thumb|Ruanda-Urundi (dark green) depicted within the [[Belgian colonial empire (light green), 1935.]]
This is a list of European colonial administrators responsible for the territory of Ruanda-Urundi, an area equivalent to modern-day Rwanda and Burundi. Ruanda-Urundi formed part of German East Africa until it was captured by Belgian forces during World War I. After that, the territory became a Class B League of Nations mandate, and later a United Nations trust territory, under the administration of Belgium, until 1962 when the constituent parts of the territory became independent.
German rule
Military District of Ujiji
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! width=150 rowspan=2|Name<br />
! width=120 rowspan=2|Position
! colspan=3|Term of office
! rowspan=2|Notes
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! Took office
! Left office
! Time in office
|-
| 80px
| Hans von Ramsay<br />
| rowspan=2|Commander
| May 1896
| 189?
|
|
|-
| 80px
| Heinrich Bethe
| 1898
| February 1901
| years
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|}
Military District of Usumbura
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! width=150 rowspan=2|Name<br />
! width=120 rowspan=2|Position
! colspan=3|Term of office
! rowspan=2|Notes
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! Took office
! Left office
! Time in office
|-
| 80px
| Heinrich Bethe
| rowspan=3|Commander
| 1899
| 1902
| years
|
|-
| 80px
| Friedrich Robert von Beringe<br />
| August 1902
| February 1904
|
|
|-
| 80px
| <br />
| February 1904
| June 1906
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|}
Military Residency of Urundi and Ruanda
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! rowspan=2|Notes
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! Took office
! Left office
! Time in office
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| 80px
| <br />
| Military Resident
| 1906
| 15 November 1907
| years
|
|}
On 15 November 1907, the Military Residency of Urundi and Ruanda was divided into two civil residencies: Ruanda and Urundi.
Belgian rule
thumb|Map of occupation zones of the [[Force Publique in German East Africa between 19 September 1916 and 28 June 1919.]]
Territories south of Lake Victoria (including Northern Ruanda)
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! Took office
! Left office
! Time in office
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| 80px
| Philippe Molitor<br />
| rowspan=2|Commander of the Northern Brigade
| April 1916
| 1916
| years
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|-
| 80px
| Armand Huyghé<br />
| 1916
| 1917
| years
|
|}
Territories east of Lake Kivu and Lake Tanganyika (including Southern Ruanda and Urundi)
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! rowspan=2|Notes
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! Took office
! Left office
! Time in office
|-
| 80px
| Frederik-Valdemar Olsen<br />
| Commander of the Southern Brigade
| May 1916
| 1917
| years
|
|}
Occupied East African territories
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! width=150 rowspan=2|Name<br />
! width=120 rowspan=2|Position
! colspan=3|Term of office
! rowspan=2|Notes
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! Took office
! Left office
! Time in office
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| 80px
| Charles Tombeur<br />
| Military Governor
| April 1916
| 22 November 1916
|
|
|-
| 80px
| Justin Malfeyt<br />
| rowspan=2|Royal Commissioner
| 22 November 1916
| May 1919
|
|
|-
| 80px
| Alfred Marzorati<br />
| May 1919
| 20 October 1924
|
|
|-
| 80px
| Pierre Ryckmans<br />
| Acting Royal Commissioner
| November 1921
| July 1922
|
|
|}
Ruanda-Urundi mandate / trust territory
thumb|Map of Ruanda-Urundi.
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! width=120 rowspan=2|Position
! colspan=3|Term of office
! rowspan=2|Notes
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! Took office
! Left office
! Time in office
|-
| 80px
| Alfred Marzorati<br />
| Royal Commissioner
| 20 October 1924
| 28 August 1926
|
|
|-
| 80px
| Pierre Ryckmans<br />
| Acting Royal Commissioner
| 15 November 1925
| 13 December 1926
|
|
|-
| 80px
| Alfred Marzorati<br />
| Governor and Deputy Governor-General of the Belgian Congo
| 28 August 1926
| 5 February 1929
|
|
|-
| 80px
| Louis Postiaux<br />
| Acting Governor and Deputy Governor-General of the Belgian Congo
| 5 February 1929
| 4 July 1930
|
|
|-
| 80px
| Charles Voisin<br />
| rowspan=6|Governor and Deputy Governor-General of the Belgian Congo
| 4 July 1930
| 18 August 1932
|
|
|-
| 80px
| Eugène Jungers<br />
| 18 August 1932
| 5 July 1946
|
|
|-
| 80px
| Maurice Simon<br />
| 5 July 1946
| August 1949
|
|
|-
| 80px
| Léo Pétillon<br />
| August 1949
| 1 January 1952
|
|
|-
| 80px <!-- WP:NFCC violation: 80px -->
| Alfred Claeys-Boùùaert<br />
| 1 January 1952
| 1 March 1955
|
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|-
| rowspan=2|80px
| rowspan=2|Jean-Paul Harroy<br />
| 1 March 1955
| 1960
| rowspan=2|
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| Resident-General
| 1960
| 1 July 1962
|
|}
On 1 July 1962, the constituent parts of Ruanda-Urundi became independent as the Republic of Rwanda (République du Rwanda) and the Kingdom of Burundi (Royaume du Burundi), respectively.
See also
- Minister of the Colonies (Belgium)
- List of colonial governors of the Congo Free State and Belgian Congo
- List of kings of Rwanda
- List of presidents of Rwanda
- List of kings of Burundi
- List of presidents of Burundi
Notes
External links
- World Statesmen – Ruanda-Urundi