Eugène Jungers

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Eugène Jungers takes time to smell the flowers
Eugène Jungers takes time to smell the flowers

Eugène Jacques Pierre Louis Jungers (188817 September 1958) was Governor-General of the League of Nations Mandate of Ruanda-Urundi from 1932 to 1946, and of the Belgian Congo from 1946 to 1951. According to his successor Jean-Paul Harroy in Ruanda-Urundi, he reigned as a dictator.

[edit] Early life

His father was born in Schweich, Luxembourg; during his studies at the Athénée de Luxembourg he was a fellow student of Nicolas Grang.

[edit] See also

  • Tintin in the Congo, the initial version of which was written during the halcyon days of Jungers's reign.
Preceded by
Pierre Ryckmans
Governor of Belgian Congo
1946-1952
Succeeded by
Léon Pétillon

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