Ruanda-Urundi facts for kids

Quick facts for kids Ruanda-Urundi
1922–1962
Flag Coat of arms
Status	Mandate of Belgium
Capital	Usumbura
Common languages	French, Dutch
Religion	Roman Catholicism
History
• Established	November 1 1922
• Independence	July 1 1962
Currency	Belgian Congo franc
Preceded by Succeeded by German East Africa Kingdom of Burundi Kingdom of Rwanda

Ruanda-Urundi was a part of German East Africa under Belgian military occupation from 1916 to 1924. It continued under Belgian rule from 1924 to 1962. It then became the independent states of Rwanda and Burundi.

Royal administrators

Royal Commissioners

• Justin Malfeyt (November 1916-May 1919)
• Alfred Frédéric Gérard Marzorati (May 1919-August 1926)

Governors (Deputy Governors-General of the Belgian Congo)

• Alfred Frédéric Gérard Marzorati (August 1926-February 1929)
• Louis Joseph Postiaux (February 1929-July 1930)
• Charles Henri Joseph Voisin (July 1930-August 1932)
• Eugène Jacques Pierre Louis Jungers (August 1932-July 1946)
• Maurice Simon (July 1946-August 1949)
• Léon Antoine Marie Pétillon (August 1949-January 1952)
• Alfred Claeys Boùùaert (January 1952-March 1955)
• Jean-Paul Harroy (March 1955-January 1962)

Images for kids

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  A Belgian Congo stamp overprinted for the Belgian Occupied East African Territories in 1916

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  The Cathedral of Our Lady of Wisdom at Butare (formally Astrida) in Ruanda. Catholicism expanded rapidly under the Belgian mandate.

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  Ruandan labour migrants at the Kisanga copper mine in Katanga (Belgian Congo) in c. 1930

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  Monument in Bujumbura commemorating Burundi's independence on 1 July 1962

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  In 1929

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  In 1938

See also

In Spanish: Ruanda-Urundi para niños