This List of governors of Léopoldville / Bandundu includes governors of the Léopoldville Province of the Belgian Congo and its successor Republic of the Congo (Léopoldville), which was divided in 1963–1966 into the provinces of Kwilu, Kwango, and Mai-Ndombe, and governors of the Bandundu Province in the period from when it was formed in 1966 by merging these three provinces and when it was broken up into the former regions in 2015.
Léopoldville Province (1932–1963)
The governors or equivalent of Léopoldville Province were:
Start End Officeholder Title 1933 1941 Albert-Émile de Beauffort Commissioner 1941 1943 Albert-Émile de Beauffort Governor 1943 1945 Marcel Maquet (1891–1964) Governor 1946 1950 Léon Morel Governor 1950 1953 Lucien Lardinois (1898–1956) Governor 1953 1955 Pierre Nauwelaert (1903–1969) Governor 1955 1959 Julien Babilon (1904–1959) Governor 1959 10 May 1960 Jean-Baptiste Bomans Governor10 May 1960 29 June 1960 Alain Stenmans (b. 1923) Governor11 June 1960 29 June 1960 (b. 1922) President of secessionist Congo province18 June 1960 12 February 1962 Cléophas Kamitatu (1931–2008) President20 June 1960 1960 Gaston Midu President of secessionist Nord-Kwilu province12 February 1962 14 August 1962 President
Successors (1963–1966)
Kwilu Kwango Mai-Ndombe
Bandundu Province (1966–2015)
The governors or equivalent of Bandundu Province were: Start End Officeholder Title25 April 1966 3 January 1967 (1936–2000) Governor 3 Jan 1967 30 August 1967 François Luakabwanga Governor30 August 1967 9 August 1968 François Kupa Governor 9 August 1968 6 March 1969 Paul Muhona Governor12 March 1969 23 December 1970 Dieudonné Boji Governor23 December 1970 15 July 1972 Anaclet Kaniki Commissioner15 July 1972 10 January 1975 Mulenda Shamwange Commissioner10 Jan 1975 21 January 1978 Kabangu Lunyanya Commissioner21 Jan 1978 18 January 1980 Makolo Jibikilayi Commissioner18 Jan 1980 27 August 1980 Alemo Logwala Commissioner27 August 1980 10 October 1981 Malumba Mbangula Governor10 October 1981 1 January 1985 Konde Vila Kikanda Governor 1 Jan 1985 1986 Sambia Gere Danu Governor 1986 Mananga Dintoko Pholo Governor20 July 1988 1990 (1946–2007) Governor *1992 1994* Payanzo Ntsomo Governor 1997 26 November 2001 Marc Katshunga Governor26 November 2001 2003 Kidinda Shandungo Governor October 2003 Oscar Bala Governor26 May 2004 10 December 2005 Governor10 December 2005 13 January 2006 Guy Kunza Governor13 Jan 2006 16 October 2006 Gérard Gifuza Governor16 October 2006 16 March 2007 Édouard Wenzi wa Kuyula Governor16 March 2007 22 May 2012 Richard Ndambu Wolang (b. 1952) Governor22 May 2012 29 October 2015 Jean Kamisendu Kutuka (b. 1955) Governor
See also Lists of provincial governors of the Democratic Republic of the Congo
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