List of governors of Kasaï (former province)

This list of governors of Kasaï includes governors or equivalent officeholders of the Congo-Kasaï/Kongo-Kasaï province established in the Belgian Congo in 1918. On 1 October 1933 it was split into the Lusambo and Léopoldville provinces. Lusambo included the Kasaï and Sankuru districts of Congo-Kasaï and parts of the Léopold II District (Équateur) and Lomami District (Katanga). On 27 May 1947 Lusambo was renamed Kasaï, which became an autonomous province of the Congo republic on 30 June 1960.

Belgian Congo provinces in 1920

Belgian Congo provinces in 1933 after Léopoldville and Lusambo (Kasaï) had been separated

The present Kasaï Province created in 2015 when Kasai-Occidental was partitioned

On 14 August 1962 Kasaï was divided into five new provinces: Lomami, Luluabourg, Sankuru, Sud-Kasaï and Unité Kasaïenne. On 25 April 1966 Luluabourg and Unité Kasaïenne were united to form Kasaï-Occidental, while Lomami, Sankuru, and Sud-Kasaï were united in the new province of Kasaï-Oriental. Kasaï-Occidental was split in 2015 into the Kasaï-Central and Kasaï provinces.

Congo-Kasaï (1922–1932)

The governors (or equivalent) of Congo-Kasaï Province were:

Start	End	Officeholder	Title
18 October 1918	1922	Léon Guilain Bureau (1869–1944)	Deputy governor-general
1922	1925	Alphonse Engels (1880–1962)	Deputy governor-general
1925	19 June 1929	Alphonse Engels (1880–1962	Governor and deputy governor-general
19 June 1929	5 January 1932	Joseph Beernaert (1883–1950)	Governor and deputy governor-general
17 August 1932	30 September 1933	Paul Ermens (1884–1957)	Governor and deputy governor-general

Lusambo (1933–1947)

The governors (or equivalent) of Lusambo Province were:

Start	End	Officeholder	Title
1 October 1933	17 August 1940	Constant Wauters	Commissioner
11 September 1940	1941	François Wenner	Commissioner
1941	9 June 1944	François Wenner	Governor
July 1944	1945	Albert-Émile de Beauffort	Governor
7 February 1945	21 September 1945	René P. Preys	Governor
21 September 1945	1947	Léon A. Hofkens	Governor

Kasaï (1947–1962)

The governors (or equivalent) of Kasaï Province were:

Start	End	Officeholder	Title
1947	19 July 1948	Léon A. Hofkens	Governor
19 July 1948	11 April 1952	Firmin Peigneux	Governor
11 April 1952	27 March 1955	Roger Le Bussy	Governor
20 April 1955	27 September 1955	Jean Paelinck (1906–1961)	Governor
1 October 1955	22 June 1958	Antoine Lamborelle	Governor
1 July 1958	1960	Louis De Jaegher (1908–1973)	Governor
1960	31 May 1960	L. Henrotaux	Governor (acting)
31 May 1960	30 June 1960	Marcel Matterne	General Extraordinary Commissioner
30 June 1960	December 1961	Barthélemy Mukenge (1925–2018)	President (1st time)
January 1962	May 1962	André Lubaya (d. 1968)	President
9 June 1962	14 August 1962	Barthélemy Mukenge	President (2nd time)

See also

• List of governors of Kasaï-Occidental
• List of governors of Kasaï Oriental Province
• Lists of provincial governors of the Democratic Republic of the Congo