François Wenner

François Wenner (19 July 1889 – 4 December 1965[1]) was a Belgian colonial administrator.

[2] Wenner left for the Congo in 1920 as a colonial administrator at Lebo, Bas-Uélé, and then in the Sankuru region.

[4][5] On 11 September 1940 Wenner succeeded Constant Wauters as commissioner of Lusambo Province.

[7] On 17 April 1957 F. Wenner, honorary provincial governor of the Belgian Congo, was among the guests at the inauguration of the Franco-Belgo-Luxembourgeoise tourism exposition.

[3] He made an important collection of African art, including the famous statue of Tulantshedy Matak, Kuba Regent, who lived in the 17th century.