List of governors of Équateur (former province)

It also includes commissioners of the Équateur District, created in 1888 in the Congo Free State, the precursor of the province.

On 25 April 1966 Cuvette Centrale, Moyen-Congo and Ubangi were reunited as Équateur province.

Équateur Station, which would become the present city of Mbandaka, was established for the International African Association by Alphonse van Gèle and Camille Coquilhat in 1883 on the left bank of the Congo River below the mouth of the Ruki River.

[1] The station heads were:[2] At the end of 1885 Charles Liebrechts was made responsible for the Équateur region.

In 1888, Guillaume François Van Kerkoven commanded the two districts of Ubangi-Uele and Équateur.