This is a list of European colonial administrators responsible for the territory of the Congo Free State and Belgian Congo (today the Democratic Republic of the Congo).

International Association of the Congo Prior to the creation of the Congo Free State, the International Association of the Congo (IAC) had signed treaties with over 300 native Congolese chiefs and in effect exercised sovereignty over a large area of the Congo Basin. The IAC was headquartered in Belgium and run by a committee under the presidency of Maximilien Strauch. Prior to the creation of the office of Administrator-General, authority on the ground in the Congo had been exercised by a Chief of Expedition, who until April 1884 was Henry Morton Stanley.

PortraitNamePositionTerm of officeNotes Took office Left office Time in office Francis de Winton Administrator-General 22 April 1884 1 July 1885

Congo Free State

Administrators-General / Governors-General PortraitNamePositionTerm of officeNotes Took office Left office Time in office Francis de WintonAdministrator-General 1 July 1885 April 1886 Camille Janssen April 1886 17 April 1887Governor-General 17 April 1887 1 July 1892 Théophile Wahis 1 July 1892 15 November 1908

Vice Governors-General PortraitNamePositionTerm of officeNotes Took office Left office Time in office Camille Janssen Vice Administrator-General 25 September 1885 April 1886 Herman Ledeganck Vice Governor-General 31 January 1888 January 1889 Henri Gondry Acting Vice Governor-General January 1889 18 May 1889 Camille CoquilhatVice Governor-General 1890 24 March 1891 years Théophile Wahis 15 April 1891 1 July 1892 Francis Dhanis 4 September 1896 1897 years Émile Wangermée 11 April 1897 1 December 1897 Alphonse van Gèle 1 December 1897 10 January 1899 Paul Costermans January 1904 March 1905 Félix Fuchs Governor-General ad interim 25 December 1902 4 March 1904 Vice Governor-General 1907 1908 years Albert Lantonnois van Rode May 1905 1906/7 years

Belgian Congo PortraitNamePositionTerm of officeNotes Took office Left office Time in office Théophile WahisGovernor-General 15 November 1908 20 May 1912 Félix Fuchs 20 May 1912 5 January 1916 Eugène Henry 5 January 1916 30 January 1921 Maurice Lippens 30 January 1921 24 January 1923 Martin Rutten 24 January 1923 27 December 1927 Auguste Tilkens 27 December 1927 14 September 1934 Pierre Ryckmans 14 September 1934 31 December 1946 Eugène Jungers 31 December 1946 1 January 1952 Léo Pétillon 1 January 1952 12 July 1958 Hendrik Cornelis 12 July 1958 30 June 1960

On 1 July 1960, the Belgian Congo became independent as the Republic of the Congo (République du Congo).

Timeline of governors

See also Colonization of the Congo Basin Belgian colonial empire Minister of the Colonies (Belgium) List of colonial governors of Ruanda-Urundi List of presidents of the Democratic Republic of the Congo List of prime ministers of the Democratic Republic of the Congo

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References

External links World Statesmen – Congo (Kinshasa)