List of colonial governors of Rwanda

List of Colonial Heads of Rwanda (Ruanda)

Tenure	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	... Hambart, 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
January 1962 to 1 July 1962	Guillaume "Guy" Logiest, High Representative
1 July 1962	Independence as Republic of Rwanda

See also

• List of colonial governors of Ruanda-Urundi

External links

• World Statesmen – Rwanda