List of Belgian colonial ministers

This is a list of Ministers of the Colonies of Belgium, from 1908, when the Congo Free State became the Belgian Congo, to 1960 with the independence of the Republic of the Congo. Up until 1923, the Belgian Congo contained the province of Ruanda-Urundi.

Ministers of the Belgian Congo

	Colonial minister	Party	Mandate
1.	Jules Renkin	Catholic	30 October 1908 - 21 November 1918
2.	Louis Franck	Liberal	21 November 1918 - 11 March 1924
3.	Henri Carton de Tournai	Catholic	11 March 1924 - 20 May 1926
4.	Maurice Houtart	Catholic	20 May 1926 - 15 November 1926
5.	Édouard Pecher	Liberal	16 November 1926 - 27 December 1926
6.	Maurice Houtart	Catholic	29 December 1926 - 18 January 1927
7.	Henri Jaspar	Catholic	18 January 1927 - 19 October 1929
8.	Paul Tschoffen	Catholic	19 October 1929 - 24 December 1929
9.	Henri Jaspar	Catholic	27 February 1930 - 18 June 1931
10.	Paul Charles	Catholic	18 March 1931 - 16 August 1931
11.	Paul Crokaert	Catholic	6 June 1931 - 25 May 1932
12.	Paul Tschoffen	Catholic	23 May 1932 - 13 November 1934
13.	Paul Charles	Catholic	20 November 1934 - 25 March 1935
14.	Edmond Rubbens	Catholic	25 March 1935 - 27 April 1938
15.	Albert de Vleeschauwer	Catholic	15 May 1938 - 22 February 1939
16.	Gaston Heenen	Catholic	21 February 1939 - 16 April 1939
17.	Albert de Vleeschauwer	Catholic	16 April 1939 - 31 January 1945
18.	Edgar De Bruyne	CVP-PSC	12 February 1945 - 16 June 1945
19.	Robert Godding	Liberal	2 August 1945 - 18 February 1946
20.	Lode Craeybeckx	Socialist	13 March 1946 - 20 March 1946
21.	Robert Godding	Liberal	31 March 1946 - 11 March 1947
22.	Pierre Wigny	CVP-PSC	20 March 1947 - 12 August 1950
23.	André Dequae	CVP-PSC	15 August 1950 - 12 April 1954
24.	Auguste Buisseret	Liberal	23 April 1954 - 2 June 1958
25.	Léon Pétillon	CVP-PSC	5 July 1958 - 6 November 1958
	Minister of the Belgian Congo and Ruanda-Urundi
26.	Maurice Van Hemelrijck	CVP-PSC	6 November 1958 - 2 September 1959
27.	August de Schryver	CVP-PSC	3 September 1959 - 2 September 1960
	Minister of African Affairs
28.	Harold d'Aspremont Lynden	CVP-PSC	2 September 1960 - 27 March 1961

See also

• List of Prime Ministers of Belgium
• List of kings of Belgium
• Belgian colonial empire

Notes

• Raymond Scheyven (Catholic) was "Minister responsible for economic and financial affairs in the Belgian Congo and Ruanda-Urundi" from 17 November 1959 to 2 September 1960 ;
• Walter Ganshof van der Meersch was "Minister responsible for general African affairs" from 16 May 1960 to 20 July 1960.
• The Congo became independent on 30 June 1960 ;
• Ruanda-Urundi, split between the states of Rwanda and Burundi, became independent on 1 July 1962.

Lists after 1960

• List of presidents of the Democratic Republic of Congo
• List of presidents of Rwanda
• List of Presidents of Burundi

Bibliography

• Guy Vanthemsche, La Belgique et le Congo. Nouvelle Histoire de Belgique (Volume 4), Édition complexe, 2007.