List of colonial residents of Rwanda

This article lists the colonial residents of Rwanda, during the time when modern-day Rwanda was part of German East Africa and Ruanda-Urundi.

Map of Rwanda.

List

Tenure Incumbent Notes
German suzerainty
1897 to 1907the residents in Urundi 
August 1907 to 1911Richard Kandt, Resident1st term
1911 to 1913Eberhard Gudowius, acting Resident 
1913 to 1914Richard Kandt, Resident2nd term
1914 to 17 May 1916Max Wintgens, acting Resident 
17 May 1916 to 17 June 1916... Scharpes, Resident 
Belgian suzerainty
27 June 1916 to 30 April 1917Gustave Eugène Henri Stevens, Military Resident 
30 April 1917 to December 1918Gérard François Declerck, Military Resident 
4 February 1919 to 5 May 1919Georges Mortehan, Resident1st term
5 May 1919 to 1920Edouard van den Eende, Resident 
1920 to 28 November 1923Georges Mortehan, Resident2nd term
1924 to 18 February 1925Oger Coubeau, Resident1st term
1925 to 1926... Keyser, acting Resident 
1926 to 15 September 1928Georges Mortehan, Resident3rd term
September 1928 to 14 April 1929Oger Coubeau, acting Resident2nd term
14 April 1929 to 14 September 1929Georges Mortehan, Resident4th term
14 September 1929 to 8 January 1930H. Wilmin, Resident 
8 January 1930 to 18 December 1932Oger Coubeau, Resident3rd term
19 December 1932 to 1 March 1935Maurice Simon, Resident1st term
1 March 1935 to 1 October 1935... Hombart, Resident 
1 October 1935 to 1 August 1938Maurice Simon, Resident2nd term
1 August 1938 to 24 January 1939Albert Gille, Resident 
24 January 1939 to 9 September 1940Maurice Simon, Resident3rd term
9 September 1940 to 15 April 1942Jean Paradis, Resident1st term
15 April 1942 to 1 July 1942Léon Grauls, Resident1st term
1 July 1942 to 21 September 1942Maurice Simon, Resident4th term
21 September 1942 to 15 April 1943Léon Grauls, Resident2nd term
15 April 1943 to 1 November 1943Jean Paradis, Resident2nd term
1 November 1943 to 1 December 1943Léon Grauls, Resident3rd term
1 December 1943 to 24 January 1944Jean Paradis, Resident3rd term
24 January 1944 to 27 February 1944Léon Grauls, Resident4th term
27 February 1944 to 31 March 1945George Victor Sandrart, Resident1st term
31 March 1945 to 4 August 1945Léon Grauls, Resident5th term
4 August 1945 to 19 March 1947George Victor Sandrart, Resident2nd term
19 March 1947 to 4 August 1947Daniel Vauthier, Resident 
4 August 1947 to 21 January 1948Marcel Édouard Antoine Dessaint, Resident1st term
28 January 1948 to 27 January 1951George Victor Sandrart, Resident3rd term
27 January 1951 to 1957Marcel Édouard Antoine Dessaint, Resident2nd term
1954... Bourgeois, acting ResidentActing for Dessaint
1957 to 11 November 1959André Preud'homme, Resident 
11 November 1959 to January 1962Guillaume "Guy" Logiest, Special Military ResidentAppointed following the outbreak of the Rwandan Revolution
January 1962 to 1 July 1962Guillaume "Guy" Logiest, High Representative 
1 July 1962Independence as Republic of Rwanda

See also

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