Haut-Congo Province
Former province
Coordinates: 0°31′N 25°12′E / 0.517°N 25.200°E / 0.517; 25.200
CountryRepublic of the Congo (Léopoldville)

Haut-Congo Province was a province of the Republic of the Congo (Léopoldville), now the Democratic Republic of the Congo. It was formed in April 1962 from part of the Orientale Province. In 1966 it was merged back into the reconstituted Orientale Province.

Location

"Haut Congo" means "Upper Congo", and refers to the province's location on the upper reaches of the Congo River.

History

Haut-Congo Province was formed on 27 April 1962 from part of the Orientale Province, the other parts becoming Ituri Province (later Kibali Ituri) and Uele Province.[1] On 28 December 1966 the Orientale Province was reconstituted.[2]

Presidents and governors

The heads of Haut-Congo Province were:[2]

StartEndOfficeholderTitle
March 19638 September 1963Marcel TshishikuExtraordinary commissioner
June 196326 June 1963Georges Grenfell (b. 1908)President
26 June 19631964Paul IsombumaPresident
19645 August 1964François AradjabuExtraordinary commissioner-general for the former province of Haut-Congo
16 September 1964November 1964Alphonse AbikwaPresident
November 19645 November 1966Ignace Michel AlamazaniPresident (from 1965, governor)
5 November 196628 December 1966Pierre EfomiGovernor

References

Sources

  • "Congo (Kinshasa) Provinces", Rulers.org, retrieved 2020-08-05
  • Kisangani, Emizet Francois; Bobb, Scott F. (1 October 2009), Historical Dictionary of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Scarecrow Press, ISBN 978-0-8108-6325-5, retrieved 14 August 2020
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