List of colonial governors of Ruanda-Urundi

Ruanda-Urundi (dark green) depicted within the Belgian colonial empire (light green), 1935.

This is a list of European colonial administrators responsible for the territory of Ruanda-Urundi, an area equivalent to modern-day Rwanda and Burundi. Ruanda-Urundi formed part of German East Africa until it was captured by Belgian forces during World War I. After that, the territory became a Class B League of Nations mandate, and later a United Nations trust territory, under the administration of Belgium, until 1962 when the constituent parts of the territory became independent.

German rule

Military District of Ujiji

Portrait	Name Template:Small	Position	Term of office			Notes
			Took office	Left office	Time in office
	Hans von Ramsay Template:Small	Commander	May 1896	189?
	Heinrich Bethe		1898	February 1901	Template:Age in years years

Military District of Usumbura

Portrait	Name Template:Small	Position	Term of office			Notes
			Took office	Left office	Time in office
	Heinrich Bethe	Commander	1899	1902	Template:Age in years years
	Friedrich Robert von Beringe Template:Small		August 1902	February 1904	Template:Age in years and months
	Template:Interlanguage link Template:Small		February 1904	June 1906	Template:Age in years and months

Military Residency of Urundi and Ruanda

Portrait	Name Template:Small	Position	Term of office			Notes
			Took office	Left office	Time in office
	Template:Interlanguage link Template:Small	Military Resident	1906	15 November 1907	Template:Age in years years

On 15 November 1907, the Military Residency of Urundi and Ruanda was divided into two civil residencies: Ruanda and Urundi.

Belgian rule

Map of occupation zones of the Force Publique in German East Africa between 19 September 1916 and 28 June 1919.

Territories south of Lake Victoria (including Northern Ruanda)

Portrait	Name Template:Small	Position	Term of office			Notes
			Took office	Left office	Time in office
	Philippe Molitor Template:Small	Commander of the Northern Brigade	April 1916	1916	Template:Age in years years
	Armand Huyghé Template:Small		1916	1917	Template:Age in years years

Territories east of Lake Kivu and Lake Tanganyika (including Southern Ruanda and Urundi)

Portrait	Name Template:Small	Position	Term of office			Notes
			Took office	Left office	Time in office
	Frederik-Valdemar Olsen Template:Small	Commander of the Southern Brigade	May 1916	1917	Template:Age in years years

Occupied East African territories

Portrait	Name Template:Small	Position	Term of office			Notes
			Took office	Left office	Time in office
	Charles Tombeur Template:Small	Military Governor	April 1916	22 November 1916	Template:Age in years and months
	Justin Malfeyt Template:Small	Royal Commissioner	22 November 1916	May 1919	Template:Age in years and months
	Alfred Marzorati Template:Small		May 1919	20 October 1924	Template:Age in years and months
	Pierre Ryckmans Template:Small	Acting Royal Commissioner	November 1921	July 1922	Template:Age in years and months	Template:Efn

Ruanda-Urundi mandate / trust territory

Map of Ruanda-Urundi.

Portrait	Name Template:Small	Position	Term of office			Notes
			Took office	Left office	Time in office
	Alfred Marzorati Template:Small	Royal Commissioner	20 October 1924	28 August 1926	Template:Age in years and days	Template:Efn
	Pierre Ryckmans Template:Small	Acting Royal Commissioner	15 November 1925	13 December 1926	Template:Age in years and days	Template:Efn
	Alfred Marzorati Template:Small	Governor and Deputy Governor-General of the Belgian Congo	28 August 1926	5 February 1929	Template:Age in years and days	Template:Efn
	Louis Postiaux Template:Small	Acting Governor and Deputy Governor-General of the Belgian Congo	5 February 1929	4 July 1930	Template:Age in years and days
	Charles Voisin Template:Small	Governor and Deputy Governor-General of the Belgian Congo	4 July 1930	18 August 1932	Template:Age in years and days
	Eugène Jungers Template:Small		18 August 1932	5 July 1946	Template:Age in years and days
	Maurice Simon Template:Small		5 July 1946	August 1949	Template:Age in years and months	Template:Efn
	Léo Pétillon Template:Small		August 1949	1 January 1952	Template:Age in years and months
	Alfred Claeys-Boùùaert Template:Small		1 January 1952	1 March 1955	Template:Age in years and days
	Jean-Paul Harroy Template:Small		1 March 1955	1960	Template:Age in years and days
		Resident-General	1960	1 July 1962

On 1 July 1962, the constituent parts of Ruanda-Urundi became independent as the Republic of Rwanda (République du Rwanda) and the Kingdom of Burundi (Royaume du Burundi), respectively.

See also

• Minister of the Colonies (Belgium)
• List of colonial governors of the Congo Free State and Belgian Congo
• List of kings of Rwanda
• List of presidents of Rwanda
• List of kings of Burundi
• List of presidents of Burundi

External links

• World Statesmen – Ruanda-Urundi