List of Belgian ambassadors in the Democratic Republic of the Congo
On December 21, 1961, the Congolese politician and separatist Moïse Tschombé signed the Kitona agreement, an agreement with which he recognized the Basic Law (Loi Fondamentale) and placed the gendarmes from the Katanga province under the orders of Joseph Kasavubu .
| Appointment accreditation |
Surname | appointed by | accredited by the government | Leave post |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 30, 1960 | Jean van den Bosch | Baudouin I. | Joseph Kasavubu | September 14, 1960 |
| March 1, 1961 | Edouard Longerstaey | Baudouin I. | Joseph Kasavubu | January 30, 1962 |
| April 2, 1962 | Charles de Kerchove de Denterghem | Baudouin I. | Joseph Kasavubu | May 31, 1966 |
| June 22, 1966 | Paul Bihin | Baudouin I. | Mobutu Sese Seko | 20th November 1969 |
| November 21, 1969 | Jan Vanden Bloock | Baudouin I. | Mobutu Sese Seko | June 25, 1974 |
| July 11, 1974 | Charles Kerremans | Baudouin I. | Mobutu Sese Seko | 2nd July 1975 |
| 2nd February 1976 | Eugen Rittweger de Moor | Baudouin I. | Mobutu Sese Seko | June 15, 1980 |
| July 14, 1980 | Jean-Paul Van Bellinghen | Baudouin I. | Mobutu Sese Seko | 1st December 1983 |
| January 6, 1984 | Luc Putman | Baudouin I. | Mobutu Sese Seko | December 20, 1986 |
| January 8, 1987 | André Onkelinx | Baudouin I. | Mobutu Sese Seko | March 31, 1990 |
| April 27, 1990 | André Adam | Baudouin I. | Mobutu Sese Seko | August 18, 1991 |
| September 26, 1991 | Jean Coene | Baudouin I. | Mobutu Sese Seko | October 20, 1994 |
| December 6, 1994 | Johan Van Dessel | Albert II | Mobutu Sese Seko | August 10, 1997 |
| August 28, 1997 | Frank De Coninck | Albert II | Laurent-Désiré Kabila | November 22, 2000 |
| November 25, 2000 | Renier Nijskens | Albert II | Laurent-Désiré Kabila | July 24, 2004 |
| 4th October 2004 | Johan Swinnen | Albert II | Joseph Kabila | December 16, 2008 |
| February 2009 | Dominique Struye de Swielande | Albert II | Joseph Kabila |
Individual evidence
- ↑ Loi fondamentale sur la structure de l'État du Congo belge (French: Wikisource).
- ^ Robert Theobald: The UN and its future, HW Wilson. 1963, 190 pp., P. 73.
- ↑ List of the anciens chefs de la mission diplomatique belge à Kinshasa (PDF), accessed on April 29, 2011 (French).
- ↑ Lijst van voormalige posthoofden (PDF; 50 kB), accessed on April 29, 2011 (Dutch).
- ^ Tshombé homecoming - Telegram No. 1976 - Congo, In: Der Spiegel July 15, 1964, accessed on April 29, 2011.