1925 in the Belgian Congo

← 1924 1923 1922 1925 in the Belgian Congo → 1926 1927 1928
Decades:	1900s 1910s 1920s 1930s 1940s

The following lists events that happened during 1925 in the Belgian Congo .

Incumbents

• Governor General – Martin Rutten

Events

Date	Event
	Kipushi Mine starts production.
	Compagnie sucrière Kwilu-Ngongo is created in the town of Kwilu Ngongo. [1]
	Charles Duchesne is appointed governor and deputy governor-general of the province of Équateur. [2]
March	Sonatra ( Société Nationale des Transports Fluviaux au Congo ) merges with the transport operations of the Compagnie Industrielle et de Transports au Stanley Pool (Citas) to create Unatra (Union nationale des Transports fluviaux). [3]
April	Albert National Park is established, the core of what would become Virunga National Park. [4]
2 July	Patrice Lumumba, first prime minister of the Republic of the Congo (Léopoldville), is born in Onalua in the Katako-Kombe Territory of the Kasaï Province .
5 October	Antoine Gizenga, future prime minister of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, is born in Mbanze.

See also

• Belgian Congo
• History of the Democratic Republic of the Congo

References

1. Finasucre - Kwilo Ngongo.
2. Congo (Kinshasa) Provinces.
3. Union National des Transports ... Yale.
4. Harroy 1993.

Sources

• "Congo (Kinshasa) Provinces", Rulers.org, retrieved 5 August 2020
• "Finasucre - Kwilo Ngongo Sugar Refining Mill", Industry About, 28 April 2019, archived from the original on 15 April 2021, retrieved 15 April 2021
• Harroy, J.P. (1993), "Contribution à l'histoire jusque 1934 de la création de l'Institut des parcs nationaux du Congo belge", Civilisations. Revue internationale d'anthropologie et de sciences humaines, 41 (41): 427–442, doi: 10.4000/civilisations.1732
• "Union National des Transports Fluviaux (Unatra)", Origins of Value, Yale School of Management, 2012, retrieved 14 March 2021