List of colonial governors of Ruanda-Urundi

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.

For residents of the subregion of Ruanda, see List of colonial residents of Rwanda.
For residents of the subregion of Urundi, see List of colonial residents of Burundi.
Ruanda-Urundi (dark green) depicted within the Belgian colonial empire (light green), 1935.

German rule

(Dates in italics indicate de facto continuation of office)

Military District of Ujiji
Tenure Incumbent Notes
1896 to 189?Hans von Ramsay, Commander 
1898 to 1901Heinrich von Bethe, Commander 

Military District of Usumbura
Tenure Incumbent Notes
1899 to 1902Heinrich Bethe, Commander 
1902 to 1904Friedrich Robert von Beringe, Commander 
1904 to 1906Werner von Grawert, Commander 
Military Residency of Urundi and Ruanda
1906 to 15 November 1907Werner von Grawert, Military Resident 
15 November 1907Division into two civil residencies: Ruanda and Urundi

Belgian rule
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)
Tenure Incumbent Notes
May 1916 to 1916Philippe Molitor, Commander of the Northern Brigade 
1916 to 1917Armand Huyghé, Commander of the Northern Brigade 

Territories east of Lake Kivu and Lake Tanganyika (including Southern Ruanda and Urundi)
Tenure Incumbent Notes
June 1916 to 1917Frederik-Valdemar Olsen, Commander of the Southern Brigade 

Belgian-occupied East African territories
Tenure Incumbent Notes
1916 to 22 November 1916Charles Tombeur, Military Governor 
22 November 1916 to May 1919Justin Malfeyt, Royal Commissioner for Occupied East Africa 
May 1919 to 20 October 1924Alfred Marzorati, Royal Commissioner for Occupied East Africa 
November 1921 to July 1922Pierre Ryckmans, acting Royal Commissioner for Occupied East Africa 

Ruanda-Urundi mandate / trust territory
Map of Ruanda-Urundi.
Tenure Incumbent Notes
Ruanda-Urundi (League of Nations mandate)
20 October 1924 to 28 August 1926Alfred Marzorati, Royal Commissioner1st term; on 1 March 1926, Ruanda-Urundi was administratively united with Belgian Congo
15 November 1925 to 13 December 1926Pierre Ryckmans, acting Royal Commissioner 
28 August 1926 to 5 February 1929Alfred Marzorati, Governor and Deputy Governor-General of the Belgian Congo2nd term
5 February 1929 to 4 July 1930Louis Postiaux, acting Governor and Deputy Governor-General of the Belgian Congo 
4 July 1930 to 18 August 1932Charles Voisin, Governor and Deputy Governor-General of the Belgian Congo 
18 August 1932 to 5 July 1946Eugène Jungers, Governor and Deputy Governor-General of the Belgian Congo 
5 July 1946 to 13 December 1946Maurice Simon, Governor and Deputy Governor-General of the Belgian Congo (acting) 
Ruanda-Urundi (United Nations trust territory)
13 December 1946 to 1947Maurice Simon, Governor and Deputy Governor-General of the Belgian Congo 
1947 to August 1949Maurice Simon, Governor and Deputy Governor-General of the Belgian Congo 
August 1949 to 1 January 1952Léo Pétillon, Governor and Deputy Governor-General of the Belgian Congo 
1 January 1952 to 1 March 1955Alfred Marie Joseph Claeys-Boúúaert (Bouüaert in Dutch), Governor and Deputy Governor-General of the Belgian Congo 
1 March 1955 to 1960Jean-Paul Harroy, Governor and Deputy Governor-General of the Belgian Congo 
1960 to 1 July 1962Jean-Paul Harroy, Resident-General 
1 July 1962Independence as Kingdom of Burundi and Republic of Rwanda

For continuation after independence, see: Kings of Burundi and Presidents of Rwanda

See also
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