1933 in the Belgian Congo
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Events
| Date | Event |
|---|---|
| 1 October | Ãquateur 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 (1883â1955) 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 (1891â1948) is appointed commissioner.[3] |
| 12 November | Bernardin Mungul Diaka, future prime minister of Zaire, is born. |