-democratic, est.15 Feb 1982);
UNC = Union pour la Nation Congolaise (Union for
the Congolese Nation, social-democratic, est.19 Jun
2010); Mil = Military;
- Former parties
(parties banned 23 Dec 1970 - 25 Nov 1990,
25 May 1997-17 May 2001): ABAKO
= Association des Bakongo pour l'Unification, la
Conservation et l'Expansion de la Langue Kikongo
(Bakongo Association for the Unification, Conservation
and Expansion of the Kikongo Language, conservative,
federalist, ethnic Kongo dominated, 1950-1965); AFDL
= Alliance des Forces Démocratiques pour la
Libération du Congo (Alliance of Democratic Forces for
the Liberation of Congo, anti-Mobutu coalition
of Tutsi, Rwandan, Ugandan, Burundian, and selected
Congolese dissidents and disgruntled minority groups,
only legal party 25 May 1997-17 May
2001, L. Kablia personalist, Oct
1996-2002); BALUBAKAT =
Association Genérale des Baluba du Katanga
(General Association of the Baluba of the
Katanga, ethnic Luba of Katanga
and Kasai, 1957-1965);
CEREA = Centre de Regroupement Africain de Bukavu
(Africans Regrouping Center, est.Aug 1958);
COAKA = Coalition
des Associations du Kasai (Coalition of
Kasai Associations);
CONACO = Convention Nationale Congolaise
(Congolese National Convention, federalist, 3 Feb
1965-1965); CONAKAT = Confédération
des Associations Tribales du Katanga
(Confederation of Tribal Associations of Katanga, Katangan
autonomist, mainly ethnic Lunda, 11 Oct 1958-1963);
FEDEKWALEO = Fédération Kwangolaise à
Léopoldville (Kwangolese Federation in Léopoldville,
ethnic groups of Kwango and Kwilu, est.19 Jul 1953); LUKA
= Union Kwangolaise pour l'Indépendence et la Liberté
(Kwangolese Union for Independence and Liberty,
trans-ethnic); MEDA = Mouvement pour l'Evolution
Démocratique Africain (Movement for African Democratic
Evolution); MNC-L
= Mouvement National
Congolais-Lumumba (National Congolese
Movement-Lumumba faction, left-wing,
nationalist, Oct 1958-1966); MNC-K
= Mouvement National Congolais-Kalonji (National
Congolese Movement-Kalonji
faction, Albert Kalonji personalist, moderate, ethnic
Luba, split from MNC, 1959-1962); MPR
= Mouvement Populaire de la Révolution (Popular Movement
of the Revolution, Zairian nationalist, Mobutism,
Mobutu Sese Seko personalist, anti-Communist,
cultural conservative, 20 May 1967-16 May 1997, only
legal party 23 Dec 1970 - 24 Apr 1990); MUB =
Mouvement de l'Unité Basonge (Movement for the Unity of
the Basongye, ethhic Basongye); PANAP
= Parti National du Peuple (National People's Party,
est.17 Jun 1991); PARECO = Parti du
Regroupement Congolais (Party of Congolese Regrouping);
PDR = Parti Démocratique pour la Reconstruction
(Democratic Party for Reconstruction); PNP
= Parti National du Progrès (National Party for
Progress, moderate, pro-Belgian, Nov 1959-1966); PNRD
= Parti National du Renouveau pour le Développement (National
Party for Renewal and Development); PSA = Parti
Solidaire Africain (African Solidarity Party, Congolese
nationalist, socialist, Apr 1959-1965); PSA-K =
Parti Solidaire Africain-Kamitatu (African
Solidarity Party-Kamitatu,
PSA Cléophas Kamitatu
faction, Congolese nationalist,
socialist, split from PSA); PSDA
= Parti Social Democrate Africain (African Democratic
Social Party, est.1963); PUNA = Parti de
l'Unité Nationale (Party of National Unity, split from
MNC, originally ethnic
Bangala, est.1960, re-est.3 Mar 2006); RADECO
= Rassemblement des Démocrates
Congolais (Rally of Congolese Democrats, centrist,
pro-Cyrille Adoula, est.Aug 1963);
RCD =
Rassemblement Congolais pour la Démocratie
(Congolese Rally for Democracy, Rwandan backed, split
into RCD-G and RCD-K, 12 Aug 1998-May
1999); RCD-G =
Rassemblement Congolais pour la Démocratie -
Goma (Congolese Rally for Democracy-Goma,
anti-Kabila, backed by Rwanda; est.May 1999);
RCD-K = Rassemblement Congolais
pour la Démocratie - Kisangani (Congolese
Rally for Democracy - Kisangani,
anti-Kabila, Ernest Wamba dia Wamba
personalist, est.May 1999);
RCD-K-ML =
Rassemblement Congolais pour la Démocratie -
Kisangani - Mouvement de Libération (Congolese Rally
for Democracy-Kisangani-Movement of Liberation,
split from RCD-K by Mbusa Nyamwisi, controlling Beni
area, 1999-2003, renamed Forces du Renouveau [Forces
for Renewal]); RCD-N = Rassemblement
Congolais pour la Démocratie - National (Congolese
Rally for Democracy - National, under Roger
Lumbala, split from RCD-K-ML,
becomes Rassemblement des Congolais Démocrates et
Nationalistes [Rally of Congolese Democrats and
Nationalists] RCDN); RDR
= Rassemblement Démocratique pour la République (Democratic
Rally for the Republic); RECO = Rassemblement
de l'Est du Congo
(Rally of the Eastern Congo, 1964 renamed Regroupement
Congolais [Congolese Regrouping]); UNIMO
= Union des Mongo (Union of Mongo, Mongo ethnic, Jan
1960-1965); Unicentrale = Union de la Cuvette
Centrale (Union
of the Central Cuvette, progressive,
Cuvette Central regionalist,
breakaway faction of ABAKO); UNIDA = L'Union Dua
Aruwimi Itimbiri (Union
Dua Aruwimi Itimbiri, mainly ethnic Budja, est.1961);
UNILAC = Parti de l'Unité du Lac Léopold
II/Union du Lac (Party of Unity for Lake Leopold/Union
of the Lake); URDC = Union pour le Renouveau
et le
Développement du Congo (Union for
the Revival and the Development of the Congo)
Équateur
20 Aug
1917
Équateur/Evenaar province created in Belgian
Congo
(incorporating the former districts of Bangala, Équateur,
Lac Léopold II, Lulonga and Ubangi).
1 Oct 1933
Coquilhatville/Coquilhatstad province created in reorganization.
27 May
1947
Renamed Équateur/Evenaar.
30 Jun
1960
Autonomous province of the Congo republic.
14 Aug
1962
Separation of the provinces of Cuvette Centrale and
Ubangi;
the remaining part of the province comes under
central
administration.
5 Feb
1963
Remaining part is reorganized as province of Moyen-Congo
(Middle Congo).
25 Apr
1966
Cuvette Centrale, Moyen-Congo, and Ubangi are
reunited as
restored Équateur province.
1 Jul
1966
Coquilhatville renamed Mbandaka.
11 Jul
2015
Split into provinces of Équateur, Mongala, Nord-Ubangi,
Sud-Ubangi, and Tshuapa.
Deputy Governors-general
1917 -
1919
Georges Brunon Joseph
Marie (b. 1875
- d. 1958)
Moulaert
1919 - 25 Oct
1921
Alphonse
Engels
(b. 1880 - d. 1962)
(interim to 19...)
1921 - 4 Oct
1924
Charles Marie Nestor
Duchesne (b. 1881 - d.
1945)
(interim to 1922)
Jan 1922 - Sep
1922 Georges
Van der
Kercken
(b. 1888 - d. 1953)
(acting for Duchesne)
4 Oct 1924 -
1925
W.E. Parker (interim)
Governors and Deputy
Governors-general
1925 - 24 Mar
1933
Charles Marie Nestor
Duchesne (s.a.)
1927 -
1928
J. Jorissen
(acting for Duchesne)
1929 -
1930
J. Jorissen
(acting for Duchesne)
Commissioners
1933 -
1934
J. Jorissen
11 Jul 1934 -
1935 E.
Van de
Cappelle
(b. 1881 - d. 1937)
1935 -
1941
Eugène J.F. Henry (interim to 193.)
Governors
1941 -
1945
Eugène J.F. Henry
1945 -
1947
Van Hoeck (interim)
1947 -
1950
F. Wenner
1950
Luc Breuls de Tiecken (1st time)
(b. 1900 - d. ....)
1950
A. Gille
1950
Luc Breuls de Tiecken (2nd time) (s.a.)
1950 -
1951
Pierre
Nauwelaert
(b. 1903 - d. 1969)
1951 -
1953
Luc Breuls de Tiecken (3rd time) (s.a.)
1953
Comout -Commissioner
1953
Desmet -Commissioner
1953
Nicolas Muller -Commissioner
(b. 1903 - d. ....)
(1st time)
1953 - Jul
1954
Maurice De
Ryck
(b. 1900 - d. 1964)
1954 -
1955
Nicolas Muller -Commissioner
(s.a.)
(2nd time)
1955 -
1956
Georges Schmit
(b. 1908 - d. ....)
1956
Nicolas Muller (3rd time)
(s.a.)
1956 -
1958
Odon Spitaels
(b. 1912 - d. ....)
1957
Alphonse De
Valkeneer
(b. 1898 - d. 1973)
(acting for Spitaels)
1958 - 30 Jun
1960
Alphonse De
Valkeneer
(s.a.)
President
30 Jun 1960 - 14 Aug
1962 Laurent
Eketebi
(b. 1936 - d. 2006) PUNA
Governors (1972-80, Commissioners)
25 Apr 1966 - 3 Jan
1967 Léon Engulu
(b. 1934 - d. 2023) Unicentrale
3 Jan 1967 - 9
Aug 1968 Jonas Mukamba (1st
time)
(b. 1931) MPR
9 Aug 1968 - 12 Mar
1969 Denis Paluku
(b. 1936 - d. 2014) MPR
12 Mar 1969 - 5 Aug
1969 Édouard
Bulundwe
(b. 1932) MPR
5 Aug 1969 - 23 Dec
1970 Henri-Désiré Takizala
(b. 1936 - d. 2000) MPR
23 Dec 1970 - 19 Mar
1974 Oscar
Ngoma
MPR
(from 1972, Ngoma Ntoto Bwangi)
19 Mar 1974 - 23 Jun
1975 Mbala
Mbabu
(b. 1938)
MPR
23 Jun 1975 - 21 Feb
1978 Loposo Nzela
Balombe
MPR
21 Jan 1978 - 18 Jan
1980 Namwisi Ma Nkoy
MPR
18 Jan 1980 - 27 Aug
1980 Mpambia Musanga Bekaja (1st time) (b.
1935)
MPR
27 Aug 1980 - 19 Mar
1983 Mukamba Kadiata Nzemba
(s.a.)
MPR
(= Jonas Mukamba)(2nd time)
19 Mar 1983 - 21 Mar
1984 Kititwa Tumansi Benga
Tundu (b. 1929
- d. 2000) MPR
21 Mar 1984 - 1 Jan
1985 Sabi Ngampoub Mubiem (interim)
(b. 1943)
MPR
1 Jan 1985 - 26 Apr
1986 Mpambia Musanga Bekaja (2nd time)
(s.a.)
MPR
26 Apr 1986 - 20 Jul
1988 Mokolo Matamba
Moful
(d.
1989)
MPR
20 Jul 1988 - 11 Jan
1990 Kisanga Kabongelo Gaston
(b. 1942 - d. 2020)
12 Jan 1990 - Jun
1990 Fundu Nkota Lévy
(b. 1943 - d. 2022) MPR
1990 -
199.
Lwabanji Ngabo Lwasi (interim)
199. - 199.
Basembe Emina
199. - 199.
Mpambia Musanga Bekaja (3rd time)
(s.a.)
Feb 1991 - Sep 1992 Tshala
Muana
Tshingombe
(b. 1933 - d. 2021) MPR
1992 -
1997
Njoku Ey'Obabe (Eugène Nzoko Eobaba)
Mar 1997 - 12 May 1997
Paul Mukobo Mundende
(b. 1937 - d. 2015)
Mil
Apr 1997 - Dec 1998
Gabriel Mola Motia
(b. 1957)
Dec 1998 - Dec 1999
Édouard Modombo Kanzo (interim)
1999 -
2002
Christian Eleko
Botuna
(b. 1950 - d. 2007)
Jan 2002 - 26 May 2004
Jean-Bertrand Ewanga
(b.
1952)
PPRD
26 May 2004 - 24 Feb 2007 Yves Mobando
Yogo
(b.
1955)
Société civile
24 Feb 2007 - Feb 2009 José Makila
Sumanda
(b.
1959)
MLC
Feb 2009 - Apr 2013
Jean-Claude Baende
(b. 1963)
ADH
(interim to Nov 2009)
Apr 2013 - 22 Jul 2013 René Sébastien Bofaya
Botaka (b. 1954)
PPRD
Baende (interim)
22 Jul 2013 - 14 Dec 2014 Louis Alphonse
Koyagialo
(b. 1947 - d. 2014) PALU
5 Sep 2013 - 29 Oct 2015 Sébastien Impeto
Mpengo
PDC
(acting [for Koyagialo to 14 Dec 2014])
Cuvette Centrale
14 Aug
1962
Creation of the province of Cuvette Centrale.
25 Apr
1966
Part of restored Équateur province.
President (from Oct 1965, Governor)
Sep 1962 - 25 Apr 1966
Léon Engulu
(b. 1934 - d.
2023) UNIMO
Moyen-Congo (Middle Congo)
5 Feb
1963
Creation of the province of Moyen-Congo (Middle Congo).
Apr 1963 - 30 Jul 1963
Secessionist province of Bumba in part of the province.
25 Apr
1966
Part of restored Équateur province.
Presidents (from 1965, Governors)
6 Apr 1963 - Jun
1964 Laurent
Eketebi
(b. 1936 - d. 2006) PUNA
(de facto from 15 Sep 1962)
Apr 1963 - 30 Jul 1963
Denis Akundji
PUNA
(president of secessionist province of Bumba)
23 Jun 1964 - 10 Aug 1965 Augustin
Engwanda
UNIDA
10 Aug 1965 - 25 Apr 1966 Denis
Sakombi
(b. 1929 - d. 1985) PUNA
Ubangi
14 Aug
1962
Creation of the province of Ubangi.
25 Apr
1966
Part of restored Équateur province.
Presidents (from 1965, Governors)
Sep 1962 - 20 Jul 1965
Alfred Nzondomyo
(b. 1931 - d. 1984)
MEDA
20 Jul 1965 - 25 Apr 1966 Michel Denge
PARECO
Équateur
11 Jul
2015
A
smaller Équateur
province created from
Équateur province.
Special commissioner
29 Oct 2015 - 26 Apr 2016 Roger Muamba Mombenza
Governors
26 Apr 2016 - 8 Sep 2017 Tony Cassius
Bolamba
(b. 1972)
Non-party
8 Sep 2017 - 15 Oct 2017 Alexis Nkumu
Isangola (1st time) (b. 1965)
MLC
(acting)
15 Oct 2017 - 27 Dec 2017 Jeannine Intombi Embele
(f) (b. 1970)
Non-party
(acting)
27 Dec 2017 - Jan? 2018
Alexis Nkumu Isangola (2nd time) (s.a.)
MLC
(acting)
Jan? 2018 -
Dieudonné
"Bobo" Boloko Bolumbu (b. 1964)
Non-party;2022 UDPS
(suspended 11-25 Jan 2024)
11 Jan 2024 - 25 Jan 2024 Taylor Nganzi Nkeka
Non-party
(acting for Boloko)
Mongala
11 Jul
2015
Mongala province created from
Équateur province.
Special commissioner
29 Oct 2015 - Apr 2016 Marceline
Mondjiba Akondowa (f) (b. 1969)
AFDC
Governors
Apr 2016 - Jan 2018
Bienvenu Essimba Baluwa
Bolea (b.
1973)
Non-party
Jan 2018 - May 2019 Louis
Mbonga Magalu
Engwanda (b. 1953)
AFDC
May 2019 - 15 Jan 2021 Crispin Ngbundu
Malengo (1st time) (b.
1973)
Non-party
15 Jan 2021 - 3 Feb 2021 Marie-Clémentine
Sole Ekungola (f) (b.
1969)
ADRP
(acting)
3 Feb 2021 - 12 May 2021
Crispin Ngbundu Malengo (2nd time)
(s.a.)
Non-party
12 May 2021 - 16 Aug 2022 Serge Mongulu Mandubola
(acting) (b. 1972)
Non-party
16 Aug 2022 - 2 Jul 2024 César Limbaya
Mbangisa
(b.
1973)
Non-party
(suspended 11-25 Jan
2024)
11 Jan 2024 - 25 Jan 2024 Blaise Mongo
Bosekonzo
(b.
1976)
Non-party
(acting for Limbaya)
2 Jul 2024
-
Jean-Collins Makaka
Pap'Ekaka (b. 1977)
UPDS
Nord-Ubangi
11
Jul
2015
Nord-Ubangi province created from
Équateur province.
Special commissioner; from 18 Apr 2016, Governors
29 Oct 2015 -
May 2019 Marie-Thérèse Gerengbo
(f) (b.
1951)
PPRD
May 2019 - 20 Apr 2022 Izato
Nzege
Koloke
(b.
1984)
Non-party
20 Apr 2022 - 31 Aug 2022 Oscar Oshobale Oyozu
(acting) (b. 1972)
Non-party
31 Aug 2022
-
Malo Mobutu Ndimba
(b.
1982)
Non-party
Sud-Ubangi
11 Jul
2015
Sud-Ubangi province created from Équateur
province.
Special commissioner
29 Oct 2015 - 18 Apr 2016 Jean
Robert Kolonga
PPRD
Governors
18 Apr 2016 - Oct? 2017
José Makila
Sumanda
(b. 1959) MLC
Oct? 2017 - Aug 2019
Joachim Taila Nage
(b.
1962)
Non-party
Aug 2019
-
Jean-Claude Mabenze Gbey
Benz (b.
1964)
Ind
Tshuapa
11 Jul
2015
Tshuapa province created from
Équateur province.
Special commissioner; from 9 Apr 2016, Governors
29 Oct 2015 - 28 Oct 2016 Cyprien Lomboto (1st
time)
(b.
1952)
PPRD
28 Oct 2016 - 10 Mar 2017 Marie-Josée Ifoku (f)
(acting) (b.
1965)
AENC
10 Mar 2017 - Oct? 2017 Cyprien Lomboto
(2nd
time)
(s.a.)
PPRD
Oct? 2017 -
Pancrace Boongo
Nkoy
(b. 1961)
PPRD
(suspended 12-25 Jan 2024)
12 Jan 2024 - 25 Jan 2024 Jean André Bekanga
(provincial interior minister)
(acting
for suspended Boongo Nkoy)
Kasaï
8 Oct
1918
Congo-Kasaï/Kongo-Kasaï province
created as part of Belgian Congo
by incorporating the districts Bas-Congo, Moyen-Congo,
Kasaï,
Kwango and Sankuru.
1 Oct
1933
Lusambo province created in reorganization (from Kasaï
and Sankuru [the two eastern districts of the former
vice-government general of Congo-Kasaï] and parts of
the
districts of Léopold II [in Équateur]
and Lomami [in Katanga]).
27 May
1947
Renamed Kasaï.
30 Jun
1960
Autonomous province of the Congo republic.
14 Aug
1962
Division of Kasaï into five new
provinces: Lomami, Luluabourg,
Sankuru,
Sud-Kasaï (South Kasai), and Unité Kasaïenne.
25 Apr
1966
Lomami, Sankuru, and Sud-Kasaï
are reunited as the new
province of Kasaï Oriental; Luluabourg
and Unité Kasaïenne
are united to form the province of Kasaï
Occidental.
1 Jul
1966
Luluabourg renamed Kananga.
15 Jul
2015
Kasaï Oriental split
into provinces of Kasaï Oriental, Lomami,
and Sankuru; Kasaï
Occidental split into Kasaï and Kasaï Central.
Deputy Governors-general
18 Oct 1918 -
1922
Léon Guilain
Bureau
(b. 1869 - d. 1944)
1922 -
1925
Alphonse
Engels
(b. 1880 - d. 1962)
Governors and Deputy Governors-general
1925 - 19 Jun
1929
Alphonse
Engels
(s.a.)
19 Jun 1929 - 5 Jan 1932 Joseph
Beernaert
(b. 1883 - d. 1950)
17 Aug 1932 - 30 Sep 1933 Paul Charles
Ermens
(b. 1884 - d. 1957)
Commissioners
1 Oct 1933 - 17 Aug 1940 Constant
Wauters
(b. 1889 - d. 1956)
11 Sep 1940 -
1941
François Wenner
(b. 1889 - d. 1965)
Governors
1941 - 9 Jun 1944
François
Wenner
(s.a.)
Jul 1944 - 1945
Albert-Émile, comte de Beauffort
(b. 1899 - d. 1983)
7 Feb 1945 - 21 Sep 1945 René P. Preys
21 Sep 1945 - 19 Jul 1948 Léon Hofkens
(b. 1894 - d. 1972)
19 Jul 1948 - 11 Apr 1952 Firmin Peigneux
(b. 1904 - d. 1968)
11 Apr 1952 - 27 Mar 1955 Roger Le Bussy
(b. 1901 - d. 1967)
20 Apr 1955 - 27 Sep 1955 Jean
Paelinck
(b. 1906 - d. 1961)
1 Oct 1955 - 22 Jun 1958 Antoine Lamborelle
1 Jul 1958 - 1960
Louis De Jaegher
(b. 1908 - d. 1973)
1960 - 31 May 1960 L.
Henrotaux (acting)
General Extraordinary Commissioner
31 May 1960 - 30 Jun 1960 Marcel
Matterne
Presidents
30 Jun 1960 - 6 Jan 1962 Barthélemy
Mukenge (1st time) (b. 1925 - d.
2018) PSDA
6 Jan 1962 - May
1962 André Guillaume Lubaya
(b. 1932 - d. 1968) UNC
9 Jun 1962 - 14 Aug 1962 Barthélemy
Mukenge (2nd time) (s.a.)
UNC
Lomami
14 Aug
1962
Province separated from Kasaï.
25 Apr
1966
Part of new province of Kasaï Oriental.
President (from 1965, Governors)
15 Sep 1962 - Apr 1966
Dominique Manono
(b. 19.. - d. 2007)
MUB
18 Apr 1966 - 25 Apr 1966 Jean-Marie
Kikalanga
Luluabourg
14 Aug
1962
Province separated from Kasaï.
25 Apr
1966
Part of new province of Kasaï Occidental.
Presidents (from 1965, Governors)
Sep 1962 - Sep
1963 François
Luakabwanga (1st time)
UNC
Sep 1963 - 25 Sep 1964
André Guillaume Lubaya
(b. 1932 - d. 1968) UNC-L
25 Sep 1964 - Dec 1965
François Luakabwanga (2nd time)
Jan 1966 - 18 Apr 1966
Constantin Tshilumba
(d.
1999)
UDA
18 Apr 1966 - 25 Apr 1966 François
Luakabwanga (3rd time)
Sankuru
14 Aug
1962
Province separated from Kasaï.
25 Apr
1966
Part of new province of Kasaï Oriental.
Presidents (from 1965, Governors)
14 Sep 1962 - Dec 1963
André
Diumasumbu
(b. 1936)
MNC-L
Jan 1963 - Apr
1963 Athanase
Ndjadi (in
rebellion)
MPS
27 Dec 1963 - Jun 1965
Paul Marcel
Sumbu
(b.
c.1930)
MNC-L
Jun 1965 - 27 Jan 1966
Benoît Wetshindjadi
MNC-L
18 Apr 1966 - 25 Apr 1966 Étienne Kihuyu
(b.
1930)
MNC-L
Sud-Kasaï (South Kasai)
6 Sep 1960 - 2 Oct 1962
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Map
of South Kasai |
Hear
National Anthem
"Debout Congolaise"
(Arise Congolese) |
Text of Anthem
(1960-1961)
|
Constitution
(28 Mar 1961-30 Dec 1961,
provisional) |
Capital: Bakwanga
(from 1963, Mbuji-Mayi)
|
Currency: Congolese
Republic Franc (CDG)
|
Former Holiday: N/A
|
Population: 1,000,000
(1960 est.)
|
14 Jun
1960
The Luba-Kasaï declare their
independence of the province
of
Kasaï
(not from Congo) under the provisional name
Miniére (Mining) province (made up of the
territories of
Tshikapa, Bakwanga, Ngandajika, and parts of Tshokwe).
9 Aug
1960
Proclamation of the autonomous État Minier du
Sud-Kasaï
(Mining
State of South Kasai).
1 Sep
1960
État Autonome du Sud-Kasaï (Autonomous
State of Sud-Kasaï).
8 Apr
1961
État Fédéré du Sud-Kasaï (Federated
State of South Kasai).
1 Jun
1961
Royaume Fédéré du Sud-Kasaï (Federated
Kingdom of South Kasai).
30 Dec
1961
Reconquest of the region by the central government.
14 Aug
1962
Creation of the province of Sud-Kasaï
(out of the Bakwanga
and Gandajika territories of the former Kasaï
province).
2 Oct
1962
Re-integration declared completed.
25 Apr
1966
Part of new province of Kasaï Oriental.
President
9 Aug 1960 - 12 Apr 1961 Albert
Kalonji
(b. 1929 - d. 2015) MNC-K
(from 1 Mar 1961, Albert Kalonji Ditunga;
in Katanga exile 25-29 Aug/3 Sep 1960)
King (style mulopwe)¹
12 Apr 1961 - 30 Dec 1961² Albert I Kalonji
Ditunga
(s.a.)
MNC-K
Special Commissioner
Aug 1962 - Oct
1962 Sébastien
Ikolo
(b. 1934)
MNC
Presidents (from 1965, Governors)
12 Oct 1962 - Jul 1965
Joseph
Ngalula
(b.
1928)
MNC
Aug 1965 - 25 Apr 1966
Jonas
Mukamba
(b.
1931)
PSDA
Prime minister
14 Jun 1960 - 1 Jun 1961 Joseph
Ngalula
(s.a.)
MNC-K
¹On 12 Apr 1961 Kalonji assembled
notables and they proclaimed Kalonji's father Edmond
Mukanya Mulenda (d. 1969) as mulopwe, the
traditional Luba imperial style. The new mulopwe
immediately abdicated in favor of Albert. In addition,
Kalonji also claimed the style: Souverain Possesseur
des Terres occupées par les Balubas ("Sovereign of
the Lands Occupied by the Baluba"). On 16 Jul 1961 he
rejected royalty status, but retained the mulopwe
title.
²Kalonji was arrested 30 Dec 1961, but escaped
in 7 Sep 1962 and set up a new government that was
terminated in 1 Oct 1962.
Party abbreviations: MNC-K
= Mouvement National Congolais-Kalonji (Congolese
National Movement - Kalonji faction, A. Kalonji
personalist, moderate, split from MNC, 1959-62); PSDA
= Parti Social Democrate Africain (African Democratic
Social Party, est.1963)
Mwene Ditu
1962
Territory of Mwene Ditu is intended to become part of
the
new province of Sud-Kasaï, but as parts of its
population
want to join other provinces, it is decided to hold a
plebiscite and until that time the territory is
neutralized
and governed separately by special administrators.
The territory was also claimed by the provinces of
Luluabourg
until May 1964 and by Lualaba from May 1964.
19 Apr
1965
Plebiscite decides in favor of Lualaba province; this is
not recognized by Sud-Kasaï and unrest follows; as a
consequence a state of emergency is proclaimed and a
commissioner of the republic takes over.
11 Feb
1966
After direct intervention by Mobutu, an agreement is
reached
between the two provinces and Lualaba gives up its
claims.
18 Feb
1966
Territory formally annexed to Sud-Kasaï.
Special Administrators (Administrateurs
spéciaux du territoire)
18 Dec 1962 - 30 Apr 1965 Daniel Ilonga
Apr 1965 - 7 May
1965 Antoine Panzout
7 May 1965 - 15 Sep 1965 Louis
Abdala
Commissioner of the Republic
15 Sep 1965 - 18 Feb 1966 Michel
Ndju
Mil
Unité Kasaïenne
14 Aug
1962
Province separated from Kasaï.
25 Apr
1966
Part of new province of Kasaï Occidental.
Presidents (from 1965, Governors)
Sep 1962 - Dec
1963 Grégoire
Kamanga
(b. 1927 - d. 1973) COAKA
Dec 1963 - Dec 1965
François Edmond
Minga-Mbengele
MNC-K
Jan 1966 - 25 Apr 1966
Robert William
Mbombo
COAKA
Kasaï Occidental (West
Kasai)
18 Jul
2015
Split into provinces of Kasaï and Kasaï Central.
Governors (1972-80, Commissioners)
25 Apr 1966 - 3 Jan 1967 François
Luakabwanga
3 Jan 1967 - 9 Aug 1968 Paul
Muhona
(b. 1931?)
9 Aug 1968 - 23 Dec 1970 André
William Ntikala
23 Dec 1970 - 24 Feb 1972 Daniel Monguya
Mbenge
(b. 1934 - d. 2021)
24 Feb 1972 - 19 Mar 1974 Henri-Désiré Takizala
(b.
1936 - d. 2000)
19 Mar 1974 - 10 Feb 1976 Ngoma Ntoto
Bwangi
10 Feb 1976 - 20 Oct 1976 Ndebo A Kanda
Di Ne Kenza
7 May 1977 - 21 Jan 1978 Mpika
Masamba Ngolomiso
21 Jan 1978 - 18 Jan 1980 Konde Vila
Kikanda
(b. 1939 - d. 2020)
18 Jan 1980 - 27 Aug 1980 Kamakanda
N'koma
27 Aug 1980 - 19 Mar 1983 Pasteur Kyembwa
Walumona
19 Mar 1983 - 1 Jan 1985 Zamundu
Angenong'Ka
1 Jan 1985 - 1988?
Bangala Basila (or
Basira) (b. 1943)
20 Jul 1988 - 19..
Bomandeke
Bonyeka
(b. 1937)
19.. - 19..
Duga Kugbetoro
19.. -
199.
Mpambia Musanga Bekaja
(b. 1935)
1994 - 1997
Benoit
Janvier Tshibuabua Kapy'a (b.
c.1953)
Kalubi
Oct? 1997 -
1999
Pascal Tshitoka
Ngalamulume
RCD
1999 - Apr
2006
Claudel André Lubaya
(b. 1968)
2002:PPRD
Apr 2006 - 16 Oct 2006
Gilbert Tshiongo Tshibinkubula (b. 1942 -
d. 2021) PPRD
wa Ntumba
16 Oct 2006 - 16 Mar 2007 Symphorien
Mutombo Bakafwa Nsenda (b. 1943)
PAR
16 Mar 2007 - 2 Mar 2011 Trésor Kapuku Ngoy
PPRD
Jun 2007 - Aug 2007 Hubert
Mbingho (acting for Ngoy)
(b.
1959)
PPRD
2 Mar 2011 - 18 Apr 2011 Hubert
Mbingho (acting)
(s.a.)
PPRD
18 Apr 2011 - 6 Jun 2012 Hubert
Kabasubabo
(b. 1961) PPRD
6 Jun 2012 - 9 Feb 2013 Jean Mwamba
Kantu-Ka-Njila (acting)
9 Feb 2013 - 29 Oct 2015 Alex Kande
Mupompa
(b.
1950)
Non-party
Kasaï
18 Jul
2015
Kasaï province created from Kasaï Occidental province.
Special commissioner; from Apr 2016, Governors
29 Oct 2015 - 10 May 2019 Marc Manyanga Ndambo
(b.
1956)
PPRD
10 May 2019 - 28 Jun 2024
Dieudonné Pieme
Tutokot
(b.
1966)
PPRD
28 Jun 2024
-
Crispin Mukendi wa Bukasa
(b.
1975)
UDPS
Kasaï Central
18 Jul
2015
Kasaï Central province created from Kasaï Occidental
province.
Special commissioner; from Apr 2016, Governors
29 Oct 2015 - 4 Oct 2017
Alex Kande
Mupompa
(b.
1950)
ADR
4 Oct 2017 - 18 Jan 2018 Justin Milonga
Milonga (acting) (b.
1966)
PPRD
18 Jan 2018 - 12 Mar 2019 Denis Kambayi
Cimbumbu
(b. 1966) PPRD
12 Mar 2019 - 7 May 2019 Manix Kabuanga wa
Kabuanga
(b.
1964)
CAC
(acting)
7 May 2019 - 2 Jul 2020 Martin Kabuya
Mulamba Kabitanga (b.
1970)
Non-party
2 Jul 2020 - 4 Nov 2020 Ambroise
Kamukuny Mukinay
(b. 1955 - d.
2020) NBP
(acting)
4 Nov 2020 - 20 Jun 2022
Tharcisse Kabatusuila Mbuyamba (b.
1942) UDPS
(acting)
20 Jun 2022 - 17 Jun 2024 John Kabeya Shikayi
(b. 1976) UDPS
17 Jun 2024
-
Joseph Moïse Kambulu
Nkonko
Ind
Kasaï Oriental
(East Kasai)
15 Jul
2015
Split into provinces of Kasaï Oriental, Lomami, and
Sankuru.
Governors (1972-80, Commissioners)
25 Apr 1966 - 3 Jan 1967 Jonas
Mukamba
(b. 1931)
3 Jan 1967 - 9 Aug 1968
Henri-Désiré Takizala
(b. 1936 - d. 2000)
9 Aug 1968 - 23 Dec 1970 Bernard
Ndebo
23 Dec 1970 - 9 Jul 1971 André
William Ntikala
9 Jul 1971 - 24 Feb 1972 Derikoye
Tita
Avungara
(b. 1907 - d. 19..)
(= Jean-Pierre Déricoyard)
24 Feb 1972 - 15 Jul 1972 Dieudonné Boji
(b. 1930)
15 Jul 1972 - 19 Mar 1974 Mozagba Ngbuka
19 Mar 1974 - 10 Feb 1976 Matabisi
Iyualeke Ilande
(b. 1934 - d. 1996)
(= Jacques Matabisi)
10 Feb 1976 - 21 Jan 1978 Kyalwe Mihambo
21 Jan 1978 - 18 Jan 1980 Kamakanda
N'koma
18 Jan 1980 - 10 Oct 1981 Efambe
Ey'Olanga
10 Oct 1981 - 19 Mar 1983 Zamundu
Agenong'Ka
19 Mar 1983 - 1 Jan 1985 Duga Kugbe
Toro
(b. 1935? - d. 2010)
1 Jan 1985 - 10 Mar 1985 Konde Vila
Kikanda
(b. 1939 - d. 2020)
10 Mar 1985 - 26 Apr 1986 Mananga di
Ntoka Pholo
(b. 1946)
MPR
26 Apr 1986 -
1987
Mpambia Musanga
Bekaja
(b. 1935)
198. -
198.
Bangala Basila
(b. 1943)
198. - 198.
Bashala Kantu wa Milandu (1st time)(b. 19..
- d. 2021)
1989 - Nov
1991
Kakule Mbayingana
(b. 1947 - d. 2011)
14 Nov 1991 - 19 Mar 1992 Grégoire Dikonda
wa Lumanyisha (d. 1992)
1992 - 1995?
Bashala Kantu wa Milandu (2nd
time)(s.a.)
PANAP
1995? - Nov 1997
Mbuyi Mulomba
27 Nov 1997 - Jan 1999? Omer
Kamba
15 Mar 1999 - 1999
Jean-Charles
Okoto
(b. 1955)
1999? - Mar
2001
Paul Kabongo Misasa
Mar 2001 - 26 May 2004
Jean-Marie Mbala Muana
26 May 2004 - 16 Mar 2007 Dominique
Kanku
(b. 1963) RCD-N
16 Mar 2007 - 29 Oct 2015 Alphonse Ngoy Kasanji
(b.
1963) PPRD
Kasaï Oriental
15 Jul
2015
A smaller Kasaï Oriental province created from Kasaï
Oriental
province.
Special commissioner; from Apr 2016, Governors
29 Oct 2015 - 8 May 2019
Alphonse Ngoyi
Kasanji
(b.
1963)
PPRD
8 May 2019 - 17 Apr 2021
Jean Maweja
Muteba
(b.
1958)
UDPS
17 Apr 2021 - 23 Jun 2022 Jeannette Longa Musuamba
(f) (b. 1955)
RDT
(acting)
23 Jun 2022 - 2 Aug 2023 Patrick Mathias
Kabeya Matshi (b.
1980)
UDPS
Abidi
2 Aug 2023 - 9 Apr 2024
Julie Kalenga Kabongo (f)(acting) (b.
1976)
UDPS
9 Apr 2024 - 28 Jun 2024 Ananias Muzadi
Kankonde (acting)
28 Jun 2024
-
Jean-Paul Mbwebwa
Kapo
UDPS
Lomami
15 Jul
2015
Lomami province re-created from of Kasaï Oriental
province.
Special commissioner; from Apr 2016, Governors
29 Oct 2015 - 10 May 2019
Patrice
Kamanda
(b. 1963) PPRD
10 May 2019 - 4 Jun 2021
Sylvain Lubamba
Mayombo
(b. 1964) PPRD
4 Jun 2021 - 28 Jun 2022 Édouard Mulumba
Mudiandambu
(b. 1956)
PPRD
(acting)
28 Jun 2022 - 2 Mar 2024 Nathan
Ilunga
Numbi
(b.
1979)
MSR
2 Mar 2024 - 2 Jul 2024 Jean-Claude
Lubamba
Mutombo (b.
1976)
UDPS
(acting)
2 Jul 2024
-
Iron-Van Kalombo
Musok
(b. 1981) Ind
Sankuru
15 Jul
2015
Sankuru province re-created from Kasaï Oriental
province.
Special commissioner; from 9 Apr 2016, Governors
29 Oct 2015 - Mar? 2019 Berthold
Ulungu
Ekunda
(b. 1954) CCU
Mar? 2019 - 8 Sep 2019 Pierre
Lokadi Otete
(acting) (b.
1951)
PPRD
8 Sep 2019 - 30 Nov 2021 Joseph Stéphane
Mukumadi
(b.
1982)
Ind
(temporarily in opposition to Tchyabilo, as below)
30 Dec 2019 - Jan 2020 Paul Tchyabilo
Nckoto (1st time) (b. 1973)
Ind
(acting)
5 Nov 2021 - 27 Jun 2022 Paul Tchyabilo
Nckoto (2nd time) (s.a.)
Ind
(acting)
27 Jun 2022
-
Jules Lodi
Emongo
(b.
1975)
Ind
Katanga
-
- 18 Jul 1960 - 21 Jan 1963
|
-
- 18 Jul 1960 - 21 Jan 1963
Variant
|
Map
of Katanga |
Hear
Former Anthem
"La Katangaise"
(The Katangese)
|
Text
of Former Anthem
(1960-21 Jan 1963) |
Constitution
(4 Aug 1960 - 21 Jan
1963;
in French)
|
Capital:
Élisabethville
(from 1 Jul 1966, Lumbumbashi)
|
Currency: Katanga
Franc (KATF) (1960-1963)
|
Former National Holiday:
11 Jul (1960)
Fête de l'Indépendance
(Independence Day)
(1960-1963)
|
Population: 1,635,000
(1965)
|
GDP: $401.3 million
(1960 est.)
|
Exports: $N/A
Imports: $N/A
|
Ethnic groups: Lunda
37%, Baluba 30%, Luba-Kasai 10%,
Bemba 5%, Sanga 4%, Lulua 3%, Tshokwe 3%,
Bayeke 2%,
white 1%, other 5% (1965)
|
Total Active Armed Forces:
21,330 (1965)
Merchant marine: None
(1960)
|
Religions: Roman
Catholic 71%, traditional/native 20%,
Methodist 8%, other 1% (1965)
|
International
Organizations: None |
15 Apr
1891
The administration of the Katangese areas conquered by
the
Congo Free State is entrusted to the Compagnie
du Katanga;
however, no effective administration is set up.
19 Jun
1900
Katanga is entrusted to the Comité Spécial
du Katanga1,
an
administration fully separated from that of the Congo
is
established.
1 Sep
1910
Katanga is integrated into the Belgian Congo, but
retains a large
measure of autonomy.
1 Oct
1933
Autonomy abrogated; Renamed province of
Elisabethville/
Elisabethstad, at the same time part of
Lomami-district
transferred to the province of Kasaï.
27 May
1947
Renamed Katanga.
30 Jun
1960
Autonomous province of the Congo republic.
11 Jul
1960
Proclamation of the independent State of Katanga.
Aug 1960 - Jun
1964 United
Nations forces deployed to Katanga.
Nov
1961
Conquest of northern Katanga by the central government;
organization of the province of Nord-Katanga (North
Katanga).
21 Jan
1963
Conquest of the remaining parts of Katanga and division
of
the territory into two provinces: Lualaba and Katanga
Oriental.
1 Jul 1966
Élisabethville renamed
Lumbumbashi.
28 Dec
1966
Reconstruction of the province of Katanga.
2 Jan
1972
Katanga renamed Shaba.
15 May 1997
Name Katanga restored.
16 Jul
2015
Split into provinces of Haut-Katanga, Haut-Lomami,
Lualaba,
and Tanganyika.
Administrator of the Compagnie du Katanga
Apr 1891 - 19 Jun 1900 Albert
Jean-Baptiste
Thys
(b. 1849 - d. 1915)
Chairman of the Comité Spécial du Katanga
(CSK)
Jun 1900 -
1929
Hubert
Droogmans
(b. 1858 - d. 1938)
Representatives of the CSK in Katanga
(governors)
1900 - 14 Jan
1903
Auguste
Weyns
(b. 1854 - d. 1944)
14 Jan 1903 -
1906
Léon Tonneau (1st
time)
(b. 1863 - d. 1919)
26 Jul 1906 -
1908
Émile Wangermée (1st
time)
(b. 1855 - d. 1924)
31 Sep 1908 - Sep 1909
Léon Tonneau (2nd
time)
(s.a.)
1909 - 1 Sep
1910 Émile
Wangermée (2nd
time)
(s.a.)
Governors and Deputy Governors-general
1 Sep 1910 - May 1914 Émile
Wangermée
(s.a.)
Nov 1911 - Nov 1912 Justin Malfeyt
(b. 1862 - d.
1924)
(acting for Wangermée)
Jun 1914 - Feb 1915
Charles Henry Marie Ernest Tombeur,(b. 1867 - d. 1947)
baron Tombeur de Tabora (1st time)
Feb 1915 - Feb 1917 Adolphe
de
Meulemeester
(b. 1870 - d. 1944)
Feb 1917 - Jun 1918
Ferdinand, baron de Renette de
(b. 1869 - d. 1947)
Villers-Perwin
Jun 1918 - 2 Sep 1920 Charles Henry
Marie Ernest Tombeur,(s.a.)
baron Tombeur de Tabora (2nd time)
Sep 1920 - Oct 1921
Léopold de Koninck (acting)
(b. 1874 - d. 1957)
10 Nov 1921 - 27 Jan 1923 Martin Joseph Marie René
Rutten (b. 1876 - d. 1944)
6 Mar 1923 - Feb 1924
Gaston René Heenen (1st
time) (b. 1880 - d. 1963)
Feb 1924 - Sep 1925
Léon Guilain Bureau (1st time) (b.
1869 - d. 1944)
Sep 1925 - Jun 1926
Gaston René Heenen (2nd
time) (s.a.)
Jun 1926 - 27 May 1928
Léon Guilain Bureau (1st time)
(s.a.)
27 May 1928 - 12 Aug 1931 Gaston René
Heenen (3rd time) (s.a.)
1 Sep 1931 - 30 Mar 1932 Louis
Joseph
Postiaux
(b. 1882 - d. 1948)
30 Mar 1932 - 23 Sep 1933 Gaston René
Heenen (4th time) (s.a.)
Commissioner
1 Oct 1933 -
1941
Amour Émile
Maron
(b. 1891 - d. 1948)
Governors
1941 - 14 Feb 1946
Amour Émile
Maron
(s.a.)
14 Feb 1946 - 1 Jul 1948
Henri Léon Keyser
1 Jul 1948 - 24 Apr 1951 Marie
Joseph Guillaume Ziegler de (b. 1890 -
d. 1979)
Ziegleck auf Rheingrub
5 May 1951 - 12 Dec 1955 René Wauthion
(Whauthion)
(b.
1894 - d. 19..)
6 Jan 1956 - 16 Sep 1958 Jean Henri Paelinck
(b. 1906 - d. 1961)
16 Sep 1958 - 30 Jun 1960 André
Schöller
(b. 1908 - d. 1992)
(also deputy governor-general)
President
16 Jun 1960 - 14 Jan 1963 Moïse Kapenda Tshombe
(b. 1919 - d. 1969) CONAKAT
(president of the Provisional
Government 11 Jul - 8 Aug 1960;
Congo prisoner 26 Apr - 22 Jun 1961)
26 Apr 1961 - 22 Jun 1961 Godefroid Munongo Mwenda
M'Siri (b. 1925 - d. 1992)
CONAKAT
+ Jean-Baptiste
Kibwe
(b. 1924 - d. 2008) CONAKAT
+ Joseph
Kiwele
(b. 1912 - d. 1961) CONAKAT
(acting for imprisoned Tshombé)
United Nations Representatives in
Élisabethville
(subordinated to UN Officers-in-Charge, in Léopoldville
[Kinshasa],
Congo)
Aug 1960 - Mar
1961 Ian Ellis
Berendsen (New Zealand) (b. 1919 - d. 2001)
Mar 1961 - May 1961
Georges Dumontet (France)(1st time)(b. 1907 - d. 1993)
(acting)
Jun 1961 - Nov 1961
Conor Cruise O'Brien (Ireland)
(b. 1917 - d. 2008)
Nov 1961 - Jan 1962
Brian Edward Urquhart
(U.K.) (b. 1919 - d.
2021)
(acting for O'Brien)
Dec
1961
George Ivan Smith
(Australia) (b. 1915 - d.
1995)
27 Dec 1961 - Jan 1962
Georges Dumontet (France)(2nd time)(s.a.)
Jan 1962 - Jun 1962
Jose Rolz-Bennett
(Guatemala) (b. 1918 - d.
1972)
Jun
1962
Jean H. Back (France)
Jun 1962 - May
1963 Eliud
Wambu Mathu (Kenya)
(b. 1910 - d. 1993)
(acting for Back)
Jan 1963 - Feb
1963 George
Leon Sherry (U.S.) (acting) (b. 1924 - d.
2011)
May 1963 - Jun
1964 Azim an-Nashashibi
(Jordan)
Commanders of the United Nations Forces
in Katanga
Aug 1960 - Dec 1960
H.W. Byone (Ireland)
Mar 1961 - Apr 1962
K.A.S. Raja (India)
(b. 1917 - d. ....)
(= Kottimukula Alagaraja Singaparaja)
May 1962 - Apr 1963
Dewan Prem Chand
(India)
(b. 1916 - d. 2003)
Apr 1963 - Jun 1963
Worku Metaferia (Ethiopia)(acting)
Jun 1963 - Jun 1964
Abebe Teferra (Ethiopia)
Party abbreviation: CONAKAT
= Confédération des associations tribales du Katanga
(Confederation of Tribal Associations of Katanga, Katangan
secessionist, Lunda dominated, 1958-1963)
Katanga Oriental (East
Katanga)
8 Jul
1963
After the formation of the provinces of Nord-Katanga
and Lualaba the remaining part of Katanga is reorganized
as the new province of Katanga Oriental.
24 Apr
1966
United with Lualaba to form Sud-Katanga.
Presidents (from 1965, Governors)
13 Aug 1963 - 20 Jul
1965 Édouard
Bulundwe
(b.
1932)
CONAKAT
20 Jul 1965 - 24 Apr
1966 Godefroid Munongo Mwenda
M'Siri (b. 1925 - d. 1992)
CONACO
Lualaba
30 Jun
1963
Province of Lualaba separated from Katanga.
24 Apr
1966
United with Katanga Oriental to form Sud-Katanga.
President (from 1965, Governor)
23 Sep 1963 - 24 Apr 1966 Dominique
Diur
(b. 1929) CONAKAT;1965 CONACO
Nord-Katanga (North Katanga)
-
- 8 Jan - 31 Mar 1961 Lualaba
|
20 Oct
1960
Rebellion of the Luba-Katanga people against the state
of Katanga and proclamation of the province of Lualaba in
northern Katanga.
31 Mar
1961
Reconquest of northern Katanga by the State of Katanga.
Nov
1961
Reconquest of northern Katanga by the central government.
11 Jul
1962
Proclamation of the province of Nord-Katanga.
5 Nov
1966
Administration taken over by the central government.
28 Dec
1966
Part of restored province of Katanga.
Presidents (from 1965, Governors)
20 Oct 1960 - Mar 1961
Prosper Mwamba-Ilunga (1st time) (b.
1930?) BALUBAKAT
11 Sep 1962 - 27 Sep 1963 Prosper
Mwamba-Ilunga (2nd time) (s.a.)
BALUBAKAT
27 Sep 1963 - 15 Mar 1964 Jason Sendwe
(1st
time)
(b. 1917 - d. 1964)CartelKatanagais
15 Mar 1964 - 21 Apr 1964 Fortunat
Kabange
Numbi
(b. 1934 - d. 1964) BALUBAKAT
21 Apr 1964 - 18 Jun 1964 Jason Sendwe
(2nd
time)
(s.a.)
BALUBAKAT
22 Jun 1964 - Jul 1964
Ildephonse
Masengo
(b. c.1935 - d. 1969)
(head of a provisional government for the whole Katanga
province, in fact the territories occupied by the forces
of the People's Republic)
22 Jul 1965 - 5 Nov 1966 Henri
Ndala
Kambola
(b. 1925 - d. 2005) CONACO
(administrator since Aug 1964?)
Sud-Katanga (South Katanga)
22 Apr
1966
Katanga Oriental and Lualaba united to form Sud-Katanga.
5 Nov
1966
Administration by central government.
28 Dec
1966
Part of restored province of Katanga.
Governor
24 Apr 1966 - 5 Nov 1966 Godefroid
Munongo Mwenda M'Siri (b. 1925 - d.
1992) CONACO
Union Minière du Haut Katanga
(de facto Katanga rulers)
20 Jan 1899
Tanganyika Concessions Ltd.
(TCL) founded under Tyndale White
to prospect for minerals
in Katanga.
1900
Mining concession granted to the Tanganyika Concessions
Ltd.
28 Oct
1906
Creation of the Union Minière du Haut
Katanga ("Mining Union of
Upper
Katanga"), entrusted by the Congo Free State
with the
exploitation of the mineral resources of
Katanga by merger of
the TLC and Comité Spécial du Katanga.
31 Dec
1966
Activities and belongings of the UMHK taken
over by the
Congolese government.
Managing Director of the Tanganyika Concessions
Limited
1899 - 1906
Robert Williams
(b. 1860 - d. 1938)
Agent of the Tanganyika
Concessions Limited (in Africa)
1899 - Jul
1906
George
Grey
(b. 1866 - d. 1911)
Chairmen of the Union Minière du Haut Katanga
(in Brussels)1
1906 -
1913
Ferdinand, baron
Baeyens
(b. 1837 - d. 1914)
1913 -
1932
Jean
Jadot
(b. 1862 - d. 1932)
1932 -
1939
Félicien Cattier (1st
time) (b. 1869
- d. 1946)
1939 -
1944
Alexandre Marie Albert Galopin
(b. 1879 - d. 1944)
1944
Félicien Cattier (2nd time)(acting)(s.a.)
1944 -
1947
Firmin Van
Bree
(b. 1880 - d. 1960)
1947 -
1955
Gaston Blaise
(b. 1880 - d. 1964)
1955 -
1963
Paul Gillet
(b. 1891 - d.
1964)
1963 -
1965
Edgar Van Der Straeten
(b. 1894 - d. 1986)
1966
Louis Wallef
(b. 1901 - d. 1971)
Directors-general of the
Union Minière du Haut Katanga (in
Africa)1
1910 -
1912
Eugène
Halewijck
(b. 1866 - d. 1940)
1912 - 1918
Preston King Horner
(b. 1885 - d. 1964)
1918 -
1919
Edgar
Sengier
(b. 1879 - d. 1963)
1920 -
1922
Jules
Cousin
(b. 1884 - d. 1965)
1923 -
1927
Léon
Rasson
(b. 1875 - d. 1932)
1927 -
1929
Joseph De Mulder
1931
Henry
Barzin
(b. 1881 - d. 1971)
1932
Gaston Deladrière
(b. 1886 - d. 1965)
1933 -
1936
Henri
Heymans
(b. 1883 - d. 1936)
1936 -
1945
Aimé
Marthoz
(b. 1894 - d. 1962)
1946 -
1950
Louis Wallef
(s.a.)
1951 -
1957
Maurice Van Weyenbergh
(b. 1900 - d. 1983)
1958 -
1966
Gérard Assoignon
(b. 1909 - d. 2003)
Katanga (since
1967)
2 Jan
1972
Katanga renamed Shaba.
15 May 1997
Name Katanga restored.
16 Jul
2015
Split into provinces of Haut-Katanga, Haut-Lomami,
Lualaba,
and Tanganyika.
Governors (1972-80, Commissioners)
3 Jan 1967 - Aug
1967 Jean Faustin Manzikala
(b.
1937)
1967
Masiala
Kinkela
(b. 1929 - d. 1975)
1967 -
1968
Denis Paluku
(b. 1936 - d.
2014)
1968 -
1970
Léon Engulu
(b. 1934 - d.
2023)
1970 -
1972
Henri-Désiré Takizala
(b. 1936 - d. 2000)
Feb 1972 -
1973
Daniel Monguya Mbenge
(b. 1934 - d. 2021)
1973 -
1975
Duga Kugbe Toro (1st time)
(b. 1935? - d. 2010)
1975 - 8 Jul
1977
Assumani Busanya Lukili
8 Jul 1977 - 17 May 1978 Efambe
Ey'Olanga
17 May 1978 - 18 Jan 1980 Alexandre Singa
Boyenge Mosambayi (b. 1932 - d. 2001)
18 Jan 1980 - 1 Jan 1985 Antoine
Mandungu Bula
Nyati (b. 1935
- d. 2000)
1 Jan 1985 -
1986
Duga Kugbe Toro (2nd time)
(s.a.)
1986 - May 1990
Koyagialo Ngbase te
Gerengbo (b. 1947 -
d. 2014)
(= Louis Alphonse Koyagialo)
May 1990 - Nov
1991
Bonaventure Konde Vila Kikanda (b.
1939 - d. 2020)
1991 - Apr
1995
Antoine Gabriel Kyungu wa Kumwanza (b. 1938 - d. 2021)
(1st time)
Apr 1995 -
1997
Benjamin Thadée Ngoye Mulume
(interim)
Mar 1997 - Apr
1997 Antoine
Gabriel Kyungu wa Kumwanza (s.a.)
(2nd time)
Apr 1997 - Apr
1998 Gaëtan
Kukudji
(b. 1942 - d. 2009)
Apr 1998 - Apr
2001 Augustin
Katumba Mwanke
(b. 1963 - d. 2012)
Apr 2001 - Nov
2001 Jacques
Muyumba (interim)
(b. 1966)
26 Nov 2001 - May 2004
Aimé Ngoy Mukena Lusa
(b. 1954 - d. 2022) PPRD
26 May 2004 - 24 Feb 2007 Urbain Kisula
Ngoy
(b. 1940 - d. 2018) Mayi-Mayi
24 Feb 2007 - Sep 2015 Moïse
Katumbi
Chapwe
(b.
1964)
PPRD
Sep 2015 - 29 Oct 2015 Guibert Paul Yav
Tshibal (interim) (b. 1945)
PPRD
1During
the German occupation of Belgium 1914-1918, the Belgian
leadership of the UMHK went into exile in London, while
the CSK ceased its activities. During the second
occupation of Belgium, 1940-1944, both ceased their
activities. The management of the affairs of the UMHK
was taken over by the American African Metals
Corporation based in New York.
Haut-Katanga
16 Jul
2015
Haut-Katanga
province created from Katanga province.
Special commissioner
29 Oct 2015 - 12 Apr 2016 Félicien Katanga Lokunda
Governors
12 Apr 2016 - 22 Apr 2017 Jean-Claude Kazembe
Musonda (b. 1963 -
d. 2021) PPRD
(1st time)
22 Apr 2017 - 26 May 2017
Célestin Pande Kapopo (1st time) (b. 1952)
PPRD
(interim)
26 May 2017 - Sep 2017
Jean-Claude Kazembe
Musonda
(s.a.)
PPRD
(2nd time)
Sep 2017 - 20 May 2019 Célestin Pande
Kapopo (2nd time)
(s.a.)
PPRD
20 May 2019
-
Jacques Kyabula
Katwe
(b. 1976)
PPRD
Haut-Lomami
16 Jul
2015
Haut-Lomami province created from Katanga province.
Special ommissioner
29 Oct 2015 - 30 Apr 2016 Raymond Mande Mutombo
Governors
30 Apr 2016 - Oct? 2017 Célestin Mbuyu
Kabango Mukolwe (b. 1949)
PPRD
Oct? 2017 - 11 May 2019
Jackson Kalenga
Mwenzemi
(b. 1956) PPRD
11 May 2019 - 8 Nov 2019 Marcel Lenge
Masangu
Mpoyo
(b. 1956)
Non-party
8 Nov 2019 - 9
Jul 2021 Denis Ngandu
Ngoy (interim)
Non-party
9 Jul 2021 - 21 Jun 2022 Kabamba Ilunga
Wa Batame (acting)
(b.
1953)
Non-party
21 Jun 2022 -
Isabelle
Yumba Kalenga Mushimbi (f)(b.
1979)
UNAFEC
Lualaba
16 Jul
2015
Lualaba province created from Katanga province.
Special commissioner; from Apr 2016, Governors
29 Oct 2015 - 10 Sep 2021
Richard Muyej Mangez Mans
(b.
1954)
PPRD
(absent from 4 Jan 2021)
4 Jan 2021
-
Fifi Masuka Saini (f)
(b. 1967)
FIDEC
(acting [for Muyej to 10 Sep 2021])
Tanganyika
16 Jul
2015
Tanganyika province created from Katanga
province.
Special commissioner; from 9 Apr 2016, Governors
29 Oct 2015 - Mar 2019 Richard Ngoy
Kitangala
(b. 1958) PPRD
Mar 2019 - 10 May 2019 Ali Bin
Omari Simukinje (acting) (b. 1966)
UNAFEC
10 May 2019 - 3 Jun 2021 Zoé Kabila Mwanza
Mbala
(b.
1979)
PPRD
3 Jun 2021
- 20 Jun 2022 Samba Kayabala Moni (acting)
(b. 1974)
PPRD
20 Jun 2022 - 15
Jul 2024 Julie
Ngungwa Mwayuma (f)
(b.
1973)
UDPS
15 Jul 2024
-
Christian Kitungwa
Muteba
(b. 1987)
ACO
Kinshasa
1 Oct
1933
Léopoldville/Leopoldstad province created in Belgian
Congo from
the western districts of Congo-Kasaï-Bas-Congo (former
Bas-and
Haut-Congo), Kwango and Léopoldville (the town) - and
the major
part of Lac Léopold II (taken from Équateur).
30 Jun
1960
Autonomous province of the Congo republic.
14 Aug
1962
Province divided into four new provinces: Kongo
Central,
Kwango, Kwilu, Mai-Ndombe
25 Apr
1966
Kwango, Kwilu, and Mai-Ndombe reunited as the new
province
of Bandundu; Léopoldville city separated from Congo
Central.
1 Jul
1966
Léopoldville renamed Kinshasa.
19 Jul
2015
Bandundu again split into Kwango, Kwilu, and Mai-Ndombe.
Commissioner of Léopoldville province
1933 -
1941
Albert Émile Beauffort
(b. 1899 - d. 1983)
Governors of Léopoldville
province
1941 -
1943
Albert Emile Beauffort
(s.a.)
1943 -
1945
Marcel
Maquet
(b. 1891 - d. 1964)
1946 -
1950
Léon Georges Morel
(b. 1892 - d. af.1960)
1950 -
1953
Lucien
Lardinois
(b. 1898 - d. 1956)
1953 -
1955
Pierre Nauwelaert
(b. 1903 - d. 1969)
1955 - 1958
Julien
Babilon
(b. 1904 - d. 1959)
1958 - 10 May 1960
Jean-Baptiste Bomans
10 May 1960 - 29 Jun 1960 Alain
Stenmans
(b. 1923 - d. 2008)
Presidents of Léopoldville province
11 Jun 1960 - 29 Jun 1960 Gaston
Diomi
(b. 1922 - d. 1985) ABAKO
(president of secessionist Congo province)
18 Jun 1960 - 12 Feb 1962 Cléophas Kamitatu
Masamba
(b. 1931 - d. 2008) PSA
17 Jun 1960 -
1960
Gaston Midu
(b. 1930)
FEDEKWALEO
(president of secessionist North Kwilu province)
12 Feb 1962 - 14 Aug 1962 Gaston
Diomi
(s.a.)
ABAKO
Kongo Central
14 Aug
1960
Congo Central province created out of Léopoldville
province.
27 Oct
1971
Renamed Bas-Zaïre.
19 May
1997
Renamed Bas-Congo.
28 Feb 2015
Renamed Kongo Central.
Presidents (from 1965, Governors; 1972-80,
Commissioners)
6 Sep 1962 - 3 Jan 1967
Faustin Vital
Moanda
(b. 1923 - d. 1967) ABAKO
3 Jan 1967 - 30 Aug 1967 Denis
Paluku
(b. 1936 - d. 2014)
30 Aug 1967 - 9 Aug 1968 François
Luakabwanga
9 Aug 1968 - 5 Aug 1969 Bruno Ndala
(d. 1969)
5 Aug 1969 - 23 Dec 1970 Anaclet
Kaniki
(b. 1935)
23 Dec 1970 - 24 Feb 1972 Dieudonné Boji
(b. 1930)
24 Feb 1972 - 17 Jul 1972 Marcel Derikoye Tita
Ngindu
17 Jul 1972 - 21 May 1975 Cathérine
Nzuzi wa Mbombo (f) (b.
1944)
1975 - 1976
Loposo Nzela Balombe
4 Feb 1976 - 11 Jul 1977 Efambe Ey'Olanga
11 Jul 1977 - 21 Jan 1978 Ilunga Mubabinge Mukala
21 Jan 1978 - 18 Jan 1980 Tshiala Mwana Tshingombe
(b. 1933)
18 Jan 1980 - 27 Aug 1980 Makolo Jibikilayi (1st
time) (b. 1936 - d. 2018)
27 Aug 1980 - 10 Oct 1981 Zamundu Agenong'Ka
10 Oct 1981 - 18 Jan 1983 Malumba
Mbangula
(b. 1939)
18 Jan 1983 - 1986
Makolo Jibikilayi (2nd time)
(s.a.)
Jun 1986 - 20 Jul 1988
Tshala Muana
Tshingombe
(b. 1933 - d. 2021) MPR
20 Jul 1988 -
1989
Kakule
Mbahingana
(b. 1947 - d. 2011)
1989 -
1990
Mpambia Musanga Bekaja
(b. 1935)
1990 -
1991
Timothée Moleka
Nzulama
(b. 1953 - d. 2017)
1991 -
1997
Bieya
Mbaki
(d. 1997)
199. - 1997
Mvuma Ngeti (acting for Mbaki)
1997
Mvuma Ngeti (interim)
1997 (4
days)
Joseph Mbenza Thubi
(b. 19.. - d. 2017)
1997 (1
month)
Liwanga Mata Nyamunyobo
(b. 1950)
Oct? 1997 - 1998
Léonard Fuka
Unzola
(b. 1935 - d. 2008)
1998 - Jun 2001
Séraphin Bavuidi Babingi
(b. 1946)
Oct? 2001 - 16 Oct 2006 César
Tsasa-di-Ntumba
(b. 1945? - d. 2008) 2002: PPRD
(interim for 4 months in 2001)
16 Oct 2006 - 24 Feb 2007 Jacques Mbadu
Nsitu (1st time) (b. 1951 - d.
2018) PPRD
24 Feb 2007 - 19 Mar 2012 Simon Mbatshi
Batshia
(b.
1949)
PPRD
19 Mar 2012 - 28 Jan 2013 Déo Nkusu Bikwa (acting)
(b.
1958)
RCD
28 Jan 2013 - 19 Jul 2018 Jacques Mbadu
Nsitu (2nd time)
(s.a.)
PPRD
19 Jul 2018 - 8 Sep 2021
Atou Matoubuana Nkuluki
(b.
1966)
PPRD;8-2019 Ind
(acting to 9 May 2019; suspended 7 Sep - 30 Nov 2019)
7 Sep 2019 - 30 Nov 2019 Marcel Matumpa
Buka
PPRD
(acting for Matubuana)
8 Sep 2021 - 18 Jun 2022 Justin Luemba
Makoso (acting) (b.
1972)
Ind
18 Jun 2022 - 26 Jun 2024 Guy Bandu Ndungidi
(b. 1974)
UNC
26 Jun 2024
-
Grâce Nkuanga Masuangi
Bilolo (b. 1988)
AVC
Kwango
14 Aug
1962
Kwango province created out of Léopoldville province.
25 Apr 1966 - 19 Jul 2015 Part of new
province of Bandundu.
19 Jul 2015
Kwango province re-created.
Presidents (from 1965, Governors)
23 Sep 1962 - 11 Nov 1962 Albert Arthur
Delvaux
(b. 1918 - d.
1968) Front Commun
Nov
1962
Emmanuel Mayamba
(b. 1933)
1962 - Apr
1963
Alphonse
Pashi
LUKA
Aug 1963 - Apr
1964 Pierre
Masikita (1st
time)
(b. 1919 - d. ....) LUKA
Apr 1964 - 30 Sep 1964
Pierre Delunda Kavunzu
LUKA
30 Sep 1964 - 24 Aug 1965 Joseph
Kulumba
LUKA
24 Aug 1965 - 25 Apr 1966 Pierre Masikita
(2nd time)
(s.a.)
LUKA
Special commissioner; from Apr 2016, Governors
29 Oct 2015 - 17 Nov 2017 Larousse Kabula
Mavula
(b. 1974) PPRD
17 Nov 2017 - 2 Jul 2018
Emery Kaputu Vita
(acting)
(b. 1963) ARC
2 Jul 2018 - 9 May 2019 Kanys Makofi
Kabamba
(b. 1970)
Non-party
9 May 2019 - 1 Jul 2020 Jean-Marie
Peti Peti Tamata
(b.
1952)
PALU
(1st time)
1 Jul 2020 - 3 Nov 2020 Léopold
Kangulumba
Kakoma
(b. 1951)
RENOVAC
Kisesele (acting)
3 Nov 2020 - 3 Jul 2024 Jean-Marie
Peti Peti
Tamata
(s.a.)
PALU
(2nd time)
3 Jul 2024
-
Willy
Bitwisila
(b. 1965) Ind
Kwilu
14 Aug
1962
Province of Kwilu created out of Léopoldville province.
18 Jan
1964
Administration taken over by central government due to
rebellion in southwestern Congo; rebel administration in
most of Kwilu province since Jan 1964; reconquest by the
legal government in Jun 1965.
18 Jan
1966
Provincial government restored.
25 Apr 1966 - 19 Jul 2015 Part of new
province of Bandundu.
19 Jul 2015
Kwilu province re-created.
President
8 Sep 1962 - 18 Jan
1964 Norbert
Leta
(b.
1934)
PSA-K
Jan 1964 - Nov 1964
Pierre
Mulele
(b. 1929 - d. 1968) Mil
(commander-in-chief and Head of the General Direction)
Governor
18 Jan 1966 - 25 Apr
1966 Henri-Désiré Takizala
(b. 1936 - d. 2000)
Special Commissioner
29 Oct 2015 - Apr 2016 Michel Balabala
Kasongo
(b.
1966)
Non-party
Governors
Apr 2016 - 24 Jul 2017 Godel Kinyoka
Kabalumuna
(b.
1963)
PALU
24 Jul 2017 - 5 Oct 2017 Nicolas Bulukungu
Bera-Kay
(b. 1950) PPRD
(acting)
5 Oct 2017 - 8 May 2019
Michel Balabala
Kasongo
(s.a.)
ACTE
8 May 2019 - 2 Mar 2024 Willy
Itsundala
Asang
(b.
1962)
PPRD
2 Mar 2024
-
Félicien Kiway Mwadi
(acting)
PALU
Mai-Ndombe
14 Aug
1962
Lac Léopold II (Maï-Ndombe)
province (former Lac Léopold II
district) split from Léopoldville province.
25 Apr 1966 - 19 Jul 2015 Part of new
province of Bandundu.
19 Jul 2015
Maï-Ndombe province re-created.
Presidents (from 1965, Governors)
8 Sep 1962 - Dec
1963 Victor Koumoriko
(Koumorico) (d.
1966)
UNILAC/PNP
23 Sep 1963 - 11 Oct 1963 V. Bola (in
rebellion)
Jan 1964 - Dec
1964 Gabriël
Zangabie
RDA
Dec 1964 - 20 Jul 1965
....
20 Jul 1965 - 25 Apr 1966 Daniel Monguya
Mbenge
(b. 1934 - d. 2021) UNILAC
Special commissioner; from 9 Apr 2016, Governors
29 Oct 2015 - May 2019 Gentiny
Ngobila
Mbaka
(b. 1963) PPRD
May 2019 - 28 Jun 2019 ....
(acting)
28 Jun 2019 - 3 Jul 2020 Paul Mputu
Boleilanga (1st time) (b. 1957)
PPRD
3 Jul 2020 - 3 Nov 2020 Jack's
Mbombaka Bokoso (1st time) (b. 1991)
Ind
3 Nov 2020 - 1 Jul 2021
Paul Mputu Boleilanga (2nd time)
(s.a.)
PPRD
1 Jul 2021 - 18 Aug 2022
Jack's Mbombaka Bokoso (2nd
time)
(s.a.)
Ind
(acting)
18 Aug 2022 - 5 Aug 2024 Rutha "Rita" Bola
Dula (f) (b.
1962)
ACP
5 Aug 2024
-
Lebon Nkoso
Kevani
(b.
1977)
Ind
Bandundu
19 Jul
2015
Bandundu again split into Kwango, Kwilu, and Mai-Ndombe.
Governors (1972-80, Commissioners)
25 Apr 1966 - 3 Jan 1967
Henri-Désiré Takizala
(b. 1936 - d. 2000)
3 Jan 1967 - 30 Aug 1967 François
Luakabwanga
30 Aug 1967 - 9 Aug 1968 François Kupa
(b. 1929)
9 Aug 1968 - 6 Mar 1969 Paul Muhona
12 Mar 1969 - 23 Dec 1970 Dieudonné
Boji
(b. 1930)
23 Dec 1970 - 15 Jul 1972 Anaclet Kaniki
(b. 1935)
15 Jul 1972 - 10 Jan 1975 Mulenda Shamwange Mutebi
(b. 1934)
10 Jan 1975 - 21 Jan 1978 Kabangu Lunyanya
21 Jan 1978 - 18 Jan 1980 Makolo Jibikilayi
(b. 1936 - d. 2018)
18 Jan 1980 - 27 Aug 1980 Alemo Logwala
27 Aug 1980 - 10 Oct 1981 Malumba Mbangula
(b. 1939)
10 Oct 1981 - 1 Jan 1985 Konde Vila
Kikanda
(b. 1939 - d. 2020)
1 Jan 1985 - 1986
Sambia Gere Danu
1986 - 198.
Mananga di Ntoka
Pholo
(b. 1946)
MPR
198. - 198.
Joseph M'Pambia
20 Jul 1988 - 1990
Guillaume Samba
Kaputo
(b. 1946 - d. 2007)
1990 - 1991?
Malu Biakaluamfiku
(b. 1937)
1991? -
c.1995
Payanzo Ntsomo
1997 - 26 Nov
2001
Marc
Katshunga
PALU
26 Nov 2001 - 15 May 2003 Kidinda Shandungo
Oct?
2003?
Oscar Bala Ngaluun
(b.
1948)
PPRD
26 May 2004 - 10 Dec 2005 Sabin Sadiboko
Mupwedi (b.
1962) MLC
10 Dec 2005 - 13 Jan 2006 Guy Kunza
13 Jan 2006 - 16 Oct 2006 Gérard Gifuza
Ginday
(b. 1951)
PALU
16 Oct 2006 - 16 Mar 2007 Édouard Wenzi
Wakuyula
PPRD
16 Mar 2007 - 22 May 2012
Richard Ndambu Wolang
(b.
1952)
PPRD
10 Mar 2011 - Apr 2011 Vicky Mboso Muteba
(f) (b.
1969)
PALU
(acting
for Wolang)
22 May 2012 - 29 Oct 2015 Jean Kamisendu
Kutuka
(b.
1955)
PPRD
Kinshasa
-
- 1960 - 30 Jun 1966
|
-
- 1 Jul 1966 - 2011
|
-
- Adopted 2011
|
1882
Léopoldville station founded
by the Belgians.
20 Nov 1929
Capital of Congo moved from Boma to
Léopoldville (begun 1926).
1 Jul
1966
Renamed Kinshasa.
Commandants of Léopoldville
1882 - 1 Apr
1883
Charles-Marie de Braconnier
(b. 1849 - d. 1917) Mil
1 Apr 1883 -
1884
Louis Pierre Alphonse Valcke
(b. 1857 - d. 1940) Mil
District Commissioners of Léopoldville
1923 - 1927
Adolphe Léon-Jules Georges Ruwet (b.
1882 - d. 1953)
1927 - 1929
Alphonse-Jules Wauters
1929 - 1933
Ferdinand Van De Boeck
1934 - 1942
Léon Georges
Morel
(b. 1892 - d. af.1960)
1942 - 1947
Paul Brumagne
c.Feb 1948
André Schöller
(b. 1908 - d.
1992)
c.1951 -
1953?
Pierre Nauwelaert
(b. 1903 - d. 1969)
1953 - 20 Dec 1957 Jean
Adolphe Edmond
Tordeur (b.
1911 - d. ....)
Premier Bourgmestre (First Mayors)
of Léopoldville
20 Dec 1957 - 4 Jan 1959 Jean Adolphe Edmond
Tordeur (s.a.)
4 Jan 1959 - 30 Jun 1960 Caillet (interim)
1 Jul 1960 - Jul 1960 Joseph Kulumba
(acting)
Jul 1960 - 28 Jun 1962 Daniel
Kanza
(b. 1909 - d. 1990)
28 Jun 1962 - 26 Apr 1966 Zoao Boniface
(b. 1924? - d. 2012)
Governors (1972-80, Commissioners)
27 Apr 1966 - 2 Jan 1969 Alphonse
Devos Bangala
Mil/MPR
5 Feb 1969 - 15 Jan 1970 Paul
Nauwelaerts
(b. 1936 - d. 2020)
15 Jan 1970 - 27 May 1976 Eugène N'Djoku
Eyobaba
(b. 1924? - d. 2007)
27 May 1976 - 21 Jan 1978 Sakombi
Inongo
(b. 1940 - d. 2010)
21 Jan 1978 - 18 Jan 1980 Mandungu Bula
Nyati
(b. 1935 - d. 2000)
18 Jan 1980 - 27 Aug 1980 Mabolia Inengo Tra
Buato
(b. 1932 - d. 2017)
27 Aug 1980 - 10 Oct 1981 Kisombe Kiaku
Muisi
(b. 1936 - d. 2007) MPR
10 Oct 1981 - 19 Mar 1983 Sakombi
Ekope
(b. 1929 - d. 1985) MPR
19 Mar 1983 - 27 Dec 1985 Paul Kabaidi wa
Kabaidi
(b. 1938)
MPR
27 Dec 1985 - 18 Apr 1986 Tshimbombo Mukuna
(b. 1946 - d. 2021) MPR
24 Apr 1986 - 10 Feb 1987 Catherine Nzuzi wa
Mbombo (f) (b. 1944)
MPR
10 Feb 1987 - 20 Jul 1989 Konde Vila Kikanda
(b. 1939 - d. 2020) MPR
20 Jul 1989 - 1990 Amela
Lokima Bahati (1st time) (b. 1944 - d.
2013) Mil
1990
Timothée
Moleka Nzulama
(b. 1953 - d. 2017) MPR-Fait
1990 - 1992
Fundu Nkota Lévy
(b. 1943
- d. 2022) MPR
1992
Valentin Kibabu Madiata Nzau
(b. 1936 - d. 2021) MPR
1992 - Jan 1996
Bernardin Mungul
Diaka
(b. 1933 - d. 1999)
Jan 1996 - Feb 1996 Mujinga
Swana Samukasa (interim)
Feb 1996 - Aug 1996 ....
Aug 1996 - Apr 1997
Bernadette Nkoy Mafuta (f)(interim)(b. 1948)
Apr 1997 - 17 May 1997 Amela Lokima Bahati
(2nd time) (s.a.)
Mil
17 May 1997 - Aug 1997 Gabriel Pandanzyla
Alompel (acting)(b. 1938)
18 Aug 1997 - 19 Mar 2001 Théophile Mbemba
Fundu
(b.
1952)
PNRD
19 Mar 2001 - 26 Nov 2001 Christophe Muzungu
Kabemba (interim)
26 Nov 2001 - 5 Jun 2002 Samuel
Loka-ne-Kongo
(b. 1938)
5 Jun 2002 - 26 May 2004 David Nku Imbie
(b. 1952)
PPRD
26 May 2004 - 15 Nov 2005 Jean Kimbunda
Mudikela
(b.
1961)
PPRD
15 Nov 2005 - 16 Oct 2006 Kimbembe Mazunga
(b.
1956)
PPRD
16 Oct 2006 - 16 Mar 2007 Liwanga Mata Nyamunyobo
(b. 1950)
Mil
16 Mar 2007 - Mar 2019
André Kimbuta
Yango
(b. 1952) PPRD
Mar 2019 - 7 May 2019
Clément Patrice Bafiba (acting) (b.
1953) PALU
7 May 2019 - 13 Jun 2024 Gentiny Ngobila
Mbaka
(b. 1963) PPRD;2022
ACP
(suspended 11-25 Jan 2024)
18 Jan 2024 - 25 Jan 2024 Gérard "Gecoco" Mulumba
Kongolo (b. 1968)
UDPS
wa Kongolo (acting for Ngobila)
13 Jun 2024 - 21 Jun 2024 Charles Mbutamuntu
Lwanga (acting) (b. 1972)
ACP
21 Jun 2024
-
Daniel Bumba
Lubaki
(b.
1982)
UDPS
Kivu
-
- Maniema Secession Flag
1960/61
|
-
- In Rebellion:10 Aug - 4 Nov
1967
|
1 Oct
1933
Costermansville/Costermansstad province
created in Belgian Congo
from Kivu and Maniema and southern districts of East Province.
27 May
1947
Renamed Kivu.
30 Jun
1960
Autonomous province of the Congo republic.
C.Feb 1961 - Jan 1962 Province
of Kivu-Maniema formed anarchically under the influence
of the
rebel government of Antoine Gizenga at Stanleyville.
10 May
1962
Administration taken over by the central government and
creation of the separate provinces of Maniema and
Nord-Kivu.
1 Jul
1966
Costermansville renamed Bukavu.
28 Dec
1966
Kivu province reunited.
9 Aug 1967
- 4 Nov 1967 Congolese rebels and foreign
mercenaries occupy Bukavu and most of
Sud-Kivu establishing a provisional
government of public safety.
20 Jul
1988
Divided into provinces of Maniema, Nord-Kivu, and
Sud-Kivu.
Commissioners
1 Oct 1933 - Jul
1935 Georges Marie Mortehan
(b. 1883 - d.
1955)
1935 -
1941
Joseph Noirot
Governors
1941 -
1945
Joseph Noirot
1 Jul 1946 -
1951
Antoine Liesnard
(b. 1898 - d. 1957)
1952 - 1956
Joseph-Paul
Brasseur
(b. 1899 - d. 1956)
1956
Robert
Spitaels
(b. 1910 - d. ....)
1956 - 1957
Georges
Schmit
(b. 1908 - d. ....)
1957 - 1960
Maurice
Willaert
(b. 1910 - d. 2003)
Presidents
11 Jun 1960 - 24 Dec 1960 Jean Miruho
(1st
time)
CEREA
26 Jun 1960 - Jul 1960
Clément Walubali
(president of the secessionist province of Maniema)
2 Jan 1961 - 24 Feb 1961 Anicet
Kashamura
(b. 1928 - d. 2004)
24 Feb 1961 - 11 Aug 1961 Taris
Adrien
Omari
(b. 1916)
CEREA
Mar 1961 -
196.
Antoine Omari
MNC-L
(president of the secessionist State of Maniema,
sponsored by the State of Katanga)
18 Sep 1961 - 10 May 1962 Jean Miruho
(2nd time)
CEREA
Governors (1972-80, Commissioners)
28 Dec 1966 - 3 Jan 1967 Denis
Paluku
(b. 1936 - d. 2014)
3 Jan 1967 - 9 Aug 1968 Léon Engulu
(b. 1934 - d. 2023)
10 Aug 1967 - 5 Nov 1967
Léonard
Monga
(d. 1968?) Mil
(head of provisional government of
public safety)
9 Aug 1968 - 5 Aug 1969
Henri-Désiré Takizala
(b. 1936 - d. 2000)
5 Aug 1969 - 15 Jan 1970 Barthélemy
Mukenge
(b. 1925 - d. 2018)
15 Jan 1970 - 24 Feb 1972 Paul
Nauwelaerts
(b. 1936 - d. 2020)
24 Feb 1972 - 10 Dec 1976 Ndebo A Kanda Di Ne
Kenza
10 Dec 1976 - 21 Jan 1978 Matabisi Iyualeke
Ilande (b. 1934
- d. 1996)
(= Jacques Matabisi)
21 Jan 1978 - 18 Jan 1980 Mulenda Shamuange Muteba
18 Jan 1980 - 1986 Mwando
Nsimba
(b. 1936 - d. 2016) MPR
1986 - 1988
Kilolo Musanga
Maniema
14 Aug
1962
Creation of the Maniema province.
25 Apr
1966
United with Central Kivu to form Sud-Kivu.
20 Jul
1988
Maniema province recreated.
Presidents (from 1965, Governors)
12 Sep 1962 -
1962
Ignace Kanga
PNP
5 Nov 1962 - 19 Sep 1963 Hilaire
Kisanga
MNC-L
19 Sep 1963 - 22 Jun 1964 ....
22 Jun 1964 - 21 Jul 1964 Joseph
Tshomba-Fariala (1st time) (b. 1921)
PNP
24 Jul 1964 - 5 Oct 1964 Charles
Malembe
(b. 1933)
(governed the territories of the old Kivu province
occupied by the forces of the People's Republic)
1964 - Jan
1966
Joseph Tshomba-Fariala (2nd time)
(s.a.)
PDR
24 Jan 1966 - 25 Apr 1966 Pascal
Luanghy
(b. 1917 - d. 2015)
20 Jul 1988 - Feb 1991
Tshala Muana Tshingombe
(b. 1933 - d. 2021) MPR
1991
Joseph Bendera
(b. 1942)
1991 - 1992
Pasteur
Kyembwa Walumona
1992 - Feb 1997
Omari Lea Sisi
(b. 1951 - d. 2016)
Mar 1997 - Jul
1997 Lokombe
Kitete
18 Jul 1997 - 3 Oct 1998 Emmanuel
Ramazani Shadary (b.
1960)
(continues in Kinshasa exile to 2003)
(1st time)
Dec 1998 - 12 Apr 2000 Nestor
Kiyimbi Mutangi
RCD
(in rebellion)
12 Apr 2000 -
2003
Gertrude Kitembo
(f)
(b.
1958)
RCD-G
(in rebellion)
c.May 2002?
Emmanuel Ramazani
Shadary (s.a.)
(2nd time)
2003 - 26 May
2004
Falay Selenge
26 May 2004 - 16 Mar 2007 Koloso
Sumaili
(b. 1961 - d. 2019) RCD-ML
16 Mar 2007 - Jun 2010 Didier Manara
Linga
(b. 1964) PPRD
Jun 2010 - 16 Dec 2017 Pascal Tutu
Salumu
(b.
1963)
PPRD
16 Dec 2017 - 21 May 2019 Jérôme Bikenge Musimbi
(acting) (b. 1962)
ARC
21 May 2019 - Nov 2020 Augustin
Musafiri Myoma (1st time) (b.
1964)
PPRD
Nov 2020 - 3 Feb 2021 Jean-Pierre
Amadi Lubenga (acting) (b.
1970)
PPRD
3 Feb 2021 - 31 May 2021
Augustin Musafiri Myoma (2nd time)
(s.a.)
PPRD
31 May 2021 - 19 Jul 2024 Afani Idrissa Mangala
(acting) (b. 1973)
UDPS
19 Jul 2024
-
Moïse Mussa
Kabwankubi
(b. 1972)
Nord-Kivu (North Kivu)
14 Aug
1962
Creation of the province of Nord-Kivu.
28 Dec
1966
Part of restored Kivu
province.
20 Jul
1988
Nord-Kivu province re-created.
6 May 2021
-
Under DRC military administration.
Presidents (from 1965, Governors)
11 Sep 1962 - 6 Jul 1965 Bénezéth
Moley
(b.
1927)
Ind
6 Jul 1965 - 28 Dec
1966 Denis Paluku
(b.
1936 - d. 2014) Ind
20 Jul 1988 - 1990
Konde Vila Kikanda
(b. 1939 - d. 2020)
12 Jun 1990 - 17 Jun 1990 Koyagialo Ngabé
te Gerengbo
(b. 1947 - d. 2014)
(= Louis Alphonse Koyagialo)
1988 -
1991
Basembe Emina
MPR
(vice governor acting for Kikanda
then Koyagialo)
1991 - Aug
1993
Jean-Pierre Kalumbo Mbogho
(b. 19.. - d. 2012) MPR
Aug 1993 - Nov
1996
Christophe Moto Mupenda (interim)
Oct 1996 - 31 Jul 2000
Léonard Kanyamuhanga Gafundi
(b. 19.. - d. 2000) AFDL/RCD/RCD-G
(in rebellion to 1997 and from Aug 1998)
23 Sep 1999 - 1999
Kaisazira
Mbaki (in
rebellion)
RCD-K
31 Jul 2000 - 24 Feb 2007 Eugène Serufuli
Ngayabaseka (b.
1962)
RCD-G
(in rebellion to 16 May 2004)
24 Feb 2007 - 22 Feb 2019
Julien Paluku
Kahongya
(b. 1968) RCD-K-ML;2012 BUREC
22 Feb 2019 - 28 Jun 2019 Feller
Lutaichirwa
Mulwahale (b. 1966)
UPRD
(acting)
28 Jun 2019 - 10 May 2021 Carly Nzanzu
Kasivita
(b. 1975) BUREC
6 May 2021 - 19 Sep 2023
Constant Ndima Kongba
(b. 1962)
Mil
(military governor)
19 Sep 2023 -
Jean-Romuald "Romy" Ekuka Lipopo
Mil
(military civil governor) (acting)
19 Sep 2023
-
Peter Cirimwami Nkuba
(b. 1963?)
Mil
(acting military commander)
Kivu Central
18 May
1963
Creation of the province of Kivu Central out of the
remaining
parts of Kivu province.
25 Apr
1966
United with Maniema to form Sud-Kivu.
Presidents (from 1965, Governors)
16 Jul 1963 - Jul 1964
Simon Pierre Malago
(b.
1934)
RECO
Aug 1964 - 25 Apr 1966
Dieudonné
Boji
(b. 1930)
Sud-Kivu (South Kivu)
25 Apr
1966
Formed by the union of Kivu Central and Maniema.
28 Dec
1966
Part of restored Kivu
province.
20 Jul
1988
Sud-Kivu province re-created.
Governors
25 Apr 1966 - 28 Dec 1966 Dieudonné
Boji
(b. 1930)
20 Jul 1988 -
1990
Ndala Kasala
MPR
1990 - Nov
1991
Dilingi Liwoke La Milengo
MPR
Dec 1991 - Oct
1996 Pasteur
Kyembwa Walumona
Oct 1996 - Jun 1997 Anatole
Bishikwabo
Chubaka
AFDL
Jun 1997 - Oct
1998
Jean-Charles
Magabe
(d. 1999)
Oct 1998 - 10 Jun 2002
Norbert Basengezi Katintima
(b. 1958)
(in rebellion)
May?
2002?
Musamba Mondero
10 Jun 2002 - 26 Jan 2003 Patient
Mwendanga
RCD-G
(in rebellion)
26 Jan 2003 - 26 May 2004 Xavier
Ciribanya
Cirimwami
(b. 1972)
RCD-G
(suspended from 7 Feb 2004)
(in rebellion)
Oct?
2003?
Fumi Tambwe
7 Feb 2004 - 26 May 2004
Jean-Pierre Mazambi (interim)
26 May 2004 - 10 Nov 2005 Augustin
Bulaimu Wite-Nkate Myanda (b. 1947)
(suspended from 25 Apr 2005)
25 Apr 2005 - 10 Nov 2005 Alimasi Ndomba
Pauni (interim)
10 Nov 2005 - 24 Feb 2007 Buhambahamba
Déogratias (b.
1952 - d. 2018)
24 Feb 2007 - 21 Mar 2008 Célestin Cibalonza
Byaterana (b. 1964)
PPRD
Nov 2007 - 21 Mar 2008 Bernard
Watunakanza
(b. 1952)
MSR
(acting for Byaterana)
21 Mar 2008 - 19 Apr 2010 Louis Léonce
Muderhwa
(b. 1963 - d. 2023) PPRD
19 Apr 2010 - 12 Jul 2010 Jean-Claude Kibala
(acting) (b.
1965)
MSR
12 Jul 2010 - Oct? 2017 Marcellin
Cishambo
(b. 1956) PPRD
10 Oct 2017 - Mar 2019 Claude
Nyamugabo Bazibuhe (b.
1972) RDC
Mar 2019 - 9 May 2019
Adolphe Bizimungu Doli (acting) (b.
1960)
PCD
9 May 2019 - Dec 2021 Théo
Ngwabidje Kasi (1st time) (b.
1971)
AFDC
3 Dec 2021 - 8 Dec 2021 Marc Malago
Kashekere
UNC
(acting
for Kasi)
Dec 2021 - 27 Jan 2022 Théophile Kiluwe
Migo (acting) (b. 1966)
UDPS
27 Jan 2022 - 21 Feb 2022 Alain Shamavu Lukwebo
(acting)
AFDC
21 Feb 2022 - 24 Feb 2023 Théo Ngwabidje Kasi (2nd
time)
(s.a.)
UDPS
24 Feb 2023 - 11 Apr 2023 Marc
Malago Kashekere (acting)
AFDC
11 Apr 2023 - 24 Jun 2024 Théo
Ngwabidje Kasi (3rd time)
(s.a.)
UDPS
24 Jun 2024
-
Jean-Jacques
Purusi
(b. 1964)
UDPS
Orientale (East)
1 Nov
1913
Orientale/Oost (East) province created as part of
Belgian Congo
(by the incorporation of eight districts: Arumiwi,
Bas-Uéle and
Haut-Uele, Ituri [Between c.1870 and 1884 the region
covered
by these districts had been part of the Egyptian
Sudan],
Kivu, Lowa, Maniema and Stanleyville).
1 Oct
1933
Stanleyville/Stanleystad province created
in reorganization.
27 May
1947
Renamed Orientale/Oost.
30 Jun
1960
Autonomous province of the Congo republic.
27 Jul
1962
Administration taken over by the central government and
separation of the new provinces of Kibali-Ituri and Uélé.
27 Mar
1963
The remaining part of the Orientale province is
reorganized as the
new province of Haut-Congo
(Upper Congo).
1964
Orientale province is reconstituted de
jure by the rebel
government of the People's Republic of Congo
(Stanleyville).
1 Jul 1966
Stanleyville is renamed
Kisangani.
28 Dec
1966
Reunification of the Orientale province.
27 Oct
1971
Renamed Haut-Zaïre.
19 May
1997
Renamed Haut-Congo.
1997
Haut-Congo
renamed Orientale.
11 Jul
2015
Split into provinces of Bas-Uélé, Haut-Uélé, Ituri, and
Tshopo.
Deputy Governors-general
1 Nov 1913 - 5 Aug 1917
Justin Prudent
François
(b. 1862 - d. 1924)
Marie Malfeyt
15 Aug 1917 -
1925
Adolphe Jean-Marie
De
(b. 1870 - d. 1944)
Meulemeester
Governors and Deputy Governors-general
1925 - 26 Jun
1926 Adolphe
Jean-Marie
De
(s.a.)
Meulemeester
9 Oct 1926 - 30 Sep 1933 Alfred
Moeller de Laddersous (b. 1889
- d. 1971)
Commissioners
1 Oct 1933 - 18 Nov 1940 Rodolphe
(Adolphe) Dufour
18 Nov 1940 - 1941
Marcel Alphonse Joseph
Maquet (b. 1891 - d. 1964)
Governors
1941 - 10 Mar
1943
Marcel Alphonse Joseph
Maquet (s.a.)
10 Mar 1943 - 15 May 1945 Alexis Félicien
Bertrand (b. 1870 -
d. 1946)
Jun 1945 - 29 Jun 1950 Ernest Bock
(1st time) (b.
1894 - d. 1952)
(acting
to 1 Jun 1946)
1 Oct 1950 - 8 Oct 1951 Joseph Paul
Brasseur (acting) (b. 1899 - d.
1956)
8 Oct 1951 - 10 Dec 1952 Ernest
Bock (2nd time)
(s.a.)
1952 -
1953
André Hubert
Gilson
(b. 1887 - d. 1971)
13 Mar 1953 - 30 Mar 1954 Luc Breuls de Tiecken
(b. 1900
- d. ....)
30 Mar 1954 - 1 Jul 1958 André
Schöller
(b. 1908 - d. 1992)
22 Dec 1958 - 11 Jun 1960 Pierre
Leroy
(b. 1909 - d. 1985)
Presidents
11 Jun 1960 - 11 Oct 1960 Jean-Pierre
Finant
(b. 1922 - d. 1961) MNC-L
1960 - Dec
1960
Charles
Badjoko
MNC-L
Dec 1960 - 25 Oct 1961 Jean Faustin
Manzikala
(b. 1937)
MNC-L
25 Oct 1961 - 27 Jul 1962 Simon
Losala
MNC
Extraordinary commissioner
20 Aug 1962 - Mar 1963 Joseph Ekombe
27 Mar 1963 - 28 Dec
1966 reorganized into
Haut-Congo
Head of the Revolutionary Government
Aug 1964 - 23 Aug 1964
Alphonse Kinga (in rebellion)
Head of the Executive Council
(Extraordinary
Commissioner-general)
1 Sep 1964 - Nov
1964 François Sabiti (in
rebellion)
MNC-L
Extraordinary Commissioner for the provinces of
Haut-Congo, Uele and Ibali-Ituri
7 Jan 1965 - 20 Nov 1965 Léonard
Mulamba
(b. 1928 - d. 1987) Mil
Governors (1972-80, Commissioners)
28 Dec 1966 - 3 Jan 1967 Jean Faustin
Manzikala
(s.a.)
3 Jan 1967 - 17 Jul 1967 Faustin Vital
Moanda
(b. 1923 - d. 1967)
30 Aug 1967 - 9 Aug 1968 Michel Denge
9 Aug 1968 - 19 Oct 1968 Jonas
Mukamba
(b. 1931)
20 Oct 1968 - 5 Aug 1969 Anaclet
Kaniki
(b. 1935)
5 Aug 1969 - 8 Dec 1970 Édouard
Bulundwe (Bolubwa)
(b. 1932)
23 Dec 1970 - 24 Feb 1972 Bernard Ndedo Akanda
Dinekeza
24 Feb 1972 - 17 Sep 1972 Paul Geyero Te-Kule
(b. 1936 - d. 2020)
17 Sep 1972 - 10 Feb 1973 Assumani Busanya Lukili
10 Feb 1973 - 21 Jan 1978 Konde Vila Kikanda
(b. 1939 - d. 2020)
21 Jan 1978 - 18 Jan 1980 Mabolia Inengo Traboato
(b. 1932 - d.
2018)
18 Jan 1980 - 28 Aug 1980 Tshiala Mwana Tshingombe
(b. 1933)
28 Aug 1980 - 10 Oct 1981 Mbenza Tubi
10 Oct 1981 - 23 Jan 1982 Ntikala Ibote Muludiki
23 Jan 1982 - 27 Dec 1984 Sukadi Bulay Mudimbe
1 Jan 1985 - 20 Jul 1988 Salumu
Amisi Mbundayatama
(b. 1939)
20 Jul 1988 - 11 Jan 1990 Sampasa Kaweta
Milombe
(b. 1944 - d. 2006)
11 Jan 1990 - 3 Mar 1991 Samba Kaputo
(b. 1946 - d. 2007)
3 Mar 1991 - 14 Mar 1997 Lombeya
Bosongo Likunde'lio (b. 1948)
23 Mar 1997 - 22 Aug 1998 Jean
Yagi Sitolo
(b. 1955)
26 Sep 1998 - 6 Dec 1998 Denis
Bene Kabala Luthia
(b. 1952)
23 Dec 1998 - 20 Jul 2000 Théo Baruti Amisi
(1st time) (b. 1950)
(in rebellion)
20 Jul 2000 - 20 Apr 2001 Justin Yogbae
Luthia
(in rebellion)
Dec 2001 - 2002
Joseph Eneku
(b. 19.. - d. 2002)
May? 2002 - c.Jan 2003 Noël
Obotela Rashidi
20 Apr 2001 - 16 May 2004 Jean-Pierre
Bilusa
Baila
(b. 1953)
RCD-G
(in rebellion to Jul 2003)
16 May 2004 - 15 Nov 2005 Théo Baruti
Amisi (2nd time)
(s.a.)
RCD-G
15 Nov 2005 - 24 Feb 2007 Jean-Pierre
Lola Kisanga (b. 1969
- d. 2020) RCD-G
24 Feb 2007 - 5 Mar 2012 Médard Autsai
Asenga
(b.
1942)
PPRD
5 Mar 2012 - 5 Feb 2013 Ismaël Arama
Ndiama (acting) (b. 1952)
AFDC
5 Feb 2013 - 29 Oct 2015 Jean Bamanisa Saïdi
(b. 1964) MSR
Kibali-Ituri
14 Aug
1962
Province of Kibali-Ituri separated from Orientale
province.
28 Dec
1966
Part of restored Orientale
province.
1998 - 2003
Occupied by Uganda.
14 Dec 1999
Province of Kibali-Ituri
declared restored by the commander of
Ugandan forces, not recognized by Congo
(Kinshasa) government.
Apr 2003
Ituri
Interim Administration established.
28 Jun 2004
Re-incorporated into Orientale province.
President (from 1965, governor)
Sep 1962 - 28 Dec 1966
Jean Faustin Manzikala
(b. 1937)
MNC-L
Governors
18 Jun 1999 - 16 Dec 1999 Adèle Lotsove
Mugisa (f)
RCD-G
(provisional)
16 Dec 1999 - 2001
Ernest Uringi Padolo
RCD-ML
9 May 2001 - 2001
Mohamed Bule Gbangbolo
Basabe Mil/MLC
2002
Ruhigwa
Baguma
RCD-K-ML
Feb 2002 - Aug 2002
Jean-Pierre Lonpondo Mulondo
RCD-K-ML
2003
Joseph Eneko Nguwaza Oyowa
(b. 19.. - d. 2002)
RCD-K
2003
Mileyo Lotiyo
(b. 1949)
Administrator
Apr 2003 – 28 Jun 2004 Emmanuel Leku
Apuobo (interim) (b. 1969)
Non-party?
Uélé
14 Aug
1962
Province of Uélé separated from Orientale province.
28 Dec
1966
Part of restored Orientale
province.
Presidents (from 1965, Governors)
11 Sep 1962 - May 1965
Paul
Mambaya
(d. 1965)
PNP
6 Jul 1965 - 28 Dec 1966 François
Kupa
(b. 1929)
PNP
Haut-Congo (Upper Congo)
27 Mar
1963
After the formation of the Kibali-Ituri and Uélé
provinces
the remaining part of Orientale
province is reorganized as
the
new Haut-Congo province.
Sep 1964 - Nov
1964 Under
control of People's Republic of Congo (Stanleyville)
government, which abolishes the
province.
5 Nov
1966
Administration taken over by the central government.
28 Dec
1966
Part of restored Orientale
province.
Extraordinary commissioner
19 Mar 1963 - 8 Sep 1963 Marcel
Tshishiku
(b. 1928)
PNP
Special Commissioner for the Organization of
the Province
16 Apr 1963 - Jun 1963 Maurice
Makolo
Presidents
Jun 1963 - 26 Jun 1963
Georges
Grenfell
(b. 1908 - d. ....) MNC-L
26 Jun 1963 -
1964
Paul Isombuma
PNP
1964 - 5 Aug 1964
François Aradjabu
(b. 1926 - d.
1964) MNC-L
Extraordinary Commissioner-general for the
former province of Haut-Congo
16 Sep 1964 - Nov 1964 Alphonse
Abikwa (in rebellion)
President (from 1965, Governors)
Nov 1964 - 5 Nov
1966 Ignace Michel Alamazani
PNP
5 Nov 1966 - 28 Dec 1966 Pierre Efomi
Mil
Bas-Uélé
11 Jul
2015
Bas-Uélé province created from Orientale
province.
Special Commissioner
29 Oct 2015 - 18 Apr 2016 Antony Yenga Atoloba
(b. 1975)
RIA
Governors
18 Apr 2016 - 14 May 2019 Armand
Kasumbu Mbaya
Borrey (b.
1964)
Non-party
14 May 2019 - 4 Aug 2021 Valentin Senga
Paysayo
(b.
1964)
PPRD
4 Aug 2021 - 7 Jul 2022 Ruth Baduli
Gbangosa (f)(acting) (b. 1977)
UDPS
7 Jul 2022 - 26 Jun 2024 Jean-Robert Nzanza
Bombiti (b.
1975)
Non-party
26 Jun 2024
-
Mike Mukeni Amisi
Ind
Haut-Uélé
11 Jul
2015
Haut-Uélé province created from
Orientale province.
Special Commissioner
29 Oct 2015 - 18 Apr 2016 Célestin Bondomiso
Bebisyame (b. 1965)
PPRD
Governors
18 Apr 2016 - 8 May 2019 Jean-Pierre Lola
Kisanga
(b. 1969 - d. 2020) Non-party
8 May 2019 - 2 Jul 2024
Christophe Baseane
Nangaa
(b. 1972)
ADRP
2 Jul 2024
-
Jean Bakomito
Gambu
(b. 1977) Ind
Ituri
11 Jul
2015
Province of Ituri created
from Orientale province.
6 May 2021
-
Under DRC military administration.
Special commissioner
29 Oct 2015 - 18 Apr 2016
Jefferson Abdallah Pene Mbaka (b.
1971)
PPRD
Governors
18 Apr 2016 - 19 Dec 2018 Jefferson Abdallah
Pene Mbaka
(s.a.)
PPRD
19 Dec 2018 - 21 May 2019 Pacifique Keta Upar
(acting) (b.
1967)
AFDC
21 May 2019 - 6 May 2021 Jean Bamanisa
Saïdi
(b.
1964)
Non-party
6 May 2021
-
Johnny Luboya Nkashama
(b. 1966)
Mil
(military governor)
Tshopo
11 Jul
2015
Tshopo province created from Orientale
province.
Special commissioner
29 Oct 2015 - 18 Apr 2016
Jean Ilongo
Tokole
(b.
1968)
PDC
Governors
18 Apr 2016 - 9 Aug 2017 Jean
Ilongo
Tokole
(s.a.)
PDC
9 Aug 2017 - 9 Oct 2017 Maurice
Abibu Sakapela (1st time) (b. 1966)
AFDC
(acting)
9 Oct 2017 - 23 May 2019 Constant Lomata
Kongoli
(b. 1966) Ind;2009
ACO
23 May 2019 - 22 Apr 2021 Louis-Marie Walle
Lufungula (b.
1964)
PPRD
22 Apr 2021 - 22 Aug 2022 Maurice Abibu Sakapela
(2nd time) (s.a.)
AFDC
(acting)
22 Aug 2022 - 17 Apr 2024 Madeleine Nikomba
Sabangu (f) (b.
1983)
Ind
17 Apr 2024
-
Paulin Lendongolia
Lebabonga (b. 1990)
AB
(acting to 28 Jun 2024)
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