Name Henri Cornelis | Died 1999 | |
Hendrik A. A. Cornelis (1910–1999) was a Belgian colonial civil servant who served as the last Governor-General of the Belgian Congo from 12 July 1958 until 30 June 1960. He was succeeded by Joseph Kasa-Vubu as first president of the independent Republic of the Congo on 1 July 1960.
Cornelis was born in Oudenaarde in Belgium on 18 September 1910. Gaining a doctorate in business studies from the University of Ghent, he left in 1934 as an officer for the Regional Office of the Belgian Congo. In 1951, he was appointed commissioner of the Ten-Year Plan in 1953 and Vice-Governor-General.
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