This article lists the colonial residents of Rwanda, during the time when modern-day Rwanda was part of German East Africa and Ruanda-Urundi.
List
(Dates in italics indicate de facto continuation of office)
TenurePortrait Incumbent NotesGerman suzerainty1897 to 1907the Residents in UrundiAugust 1907 to 1911Richard Kandt, Resident1st term1911 to 1913 Eberhard Gudowius, acting Resident1913 to 1914Richard Kandt, Resident2nd term1914 to 17 May 1916 Max Wintgens, acting Resident17 May 1916 to 17 June 1916 ... Scharpes, ResidentBelgian suzerainty27 June 1916 to 30 April 1917 Gustave Eugène Henri Stevens, Military Resident30 April 1917 to December 1918 Gérard François Declerck, Military Resident4 February 1919 to 5 May 1919 Georges Mortehan, Resident1st term5 May 1919 to 1920 Edouard van den Eende, Resident1920 to 28 November 1923 Georges Mortehan, Resident2nd term1924 to 18 February 1925 Oger Coubeau, Resident1st term1925 to 1926 ... Keyser, acting Resident1926 to 15 September 1928 Georges Mortehan, Resident3rd termSeptember 1928 to 14 April 1929 Oger Coubeau, acting Resident2nd term14 April 1929 to 14 September 1929 Georges Mortehan, Resident4th term14 September 1929 to 8 January 1930 H. Wilmin, Resident8 January 1930 to 18 December 1932 Oger Coubeau, Resident3rd term19 December 1932 to 1 March 1935 Maurice Simon, Resident1st term1 March 1935 to 1 October 1935 ... Hombart, Resident1 October 1935 to 1 August 1938 Maurice Simon, Resident2nd term1 August 1938 to 24 January 1939 Albert Gille, Resident24 January 1939 to 9 September 1940 Maurice Simon, Resident3rd term9 September 1940 to 15 April 1942 Jean Paradis, Resident1st term15 April 1942 to 1 July 1942 Léon Grauls, Resident1st term1 July 1942 to 21 September 1942 Maurice Simon, Resident4th term21 September 1942 to 15 April 1943 Léon Grauls, Resident2nd term15 April 1943 to 1 November 1943 Jean Paradis, Resident2nd term1 November 1943 to 1 December 1943 Léon Grauls, Resident3rd term1 December 1943 to 24 January 1944 Jean Paradis, Resident3rd term24 January 1944 to 27 February 1944 Léon Grauls, Resident4th term27 February 1944 to 31 March 1945 George Victor Sandrart, Resident1st term31 March 1945 to 4 August 1945 Léon Grauls, Resident5th term4 August 1945 to 19 March 1947 George Victor Sandrart, Resident2nd term19 March 1947 to 4 August 1947 Daniel Vauthier, Resident4 August 1947 to 21 January 1948 Marcel Édouard Antoine Dessaint, Resident1st term28 January 1948 to 27 January 1951 George Victor Sandrart, Resident3rd term27 January 1951 to 1957 Marcel Édouard Antoine Dessaint, Resident2nd term1954 ... Bourgeois, acting ResidentActing for Dessaint1957 to 11 November 1959 André Preud'homme, Resident11 November 1959 to January 1962 Guillaume "Guy" Logiest, Special Military ResidentAppointed following the outbreak of the Rwandan RevolutionJanuary 1962 to 1 July 1962Guillaume "Guy" Logiest, High Representative1 July 1962Independence as Republic of Rwanda
See also List of colonial governors of Ruanda-Urundi List of colonial residents of Burundi
External links World Statesmen – Rwanda