<th width="20%">Term
<th width="30%">Incumbent
<th width="30%" align=left>Notes
| International Association of the Congo
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| 23 February 1885 | Sovereign status recognised by the Berlin Conference
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| 23 February 1885 to 1 July 1885 | Maximilien Strauch, President of the International Association of the Congo
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| Independent Congo Free State
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| 1 July 1885 to 1886 | Sir Francis Walter de Winton, Administrator-general
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| 1886 to 1887 | Camille Janssen, Administrator-general
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| 1887 to 1890 | Camille Janssen, Governor-General
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| 1 December 1890 to 24 March 1891 | Camille Coquilhat, acting Governor-General
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| 1891 to 1892 | Félix Fuchs, acting Governor-General | 1st Term
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| 1 July 1892 to 1896 | Théophile Wahis, Governor-General | 1st Term
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| 1896 to 1900 | Émile Wangermée, acting Governor-General
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| 1900 to 15 November 1908 | Théophile, baron Wahis, Governor-General | 2nd Term
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| Belgian Congo | annexed by Belgium
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| 15 November 1908 to 1912 | Théophile, baron Wahis, Governor-General
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| 20 May 1912 to 5 January 1916 | Félix Fuchs, Governor-General | 2nd Term
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| 5 January 1916 to 30 January 1921 | Eugène Henry, Governor-General
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| 30 January 1921 to 24 January 1923 | Maurice Lippens, Governor-General
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| 24 January 1923 to 27 December 1927 | Martin Rutten, Governor-General
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| 27 December 1927 to 14 September 1934 | Auguste Tilkens, Governor-General
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| 14 September 1934 to 31 December 1946 | Pierre Ryckmans, Governor-General
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| 31 December 1946 to 1 January 1952 | Eugène Jungers, Governor-General
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| 1 January 1952 to 12 July 1958 | Léon Pétillon, Governor-General
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| 12 July 1958 to 30 June 1960 | Henri Cornelis, Governor-General
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| 1 July 1960 | independence as Republic of the Congo
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