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)

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

ProvinceStartEndOfficeholderTitle
Katanga1 September 191021 March 1917Émile Wangermée (1855–1924)Governor and deputy governor-general
Katanga19151917Adolphe De MeulemeesterInterim governor[2]
Katanga22 March 19172 September 1920Charles Tombeur (1867–1947)Governor and deputy governor-general
KatangaSeptember 1920October 1921Léopold De Koninck[3]Governor and deputy governor-general (acting)
KatangaOctober 192123 December 1923Martin Rutten (1876–1944)Governor and deputy governor-general
KatangaDecember 192321 January 1928Léon Guilain Bureau (1869–1944)Governor and deputy governor-general
Katanga5 May 1928September 1931Gaston Heenen (1880–1963)Governor and deputy governor-general (1st time)
Katanga19311931Rodolphe DufourInterim govermor[4]
KatangaSeptember 1931January 1932Louis Joseph Postiaux (1882–1948)Governor and deputy governor-general
KatangaJanuary 193223 September 1933Gaston HeenenGovernor and deputy governor-general (2nd time)
Elisabethville19331941Amour Maron (1891–1948)Commissioner
Elisabethville19411945Amour MaronGovernor
Elisabethville1945March 1948Léon KeyserGovernor
KatangaMarch 1948April 1951Joseph Ziegler de Ziegleck auf RheingrubGovernor
KatangaMay 1951October 1955René WauthionGovernor
KatangaJanuary 1956September 1958Jean Paelinck (1906–1961)Governor
KatangaSeptember 195830 June 1960André Schöller (b. 1908)Governor (also deputy governor-general)

Governors of successor state and provinces (1960–1966)

Independent Katanga (1960–1963)

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

StartEndOfficeholderTitle
16 June 196012 January 1963Moïse Tshombe (1919–1969)President

Nord-Katanga (1961–1966)

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

StartEndOfficeholderTitle
20 October 1960March 1961Prosper Mwamba-IlungaPresident (1st time)
11 September 196227 September 1963Prosper Mwamba-IlungaPresident (2nd time)
27 September 196315 March 1964Jason Sendwe (1917–1964)President (1st time)
15 March 196421 April 1964Fortunat Kabange Numbi (1934–1964)President
21 April 196418 June 1964Jason SendwePresident (2nd time)
22 June 1964July 1964Ildephonse Masengo (c.1935–1969)President
22 July 19655 November 1966Henri Ndala KambolaGovernor (administrator since August 1964?)

Lualaba (1963–1966)

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

StartEndOfficeholderTitle
23 September 196324 April 1966Dominique Diur (b. 1929)President (from 1965, governor)

Katanga Oriental (1963–1966)

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

StartEndOfficeholderTitle
13 August 196320 July 1965Édouard Bulundwe (b. 1932)President
20 July 196524 April 1966Godefroid MunongoGovernor (from 24 April 1966 to 5 November 1966 of Sud-Katanga, including Lualaba)

Governors of Katanga / Shaba (1966–2015)

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]

ProvinceStartEndOfficeholderTitle
Katanga3 January 1967August 1967Jean Foster Manzikala
Katanga1967Masiala Kinkela (d. 1975)Governor
Katanga19671968Denis Paluku (1936–2014)Governor
Katanga19681970Léon EnguluGovernor
Katanga19701972Henri-Désiré Takizala (1936–2000)Governor
Shaba19721973Daniel Monguya MbengeCommissioner
Shaba19731975Duga Kugbe Toro (1st time) (1935–2010)Commissioner
Shaba19751977Assumani Busanya LukiliCommissioner
Shaba19771978Efambe Ey'OlangaCommissioner
Shaba1978January 1980Alexandre Singa Boyenge Mosambayi (1932–2001)Commissioner
ShabaJanuary 1980January 1985Mandungu Bula Nyati (1935–2000)Governor
ShabaJanuary 19851986Duga Kugbe ToroGovernor (2nd time)
Shaba1986May 1990Koyagialo Ngbase te Gerengbo (1947–2014)Governor
ShabaMay 1990November 1991Bonaventure Konde Vila KikandaGovernor
Shaba1991April 1995Gabriel Kyungu wa Kumwanza (b. 1938)Governor (1st time)
Shaba19951997Benjamin Thadée Ngoie MulumeGovernor
KatangaMarch 1997April 1997Gabriel Kyungu wa KumwanzaGovernor (2nd time)
KatangaApril 1997April 1998Gaëtan Kakudji (1942–2009)Governor
KatangaApril 1998April 2001Augustin Katumba Mwanke (1963–2012)Governor
KatangaApril 2001November 2001Jacques MuyumbaGovernor (interim)
Katanga26 November 2001May 2004Aimé Ngoy MukenaGovernor
Katanga26 May 200424 February 2007Kisula Ngoy (1940-2018)Governor
Katanga24 February 2007September 2015Moïse Katumbi (b. 1964)Governor
KatangaSeptember 201529 October 2015Guilbert Paul Yav TshibalGovernor (interim)

See also

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 "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
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