This article lists the colonial residents of Rwanda, during the time when modern-day Rwanda was part of German East Africa and Ruanda-Urundi.
This article lists the colonial residents of Rwanda, during the time when modern-day Rwanda was part of German East Africa and Ruanda-Urundi.
(Dates in italics indicate de facto continuation of office)
| Tenure | Portrait | Incumbent | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| German suzerainty | |||
| 1897 to 1907 | the Residents in Urundi | ||
| August 1907 to 1911 |  | Richard Kandt , Resident | 1st term |
| 1911 to 1913 | Eberhard Gudowius , acting Resident | ||
| 1913 to 1914 | | Richard Kandt , Resident | 2nd term |
| 1914 to 17 May 1916 | Max Wintgens , acting Resident | ||
| 17 May 1916 to 17 June 1916 | ... Scharpes, Resident | ||
| Belgian suzerainty | |||
| 27 June 1916 to 30 April 1917 | Gustave Eugène Henri Stevens , Military Resident | ||
| 30 April 1917 to December 1918 | Gérard François Declerck , Military Resident | ||
| 4 February 1919 to 5 May 1919 | Georges Mortehan , Resident | 1st term | |
| 5 May 1919 to 1920 | Edouard van den Eende , Resident | ||
| 1920 to 28 November 1923 | Georges Mortehan , Resident | 2nd term | |
| 1924 to 18 February 1925 | Oger Coubeau , Resident | 1st term | |
| 1925 to 1926 | ... Keyser, acting Resident | ||
| 1926 to 15 September 1928 | Georges Mortehan , Resident | 3rd term | |
| September 1928 to 14 April 1929 | Oger Coubeau , acting Resident | 2nd term | |
| 14 April 1929 to 14 September 1929 | Georges Mortehan , Resident | 4th term | |
| 14 September 1929 to 8 January 1930 | H. Wilmin, Resident | ||
| 8 January 1930 to 18 December 1932 | Oger Coubeau , Resident | 3rd term | |
| 19 December 1932 to 1 March 1935 | Maurice Simon , Resident | 1st term | |
| 1 March 1935 to 1 October 1935 | ... Hombart, Resident | ||
| 1 October 1935 to 1 August 1938 | Maurice Simon , Resident | 2nd term | |
| 1 August 1938 to 24 January 1939 | Albert Gille , Resident | ||
| 24 January 1939 to 9 September 1940 | Maurice Simon , Resident | 3rd term | |
| 9 September 1940 to 15 April 1942 | Jean Paradis , Resident | 1st term | |
| 15 April 1942 to 1 July 1942 | Léon Grauls , Resident | 1st term | |
| 1 July 1942 to 21 September 1942 | Maurice Simon , Resident | 4th term | |
| 21 September 1942 to 15 April 1943 | Léon Grauls , Resident | 2nd term | |
| 15 April 1943 to 1 November 1943 | Jean Paradis , Resident | 2nd term | |
| 1 November 1943 to 1 December 1943 | Léon Grauls , Resident | 3rd term | |
| 1 December 1943 to 24 January 1944 | Jean Paradis , Resident | 3rd term | |
| 24 January 1944 to 27 February 1944 | Léon Grauls , Resident | 4th term | |
| 27 February 1944 to 31 March 1945 | George Victor Sandrart , Resident | 1st term | |
| 31 March 1945 to 4 August 1945 | Léon Grauls , Resident | 5th term | |
| 4 August 1945 to 19 March 1947 | George Victor Sandrart , Resident | 2nd term | |
| 19 March 1947 to 4 August 1947 | Daniel Vauthier , Resident | ||
| 4 August 1947 to 21 January 1948 | Marcel Édouard Antoine Dessaint , Resident | 1st term | |
| 28 January 1948 to 27 January 1951 | George Victor Sandrart , Resident | 3rd term | |
| 27 January 1951 to 1957 | Marcel Édouard Antoine Dessaint , Resident | 2nd term | |
| 1954 | ... Bourgeois, acting Resident | Acting for Dessaint | |
| 1957 to 11 November 1959 | André Preud'homme , Resident | ||
| 11 November 1959 to January 1962 | Guillaume "Guy" Logiest , Special Military Resident | Appointed following the outbreak of the Rwandan Revolution | |
| January 1962 to 1 July 1962 | Guillaume "Guy" Logiest , High Representative | ||
| 1 July 1962 | Independence as Republic of Rwanda | ||
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