List of colonial governors of the Congo Free State and Belgian Congo

Belgian Congo (dark green) depicted with Belgian Ruanda-Urundi (light green), 1935.
Standard of the Governor-General of Belgian Congo

This is a list of European colonial administrators responsible for the territory of the Congo Free State and Belgian Congo, an area equivalent to modern-day Democratic Republic of the Congo.

List of Colonial Heads of Congo

Tenure Incumbent Notes
International Association of the Congo
22 April 1884 to June 1884Sir Frederic Goldsmid, Administrator
22 April 1884 to 1 July 1885Sir Francis Walter de Winton, Administrator-general
23 February 1885Sovereign status of Congo recognised by the Berlin Conference
23 February 1885 to 1 July 1885Maximilien Strauch, President of the International Association of the Congo
Congo Free State
1 July 1885 to 1886Sir Francis Walter de Winton, Administrator-general
1886 to 26 March 1887Camille Janssen, Administrator-general
26 March 1887 to 1 March 1888Camille Janssen, Governor-General1st Term
1 March 1888 to 1889Hermann Ledeganck, acting Governor-General
1889 to 17 April 1891Camille Janssen, Governor-General2nd Term
17 April 1891 to 8 May 1891Henri-Ernest Gondry, Governor
8 May 1891 to 26 August 1892Camille-Aimé Coquilhat, Governor
26 August 1892 to 4 September 1896Théophile Théodore Joseph Antoine, Baron Wahis, Governor-General1st Term
1896 to 1900Émile Wangermée, acting Governor-General
4 September 1896 to 21 December 1900Francis, Baron Dhanis, vice Governor-General
21 December 1900 to December 1900Colonel Bartels, acting Governor
1900 to 15 November 1908Théophile Théodore Joseph Antoine, Baron Wahis, Governor-General2nd Term
Belgian Congoannexed by Belgium
15 November 1908 to 1912Théophile Théodore Joseph Antoine, Baron Wahis, Governor-General
20 May 1912 to 5 January 1916Félix Alexandre Fuchs, Governor-General
5 January 1916 to 30 January 1921Eugène Joseph Mary Henry, Governor-General
30 January 1921 to 24 January 1923Maurice Eugène Auguste Lippens, Governor-General
24 January 1923 to 27 December 1927Martin Joseph Marie René Rutten, Governor-General
27 December 1927 to 14 September 1934Auguste Constant Tilkens, Governor-General
14 September 1934 to 31 December 1946Pierre Ryckmans, Governor-General
31 December 1946 to 1 January 1952Eugène Jacques Pierre Louis Jungers, Governor-General
1 January 1952 to 12 July 1958Léon Antoine Marie Pétillon, Governor-General
12 July 1958 to 30 June 1960Henri Arthur Adolf Marie Christopher Cornelis, Governor-General
1 July 1960Independence as Republic of the Congo

For continuation after independence, see: List of heads of state of the Democratic Republic of the Congo

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