1933 in the Belgian Congo

The following lists events that happened during 1933 in the Belgian Congo.

Incumbent

Governor-General – Auguste Tilkens

Events

Date Event 1 October Équateur Province is renamed Coquihatville Province, under a provincial commissioner. The first commissioner was J. Jorrissen. 1 October Orientale Province is divided into Costermansville Province (later Kivu Province) and Stanleyville Province. 1 October Georges Mortehan (1883–1955) becomes commissioner of Costermansville Province. 1 October Rodolphe Dufour becomes commissioner of Stanleyville Province. 1 October Congo-Kasaï province is divided into the provinces of Lusambo and Léopoldville. 1 October Constant Wauters becomes commissioner of Lusambo Province. 1 October Katanga Province is renamed Elisabethville Province. Amour Maron (1891–1948) is appointed commissioner. 12 November Bernardin Mungul Diaka, future prime minister of Zaire, is born.

See also

Belgian Congo History of the Democratic Republic of the Congo

References

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