Camille Janssen

Camille Janssen
Portrait of Janssen in c.1908
Governor-General of the Congo Free State
In office
30 July 1886  1 July 1892
Monarch Leopold II
Preceded by Francis de Winton
(as Administrator-General)
Succeeded by Théophile Wahis
Personal details
Born (1837-12-05)5 December 1837
Liège, Belgium
Died 18 April 1926(1926-04-18) (aged 88)
Brussels, Belgium

Camille Janssen (1837–1926) was a Belgian colonial civil servant and lawyer who held the position of Governor-General of the Congo Free State from 1886 to 1892.

Further reading

  • Janssens, Édouard; Cateaux, Albert (1908). "Janssen, Camille". Les Belges au Congo. Notices biographiques. Antwerp: Van Hille-De Backer. pp. 21–6.


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