List of governors of Équateur (former province)
This List of governors of Équateur (former province) includes governors of the former province of Équateur/Evenaar, created in the Belgian Congo on 20 August 1917. It also includes commissioners of the Équateur District, created in 1888 in the Congo Free State, the precursor of the province.
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In a 1933 reorganization Équateur was renamed Coquilhatville/Coquilhatstad province, losing an area in the south roughly equivalent to the present Mai-Ndombe to the new Léopoldville province. On 27 May 1947 the province regained the name of Équateur/Evenaar. It became an autonomous province of the Congo republic on 30 June 1960.
On 14 August 1962 Équateur was split into the provinces of Cuvette Centrale, Ubangi, and a centrally administered portion that became Moyen-Congo on 5 February 1963. On 25 April 1966 Cuvette Centrale, Moyen-Congo and Ubangi were reunited as Équateur province. On 11 July 2015 Équateur was split into the present provinces of Équateur, Mongala, Nord-Ubangi, Sud-Ubangi and Tshuapa.
District of Équateur (1888–1917)
The district commissioners were:[1]
Start | End | Commissioner |
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25 June 1889 | 1890 | Guillaume Van Kerckhoven (1853–1892) |
December 1890 | Charles-François-Alexandre Lemaire (1863–1925) | |
1 April 1893 | 1895 | Victor-Léon Fievez (1853–1939) |
1895 | 1898 | Gustave-Émile Sarrazyn (1864–1915) |
1898 | 1901 | René-Elisée-Charles-Louis Dubreucq (1869–1914) |
1901 | 1904 | Guillaume-Antoine-Jean-Clément de Bauw (1865–1914) |
17 February 1904 | January 1905 | Gustave-Eugène-Henri Stevens (1866–1928) |
18 December 1904 | 11 September 1907 | Albéric-Constantin-Edouard Bruneel (1863–1914) |
1907 | 1098 | Alexis Bertrand (1870–1946) |
November 1908 | July 1916 | Fernand-Louis-Amélie Borms (1870–1952) |
First Équateur Province governors (1917–1962)
The governors (or equivalent) of the first Équateur Province from 1917 to 1962 were:[2]
Province | Start | End | Officeholder | Title |
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Équateur/Evenaar | 2 August 1917 | December 1919 | Georges Moulaert (d. 1958) | Deputy governor-general |
Équateur/Evenaar | December 1919 | 25 October 1921 | Alphonse Engels (1880–1962) | Deputy governor-general |
Équateur/Evenaar | 1921 | 4 October 1924 | Charles Duchesne (1881–1945) | Deputy governor-general (interim to 1922) |
Équateur/Evenaar | January 1922 | September 1922 | Georges Van der Kerken (1888–1953) | Deputy governor-general (acting for Duchesne) |
Équateur/Evenaar | 4 October 1924 | 1925 | W.E. Parker | Deputy governor-general (interim) |
Équateur/Evenaar | 1925 | 24 March 1933 | Charles Duchesne | Governor and deputy governor-general |
Équateur/Evenaar | 1927 | 1928 | J. Jorissen | Governor and deputy governor-general (acting for Duchesne) |
Équateur/Evenaar | 1929 | 1930 | J. Jorissen | Governor and deputy governor-general (acting for Duchesne) |
Coquilhatville/Coquilhatstad | 1933 | 1934 | J. Jorissen | Commissioner |
Coquilhatville/Coquilhatstad | 11 July 1934 | 1935 | E. Van de Cappelle (1881–1937) | Commissioner |
Coquilhatville/Coquilhatstad | 1935 | 1941 | Eugène J.F. Henry | Commissioner |
Coquilhatville/Coquilhatstad | 1941 | 1945 | Eugène J.F. Henry | Governor |
Coquilhatville/Coquilhatstad | 1945 | 1947 | Van Hoeck | Governor (interim) |
Équateur/Evenaar | 1947 | 1950 | F. Wenner | Governor |
Équateur/Evenaar | 1950 | Luc Breuls de Tiecken (b. 1900) | Governor (1st time) | |
Équateur/Evenaar | 1950 | A. Gille | Governor | |
Équateur/Evenaar | 1950 | Luc Breuls de Tiecken | Governor (2nd time) | |
Équateur/Evenaar | 1950 | 1951 | Pierre Nauwelaert (1903–1969) | Governor |
Équateur/Evenaar | 1951 | 1953 | Luc Breuls de Tiecken | Governor (3rd time) |
Équateur/Evenaar | 1953 | Nicolas Muller (b. 1903) | Commissioner (1st time) | |
Équateur/Evenaar | 1953 | July 1954 | Maurice De Ryck (1900–1964) | Governor |
Équateur/Evenaar | 1954 | 1955 | Nicolas Muller | Commissioner (2nd time) |
Équateur/Evenaar | 1955 | 1956 | Georges Schmit (b. 1908) | Governor |
Équateur/Evenaar | 1956 | Nicolas Muller | Governor (3rd time) | |
Équateur/Evenaar | 1956 | 1958 | Odon Spitaels (b. 1912) | Governor |
Équateur/Evenaar | 1957 | Alphonse De Valkeneer (1898–1973) | Governor (acting for Spitaels) | |
Équateur/Evenaar | 1958 | 30 June 1960 | Alphonse De Valkeneer | Governor |
Équateur/Evenaar | 30 June 1960 | 14 August 1962 | Laurent Eketebi (b. 1936) | President |
Temporary successors (1962–1966)
The governors (or equivalent) of Cuvette Centrale, Ubangi and Moyen-Congo between 1962 and 1966 were:[2]
Cuvette Centrale
Start | End | Officeholder | Title |
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September 1962 | 25 April 1966 | Léon Engulu | President (from October 1965, governor) |
Moyen-Congo
Start | End | Officeholder | Title |
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6 April 1963 | June 1964 | Laurent Eketebi | President (de facto from 15 September 1962) |
April 1963 | 30 July 1963 | Denis Akundji President of secessionist province of | Bumba |
23 June 1964 | 10 August 1965 | Augustin Engwanda | President |
10 August 1965 | 25 April 1966 | Denis Sakombi (1929–1985) | Governor |
Ubangi
Start | End | Officeholder | Title |
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September 1962 | 20 July 1965 | Alfred Nzondomyo | President |
20 July 1965 | 25 April 1966 | Michel Denge | Governor |
Reunited Équateur Province governors (1966–2015)
The governors (or equivalent) of the united Équateur Province from 1966 until it was split up in 2015 were:[2]
Start | End | Officeholder | Title |
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25 April 1966 | 3 January 1967 | Léon Engulu | Governor |
3 January 1967 | 9 August 1968 | Jonas Mukamba (b. 1931) | Governor (1st time) |
9 August 1968 | 12 March 1969 | Denis Paluku (1936–2014) | Governor |
12 March 1969 | 5 August 1969 | Édouard Bulundwe (b. 1932) | Governor |
5 August 1969 | 23 December 1970 | Henri-Désiré Takizala (1936–2000) | Governor |
23 December 1970 | 19 March 1974 | Oscar Ngoma (from 1972, Ngoma Ntoto Bwangi) | Governor, from 1972 Commissioner |
19 March 1974 | 23 June 1975 | Mbala Mbabu | Commissioner |
23 June 1975 | 21 February 1978 | Loposo Nzela Balombe | Commissioner |
21 January 1978 | 18 January 1980 | Namwisi Ma Nkoy | Commissioner |
18 January 1980 | 27 August 1980 | Mpambia Musanga Bekaja (b. 1935) | Governor (1st time) |
27 August 1980 | 19 March 1983 | Mukamba Kadiata Nzemba (= Jonas Mukamba) | Governor (2nd time) |
19 March 1983 | 21 March 1984 | Kititwa Tumansi Benga Tundu (1929–2000) | Governor |
21 March 1984 | 1 January 1985 | Sabi Ngampoub Mubiem | Governor (interim) |
1 January 1985 | 26 April 1986 | Mpambia Musanga Bekaja | Governor (2nd time) |
26 April 1986 | 20 July 1988 | Mokolo Matamba Moful (d. 1989) | Governor |
20 July 1988 | 11 January 1990 | Kisanga Kabongelo | Governor |
12 January 1990 | June 1990 | Fundu Kota (b. 1943) | Governor |
1990 | Lwabanji Ngabo Lwasi | Governor (interim) | |
Basembe Emina | Governor | ||
Mpambia Musanga Bekaja | Governor (3rd time) | ||
1992 | 1997 | Njoku Ey'Obabe | Governor |
March 1997 | 12 May 1997 | Mukobo Mundende Popolo (1937–2015) | Governor |
April 1997 | 1999 | Gabriel Mola Motia (b. 1957) | Governor |
1999 | 200. | Christian Eleko Botuna (1950–2007) | Governor |
January 2002 | 26 May 2004 | Jean-Bertrand Ewanga (b. 1952) | Governor |
26 May 2004 | 24 February 2007 | Yves Mobando Yogo (b. 1955) | Governor |
24 February 2007 | February 2009 | José Makila Sumanda (b. 1959) | Governor |
February 2009 | April 2013 | Jean-Claude Baende (b. 1963) | Governor (interim to November 2009) |
April 2013 | 22 July 2013 | René Bofaya | Governor (interim) |
22 July 2013 | 14 December 2014 | Louis Alphonse Koyagialo (1947–2014) | Governor |
5 September 2013 | 29 October 2015 | Sébastien Impeto Mpengo | Governor (acting for Koyagialo to 14 December 2014) |
References
- Lufungula, Lewono (1986), "Les gouverneurs de l'Équateur, 1885 - 1960", Annales Aequatoria, Honoré Vinck, 7: 149–166, retrieved 2020-08-14 – via JSTOR
- "Congo (Kinshasa) Provinces", Rulers.org, retrieved 2020-08-05