List of colonial residents of Rwanda
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This article lists the colonial residents of Rwanda, during the time when modern-day Rwanda was part of German East Africa and Ruanda-Urundi.
List
[edit](Dates in italics indicate de facto continuation of office)
Tenure | Portrait | Incumbent | Notes |
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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 | ... Hombart, 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 | Appointed following the outbreak of the Rwandan Revolution | |
January 1962 to 1 July 1962 | Guillaume "Guy" Logiest, High Representative | ||
1 July 1962 | Independence as Republic of Rwanda |