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Lists Of Provincial Governors Of The Democratic Republic Of The Congo
Lists of provincial governors of the Democratic Republic of the Congo are lists of governors of the provinces of the Democratic Republic of the Congo and its predecessors (Zaire, Republic of the Congo, Belgian Congo The Belgian Congo (french: Congo belge, ; nl, Belgisch-Congo) was a Belgian colony in Central Africa from 1908 until independence in 1960. The former colony adopted its present name, the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), in 1964. Colo ...). It includes equivalent positions such as president or Commissioner. The provinces have gone through a series of changes since they were first established in 1919, sometimes being split up, and sometimes recombined. See for a tabular view of the evolution. Most of the lists are historical, up to the reorganization of 2015, when the 11 provinces, including Kinshasa, were split into the present 26. See the articles on the present provinces for lists of governors from that date. Lists of governors See also * List of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Democratic Republic Of The Congo
The Democratic Republic of the Congo (french: République démocratique du Congo (RDC), colloquially "La RDC" ), informally Congo-Kinshasa, DR Congo, the DRC, the DROC, or the Congo, and formerly and also colloquially Zaire, is a country in Central Africa. It is bordered to the northwest by the Republic of the Congo, to the north by the Central African Republic, to the northeast by South Sudan, to the east by Uganda, Rwanda, and Burundi, and by Tanzania (across Lake Tanganyika), to the south and southeast by Zambia, to the southwest by Angola, and to the west by the South Atlantic Ocean and the Cabinda exclave of Angola. By area, it is the second-largest country in Africa and the 11th-largest in the world. With a population of around 108 million, the Democratic Republic of the Congo is the most populous officially Francophone country in the world. The national capital and largest city is Kinshasa, which is also the nation's economic center. Centered on the Cong ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lomami Province (former)
Lomami is one of the 21 new provinces of the Democratic Republic of the Congo created in the 2015 repartitioning. Lomami, Kasaï-Oriental, and Sankuru provinces are the result of the dismemberment of the former Kasaï-Oriental province. Lomami was formed from the Kabinda district and the independently administered city of Mwene-Ditu. The town of Kabinda was elevated to capital city of the new province. See also Kasai region Kasai or Kasaï may refer to: Places Congo * Congo-Kasaï, one of the four large provinces of Belgian Congo * Kasaï District, in the Kasai-Occidental province of the Democratic Republic of the Congo * Kasai Province, one of the provinces ... References External linksArchive of official website in 2017 [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bandundu Province
Bandundu is one of eleven former provinces of the Democratic Republic of the Congo. It bordered the provinces of Kinshasa and Bas-Congo to the west, Équateur to the north, and Kasai-Occidental to the east. The provincial capital is also called Bandundu (formerly Banningstad/Banningville). History Bandundu was formed in 1966 by merging the three post-colonial political regions: Kwilu, Kwango, and Mai-Ndombe. Under the 2006 constitution, Bandundu was to be broken up again into the aforementioned political regions. This finally took place in the 2015 repartitioning. Kwilu province was formed by combining the Kwilu district and the cites of Bandundu and Kikwit, Kwango province from the Kwango district, and Mai-Ndombe province by combining the Plateaux and Mai-Ndombe districts. Geography The landscape of Bandundu province consisted primarily of plateaus covered in savanna, cut by rivers and streams that are often bordered by thick forest. The province was bisected by the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mai-Ndombe Province
Mai-Ndombe is one of the 21 new provinces of the Democratic Republic of the Congo created in the 2015 repartitioning. Mai-Ndombe, Kwango, and Kwilu provinces are the result of the dismemberment of the former Bandundu province. Mai-Ndombe was formed from the Plateaux and Mai-Ndombe districts. The town of Inongo was elevated to capital city of the new province. History Mai-Ndombe Province was a separate province from 1962 to 1966, prior the creation of Bandundu Province from the post-colonial political regions of Kwango, Kwilu, and Mai-Ndombe. Presidents (from 1965, governors) were: * 8 Sep 1962 - Dec 1963 Victor Kumoriko * 23 Sep 1963 - 11 Oct 1963 V. Bola (in rebellion) * Jan 1964 - Dec 1964 Gabriël Zangabie ** 1964 - 1965 ... *27 Jul 1965 - 25 Apr 1966 Daniël Mongiya A whaling vessel sank in the province in 2021, killing at least 60 people. Geography Currently, there are 8 territories in Mai-Ndombe province, which are: # Bolobo # Ino ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kwilu Province
Kwilu is a province of the Democratic Republic of the Congo. It's one of the 21 provinces created in the 2015 repartitioning. Kwilu, Kwango, and Mai-Ndombe provinces are the result of the dismemberment of the former Bandundu province. Kwilu was formed from the Kwilu district and the independently administered cities of Bandundu and Kikwit. Bandundu is the provincial capital. The province takes its name from the Kwilu River, which crosses it from south to north. Administrative areas Towns and territories are: * Bagata * Bulungu * Gungu * Idiofa * Mangai * Masi-Manimba History Kwilu was administered as a province from 1962 to 1966, however in 1964 the administration was taken over by the central government due to a rebellion in southwestern Congo. A rebel administration under Pierre Mulele ran most of Kwilu province from January 1964.Stephen L. Weigert, Angola: A Modern Military History 1961-2002, 16-22. The province was reconquered by the legal government in June 1965 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kwango
Kwango is a province of the Democratic Republic of the Congo. It's one of the 21 provinces created in the 2015 repartitioning. Kwango, Kwilu, and Mai-Ndombe provinces are the result of the dismemberment of the former Bandundu province. Kwango was formed from the Kwango district whose town of Kenge was elevated to capital city of the province. The province takes its name from the Kwango River, a tributary of the Kasai River that defines part of the international boundary between the DRC and Angola. Towns/territories The capital of Kwango district is Kenge. Other towns include Popokabaka, Feshi, Kasongo Lunda, Lusanga and Kahemba. The province is in the southwest of the DRC, bordering Angola to the south. Territories are: * Feshi * Kahemba * Kasongo Lunda * Kenge * Popokabaka History Kwango previously existed as a province from 1962 to 1966. Presidents (from 1965, governors) *23 September 1962 – 11 November 1962 Albert Delvaux (fl. 1918) * November 1962 Emmanuel Ma ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Léopoldville Province
Kinshasa (; ; ln, Kinsásá), formerly Léopoldville ( nl, Leopoldstad), is the capital and largest city of the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Once a site of fishing and trading villages situated along the Congo River, Kinshasa is now one of the world's fastest growing megacities. The city of Kinshasa is also one of the DRC's 26 provinces. Because the administrative boundaries of the city-province cover a vast area, over 90 percent of the city-province's land is rural in nature, and the urban area occupies a small but expanding section on the western side. Kinshasa is Africa's third-largest metropolitan area after Cairo and Lagos. It is also the world's largest nominally Francophone urban area, with French being the language of government, education, media, public services and high-end commerce in the city, while Lingala is used as a '' lingua franca'' in the street. Kinshasa hosted the 14th Francophonie Summit in October 2012. Residents of Kinshasa are known as ''Kino ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Governors Of Léopoldville / Bandundu
This List of governors of Léopoldville / Bandundu includes governors of the Léopoldville Province of the Belgian Congo and its successor Republic of the Congo (Léopoldville), which was divided in 1963–1966 into the provinces of Kwilu Province, Kwilu, Kwango, and Mai-Ndombe Province, Mai-Ndombe, and governors of the Bandundu Province in the period from when it was formed in 1966 by merging these three provinces and when it was broken up into the former regions in 2015. Léopoldville Province (1932–1963) The governors or equivalent of Léopoldville Province were: Successors (1963–1966) * Kwilu Province#History, Kwilu * Kwango#History, Kwango * Mai-Ndombe Province#History, Mai-Ndombe Bandundu Province (1966–2015) The governors or equivalent of Bandundu Province were: See also *Lists of provincial governors of the Democratic Republic of the Congo References Governors of Léopoldville Province, * Governors of provinces of the Democratic Republic of the Co ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kasai-Occidental
Kasaï-Occidental (French language, French for "Western Kasai"; lua, Kasai Wa Mubuelu) was one of the eleven provinces of the Democratic Republic of the Congo between 1966 and 2015, when it was split into the Kasaï-Central and the Kasai Province, Kasaï provinces. History The province of Kasaï-Occidental was established in 1966 by regrouping the provinces of Luluabourg and Unité Kasaïenne which in turn were created 1962 when the historical Kasaï (former province), Kasaï Province was divided in five provinces namely Lomami, Sankuru, Sud-Kasai, Luluabourg, Unité-Kasaïenne. The former provinces of Luluabourg and Unité-Kasaïenne correspond to the current districts of Lulua District and Kasaï District. Since its formation the provincial seat is Kananga (formerly Luluabourg) which was also the seat of the Kasaï Province between 1957 and 1962. The Province of Lusambo precedes the current entity, it was created 1933 by carving out the districts of Kasai and Sankuru from the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Unité Kasaïenne
Kasaï-Occidental ( French for "Western Kasai"; lua, Kasai Wa Mubuelu) was one of the eleven provinces of the Democratic Republic of the Congo between 1966 and 2015, when it was split into the Kasaï-Central and the Kasaï provinces. History The province of Kasaï-Occidental was established in 1966 by regrouping the provinces of Luluabourg and Unité Kasaïenne which in turn were created 1962 when the historical Kasaï Province was divided in five provinces namely Lomami, Sankuru, Sud-Kasai, Luluabourg, Unité-Kasaïenne. The former provinces of Luluabourg and Unité-Kasaïenne correspond to the current districts of Lulua District and Kasaï District. Since its formation the provincial seat is Kananga (formerly Luluabourg) which was also the seat of the Kasaï Province between 1957 and 1962. The Province of Lusambo precedes the current entity, it was created 1933 by carving out the districts of Kasai and Sankuru from the Province of Congo-Kasaï, one of the four provinces estab ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Luluabourg Province
Luluabourg Province was created in 1962 from Kasai province. It was named after its main city, Luluabourg, which is now known as Kananga Kananga, formerly known as Luluabourg or Luluaburg, is the capital city of the Kasai-Central Province in the Democratic Republic of the Congo and was the capital of the former Kasaï-Occidental Province. It is the fourth most populous urban ar .... It was incorporated into Kasai-Occidental Province in 1966 under the Mobutu regime. Presidents (from 1965, governors) of Luluabourg province were * September 1962 – September 1963, François Luakabwanga (1st time) * September 1963 – 25 September 1964, André Lubaya (d. 1968) * 25 September 1964 – December 1965, François Luakabwanga (2nd time) * January – 18 April 1966, Constantin Tshilumba * 18 – 25 April 1966, François Luakabwanga (3rd time) See also * Lulua Province (proposed) {{coord missing, Democratic Republic of the Congo Former provinces of the D ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Governors Of Kasaï-Occidental
This list of governors of Kasaï-Occidental includes governors or equivalent officer holders of the Kasaï-Occidental province created in the Republic of the Congo in 1966 by combining the provinces of Luluabourg and Unité Kasaïenne, which became the districts of Lulua District and Kasaï District. It also includes governors of the preceding provinces. In 2015 the province was split into the Kasaï-Central and Kasaï provinces. Luluabourg Province governors The governors (or equivalent) of Luluabourg Province were: Unité Kasaïenne governors The governors (or equivalent) of Unité Kasaïenne were: Kasaï-Occidental governors The governors (or equivalent) of Kasaï-Occidental were: See also *List of governors of Kasaï (former province) *Lists of provincial governors of the Democratic Republic of the Congo Lists of provincial governors of the Democratic Republic of the Congo are lists of governors of the provinces of the Democratic Republic of the Congo and its pr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
