1922 in the Belgian Congo

The following lists events that happened during 1922 in the Belgian Congo.

Incumbent Governor-general – Maurice Lippens

Events

General

Date Event Alphonse Engels is appointed deputy governor-general of Congo-Kasaï January Georges Van der Kerken is appointed deputy governor-general of the province of Équateur (acting for Charles Duchesne). 16 January The Société Ciments du Katanga is created by royal decree to supply cement to the rapidly growing Union Minière du Haut-Katanga (UMHK) and other companies in southern Katanga and the two Kasais.

Births 22 February – Georges Yhambot, Congolese planter and politicianBazenguissa-Ganga, Rémy. Les voies du politique au Congo: essai de sociologie historique. Paris: Karthala, 1997. p. 447

See also

Belgian Congo History of the Democratic Republic of the Congo

References

Sources