1956 in the Belgian Congo

← 1955 1954 1953 1956 in the Belgian Congo → 1957 1958 1959
Decades:	1930s 1940s 1950s 1960s

The following lists events that happened during 1956 in the Belgian Congo.

Incumbent

• Governor-general – Léo Pétillon

Events

Date	Event
	South Kivu Sugar Refinery is founded in Kiliba, South Kivu.[1]
	Alphonse De Valkeneer is appointed acting governor of the province of Équateur.[2]
January	Jean Paelinck (1906–1961) is appointed governor of Katanga Province.[2]
20 February	Bruno Tshibala, future prime minister of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, is born in Gandajika.
June	OK Jazz, later renamed TPOK Jazz, is formed in Léopoldville (now Kinshasa).[3]

See also

• Belgian Congo
• History of the Democratic Republic of the Congo

References

1. Taarifa Rwanda 2021.
2. Congo (Kinshasa) Provinces.
3. Franco Luambo Makiadi and TP OK Jazz.

Sources

• "Congo (Kinshasa) Provinces", Rulers.org, retrieved 5 August 2020
• "Franco Luambo Makiadi and TP OK Jazz", Kenypages.net, retrieved 16 April 2021
• Taarifa Rwanda (22 March 2021), South Kivu Sugar Factory Resumes Production After 25 Years Of Dormancy, Kigali: Taarifa Rwanda, retrieved 23 March 2021