List of colonial residents of Rwanda

Summary

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.
Map of Kigali (1942).

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(Dates in italics indicate de facto continuation of office)

Tenure Portrait Incumbent Notes
German suzerainty
1897 to 1907 the Residents in Urundi
August 1907 to 1911   Richard Kandt,
Resident
1st term
1911 to 1913 Eberhard Gudowius,
acting Resident
1913 to 1914   Richard Kandt,
Resident
2nd term
1914 to 17 May 1916 Max Wintgens,
acting Resident
17 May 1916 to 17 June 1916 ... Scharpes,
Resident
Belgian suzerainty
27 June 1916 to 30 April 1917 Gustave Eugène Henri Stevens,
Military Resident
30 April 1917 to December 1918 Gérard François Declerck,
Military Resident
4 February 1919 to 5 May 1919 Georges Mortehan,
Resident
1st term
5 May 1919 to 1920 Edouard van den Eende,
Resident
1920 to 28 November 1923 Georges Mortehan,
Resident
2nd term
1924 to 18 February 1925 Oger Coubeau,
Resident
1st term
1925 to 1926 ... Keyser,
acting Resident
1926 to 15 September 1928 Georges Mortehan,
Resident
3rd term
September 1928 to 14 April 1929 Oger Coubeau,
acting Resident
2nd term
14 April 1929 to 14 September 1929 Georges Mortehan,
Resident
4th term
14 September 1929 to 8 January 1930 H. Wilmin,
Resident
8 January 1930 to 18 December 1932 Oger Coubeau,
Resident
3rd term
19 December 1932 to 1 March 1935 Maurice Simon,
Resident
1st term
1 March 1935 to 1 October 1935 ... Hombart,
Resident
1 October 1935 to 1 August 1938 Maurice Simon,
Resident
2nd term
1 August 1938 to 24 January 1939 Albert Gille,
Resident
24 January 1939 to 9 September 1940 Maurice Simon,
Resident
3rd term
9 September 1940 to 15 April 1942 Jean Paradis,
Resident
1st term
15 April 1942 to 1 July 1942 Léon Grauls,
Resident
1st term
1 July 1942 to 21 September 1942 Maurice Simon,
Resident
4th term
21 September 1942 to 15 April 1943 Léon Grauls,
Resident
2nd term
15 April 1943 to 1 November 1943 Jean Paradis,
Resident
2nd term
1 November 1943 to 1 December 1943 Léon Grauls,
Resident
3rd term
1 December 1943 to 24 January 1944 Jean Paradis,
Resident
3rd term
24 January 1944 to 27 February 1944 Léon Grauls,
Resident
4th term
27 February 1944 to 31 March 1945 George Victor Sandrart,
Resident
1st term
31 March 1945 to 4 August 1945 Léon Grauls,
Resident
5th term
4 August 1945 to 19 March 1947 George Victor Sandrart,
Resident
2nd term
19 March 1947 to 4 August 1947 Daniel Vauthier,
Resident
4 August 1947 to 21 January 1948 Marcel Édouard Antoine Dessaint,
Resident
1st term
28 January 1948 to 27 January 1951 George Victor Sandrart,
Resident
3rd term
27 January 1951 to 1957 Marcel Édouard Antoine Dessaint,
Resident
2nd term
1954 ... Bourgeois,
acting Resident
Acting for Dessaint
1957 to 11 November 1959 André Preud'homme,
Resident
11 November 1959 to January 1962 Guillaume "Guy" Logiest,
Special Military Resident
Appointed following the outbreak of the Rwandan Revolution
January 1962 to 1 July 1962 Guillaume "Guy" Logiest,
High Representative
1 July 1962 Independence as Republic of Rwanda

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External links edit

  • World Statesmen – Rwanda