List of colonial governors of Ruanda-Urundi facts for kids
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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.
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German rule
Military District of Ujiji
| Portrait | Name (Birth–Death) |
Position | Term of office | Notes | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Took office | Left office | Time in office | ||||
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Hans von Ramsay (1862–1938) |
Commander | May 1896 | 189? | ||
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Heinrich Bethe | 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 | ||||
|
Heinrich Bethe | Commander | 1899 | 1902 | 2–3 years | |
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Friedrich Robert von Beringe (1865–1940) |
August 1902 | February 1904 | 1 year, 6 months | ||
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Werner von Grawert (1867–1918) |
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 | ||||
|
Werner von Grawert (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 | ||||
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Philippe Molitor (1869–1952) |
Commander of the Northern Brigade | April 1916 | 1916 | 0 years | |
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Armand Huyghé (1871–1944) |
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 | ||||
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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 | ||||
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Charles Tombeur (1867–1947) |
Military Governor | April 1916 | 22 November 1916 | 7 months | |
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Justin Malfeyt (1862–1924) |
Royal Commissioner | 22 November 1916 | May 1919 | 2 years, 5 months | |
|
Alfred Marzorati (1881–1955) |
May 1919 | 20 October 1924 | 5 years, 5 months | ||
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Pierre Ryckmans (1891–1959) |
Acting Royal Commissioner | November 1921 | July 1922 | 8 months | |
Ruanda-Urundi mandate / trust territory
| Portrait | Name (Birth–Death) |
Position | Term of office | Notes | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Took office | Left office | Time in office | ||||
|
Alfred Marzorati (1881–1955) |
Royal Commissioner | 20 October 1924 | 28 August 1926 | 1 year, 312 days | |
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Pierre Ryckmans (1891–1959) |
Acting Royal Commissioner | 15 November 1925 | 13 December 1926 | 1 year, 28 days | |
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Alfred Marzorati (1881–1955) |
Governor and Deputy Governor-General of the Belgian Congo | 28 August 1926 | 5 February 1929 | 2 years, 161 days | |
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Louis Postiaux (1882–1948) |
Acting Governor and Deputy Governor-General of the Belgian Congo | 5 February 1929 | 4 July 1930 | 1 year, 149 days | |
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Charles Voisin (1887–1942) |
Governor and Deputy Governor-General of the Belgian Congo | 4 July 1930 | 18 August 1932 | 2 years, 45 days | |
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Eugène Jungers (1888–1958) |
18 August 1932 | 5 July 1946 | 13 years, 321 days | ||
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Maurice Simon (1892–1960) |
5 July 1946 | August 1949 | 3 years | ||
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Léo Pétillon (1903–1996) |
August 1949 | 1 January 1952 | 2 years, 5 months | ||
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Alfred Claeys-Boùùaert (1906–1993) |
1 January 1952 | 1 March 1955 | 3 years, 59 days | ||
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Jean-Paul Harroy (1909–1995) |
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
- Minister of the Colonies (Belgium)
- List of colonial governors of the Congo Free State and Belgian Congo
- List of kings of Rwanda
- List of presidents of Rwanda
- List of kings of Burundi
- List of presidents of Burundi
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