List of governors of Orientale Province

This list of governors of Orientale Province includes governors or equivalent officerholders of the original Orientale Province created in the Belgian Congo in 1913, and of the successor provinces until the 2015 break-up of the province into the provinces of Bas-Uélé, Haut-Uélé, Ituri and Tshopo.

Belgian Congo provinces in 1920
Belgian Congo provinces in 1933 after Costermansville (later Kivu) and Stanleyville (Orientale) had been split

Orientale/Oost Province was divided in 1933 into Costermansville Province (later Kivu Province) and Stanleyville Province. Stanleyville Province was renamed Orientale/Oost Province from 1947 to 1963, when it was broken up into Kibali-Ituri, Uélé and Haut-Congo provinces. Orientale Province was reconstituted in 1966. It was renamed Haut-Zaïre Province from 1971–1997, then returned to the name of Orientale Province from 1997 to 2015.

First period (1913–1963)

The governors or equivalent of Orientale/Oost Province and Stanleyville Province from 1913 to 1963 were:[1]

ProvinceStartEndOfficeholderTitle
Orientale7 November 19135 July 1916Justin Malfeyt (1862–1924)Deputy governor-general[2]
OrientaleJuly 1916August 1917Alexis Bertrand (1870–1946)Interim deputy governor-general
Orientale15 August 19171925Adolphe De Meulemeester (1870–1944)Deputy governor-general
Orientale192526 September 1926Adolphe De MeulemeesterGovernor and deputy governor-general
Orientale9 October 192630 September 1933Alfred Alphonse Moeller (1889–1971)Governor and deputy governor-general
Stanleyville1 October 193318 November 1940Rodolphe DufourCommissioner
Stanleyville18 November 194010 March 1943Marcel Maquet (1891–1964)Commissioner, then Governor from 1941
Stanleyville10 March 194315 May 1945R. BertrandGovernor
Stanleyville1 June 194529 June 1950Ernest Bock (1st time) (1894–1952)Governor (from 1947 of Orientale Province)
Orientale1 October 19508 October 1951Joseph-Paul Brasseur (1899–1956)Governor
Orientale8 October 195110 December 1952Ernest Bock (2nd time)Governor
Orientale13 March 195313 March 1954Luc Breuls de Tiecken (b. 1900)Governor
Orientale30 March 19541 July 1958André Schöller (b. 1908)Governor
Orientale22 December 195811 June 1960Pierre Leroy (1909–1985)Governor
Independence 30 June 1960
Orientale11 June 196011 October 1960Jean-Pierre Finant (d. 1961)President
Orientale1960December 1960Charles BadjokoPresident
Orientale9 December 196025 October 1961Jean Foster ManzikalaPresident
Orientale25 October 196127 July 1962Simon LosalaPresident
Orientale20 August 1962March 1963Joseph EkombeExtraordinary commissioner

Successor provinces (1963–1966)

Between 1963 and 1966 Orientale was broken up into the Kibali-Ituri, Uélé and Haut-Congo provinces.

Kibali-Ituri

The head of Kibali-Ituri Province was:[1]

StartEndOfficeholderTitle
September 196228 December 1966Jean Foster ManzikalaPresident (from 1965, governor)

Uélé

The heads of Uélé Province were:[1]

StartEndOfficeholderTitle
11 September 1962May 1965Paul MambayaPresident
6 July 196528 December 1966François KupaGovernor

Haut-Congo

The heads of Haut-Congo Province were:[1]

StartEndOfficeholderTitle
March 19638 September 1963Marcel TshishikuExtraordinary commissioner
June 196326 June 1963Georges Grenfell (b. 1908)President
26 June 19631964Paul IsombumaPresident
19645 August 1964François AradjabuExtraordinary commissioner-general for the former province of Haut-Congo
16 September 1964November 1964Alphonse AbikwaPresident
November 19645 November 1966Ignace Michel AlamazaniPresident (from 1965, governor)
5 November 196628 December 1966Pierre EfomiGovernor

Second period (1966–2015)

The governors or equivalent of Orientale Province and Haut-Zaïre Province from 1966 to 2015 were:[1]

ProvinceStartEndOfficeholderTitle
Orientale28 December 19663 January 1967Jean Foster ManzikalaGovernor
Orientale3 January 196717 July 1967Vital Faustin Moanda (b. 1923)Governor
Orientale30 August 19679 August 1968Michel DengeGovernor
Orientale9 August 196819 October 1968Jonas Mukamba (b. 1931)Governor
Orientale19 October 19685 August 1969Anaclet KanikiGovernor
Orientale5 August 19698 December 1970Édouard Bulundwe (b. 1932)Governor
Orientale23 December 197024 February 1972Bernard NdeboGovernor
Haut-Zaïre24 February 197217 September 1972Geyoro Te KuleCommissioner
Haut-Zaïre17 September 197210 February 1976Assumani Busanya LukiliCommissioner
Haut-Zaïre10 February 197621 January 1978Konde Vila KikandaCommissioner
Haut-Zaïre21 January 197818 January 1980Mabolia Inongo Tra BuatoCommissioner
Haut-Zaïre18 January 198027 August 1980Tshiala Mwana TshingombeCommissioner
Haut-Zaïre27 August 198010 October 1981Mbenza TubiGovernor
Haut-Zaïre10 October 198123 January 1982Ntikala Ibole MoludikiGovernor
Haut-Zaïre23 January 19821 January 1985Sukadi BulayiGovernor
Haut-Zaïre1 January 198520 July 1988Salumu AmisiGovernor
Haut-Zaïre20 July 198811 January 1990Sampasa Kaweta Milombe (1944–2006)Governor
Haut-Zaïre11 January 1990March 1991Guillaume Samba Kaputo (1946–2007)Governor
Haut-Zaïre3 March 199114 March 1997Lombeya BosongoGovernor
Orientale23 March 199723 August 1998Jean Yagi SitoloGovernor
Orientale26 September 19986 December 1998Luthia Jean Bene KabalaGovernor
Orientale23 December 199820 July 2000Théo Baruti (1st time)Governor (in rebellion)
Orientale20 July 200020 April 2001Justin YogbaGovernor (in rebellion)
Orientale20 April 200116 May 2004Jean-Pierre BilusaGovernor (in rebellion)
OrientaleMay 2002Noël Obotela RashidiGovernor
Orientale26 May 200415 November 2005Théo Baruti (2nd time)Governor
Orientale15 November 200524 February 2007Jean-Pierre Lola Kisanga (b. 1969)Governor
Orientale24 February 20075 March 2012Médard Autsai Asenga (b. 1942)Governor
Orientale5 March 20125 February 2013Ismaël Arama Ndiama (acting)Governor
Orientale5 February 201329 October 2015Jean Bamanisa Saïdi (b. 1964)Governor

See also

Notes

    References

    1. "Congo (Kinshasa) Provinces", Rulers.org, retrieved 2020-08-05
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