1933 in the Belgian Congo
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The following lists events that happened during 1933 in the Belgian Congo.
Incumbent
[edit]Events
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| 1 October | Équateur Province is renamed Coquihatville Province, under a provincial commissioner. The first commissioner was J. Jorrissen.[1] |
| 1 October | Orientale Province is divided into Costermansville Province (later Kivu Province) and Stanleyville Province.[2] |
| 1 October | Georges Mortehan (1883–1955) becomes commissioner of Costermansville Province.[3] |
| 1 October | Rodolphe Dufour becomes commissioner of Stanleyville Province.[3] |
| 1 October | Congo-Kasaï province is divided into the provinces of Lusambo and Léopoldville.[2] |
| 1 October | Constant Wauters becomes commissioner of Lusambo Province.[3] |
| 1 October | Katanga Province is renamed Elisabethville Province. Amour Maron (1891–1948) is appointed commissioner.[3] |
| 12 November | Bernardin Mungul Diaka, future prime minister of Zaire, is born. |
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ Lufungula 1986, p. 155.
- ^ a b Bruneau 2009, p. 8.
- ^ a b c d Congo (Kinshasa) Provinces.
Sources
[edit]- Bruneau, Jean-Claude (30 June 2009), "Les nouvelles provinces de la République Démocratique du Congo : construction territoriale et ethnicités", L'Espace Politique, 7 (2009–1), doi:10.4000/espacepolitique.1296, retrieved 8 August 2020
- "Congo (Kinshasa) Provinces", Rulers.org, retrieved 5 August 2020
- Lufungula, Lewono (1986), "Les gouverneurs de l'Équateur, 1885 - 1960", Annales Aequatoria, 7, Honoré Vinck: 149–166, JSTOR 25836402
