List of colonial heads of Burundi

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[edit] List of Colonial Heads of Burundi

(Dates in italics indicate de facto continuation of office)

Tenure Incumbent Notes
German Suzerainty
1 July 1890 Incorporated into German East Africa
15 November 1907 to 1908 Werner von Grawert, Resident  
1908 to 1909 Heinrich Fonck, acting Resident  
1909 to 1909 Eberhard Gudowius, Resident  
1909 to 1909 Erich von Langenn-Steinkeller, Resident 1st Term
1909 to 1910 Otto Brentzel, Resident  
January 1910 to January 1911 Wilhelm Göring, Resident  
1911 to 1911 Kurt von Stegmann und Stein, Resident  
1911 to 1913 Erich von Langenn-Steinkeller, Resident 2nd Term
1913 to 1914 von Boch, Resident  
1914 to 1915 Schimmer, Resident  
1915 to 1915 Wentzel, Resident  
1915 to June 1916 Erich von Langenn-Steinkeller, Resident 3rd Term
Belgian Suzerainty
June 1916 Belgian occupation
191? to December 1918 Edouard van den Eede, Military Resident  
January 1919 to 20 July 1922 Pierre Ryckmans, Resident  
Ruanda-Urundi League of Nations Mandated Territory
20 July 1922 to 1928 Pierre Ryckmans, Resident  
1928 to 12 May 1929 Oscar Defawe, acting Resident  
1 February 1930 to 24 December 1930 Charles, baron de l'Epine, interim Resident  
24 December 1930 to 17 July 1933 Léon Borgers, Resident  
17 July 1933 to 1935 Oger Coubeau, Resident  
1935 to 1937 Hambart, Resident  
12 January 1938 to 1940 René Verstappen, acting Resident  
2 February 1944 to 13 December 1946 Robert Schmidt, Resident  
United Nations trust territory
13 December 1946 to 1953 Robert Schmidt, Resident  
195? to 28 October 1959 Robert Scheyven, Resident  
28 October 1959 to January 1961 Ivan Reisdorff, Resident  
Kingdom of Burundi Autonomous
January 1961 to 28 July 1961 Ivan Reisdorff, Resident  
28 July 1961 to January 1962 Roberto Regnier, Resident  
January 1962 to 1962 Roberto Regnier, High Representative  
1962 to 1 July 1962 Edouard Henniquiau, High Representative  
1 July 1962 Independence as Kingdom of Burundi



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