Auguste Tilkens

Auguste Tilkens

Governor-General of the Belgian Congo
In office 27 December 1927 – 14 September 1934
Monarch	Albert I (1927–34) Leopold III (1934)
Preceded by	Martin Rutten
Succeeded by	Pierre Ryckmans
Personal details
Born	Auguste Constant Tilkens (1869-10-01)1 October 1869 Ostend, Belgium
Died	1 December 1949(1949-12-01) (aged 80) Brussels, Belgium

Auguste Tilkens (1 October 1869 – 1 December 1949) was a Belgian civil servant and governor-general of the Belgian Congo from 27 December 1927 until 14 September 1934.

References

TILKENS (Auguste Constantin) in Biographie Belge d'Outre-Mer (Académie Royale des Sciences d'Outre-Mer; T. VI, 1968, col. 1004–1011) (French)
Gouverneurs du Congo
Congo (Kinshasa)

Colonial governors of the Congo Free State and the Belgian Congo (1885–1960)

Congo Free State (1885–1908)	Francis de Winton Camille Janssen Théophile Wahis

Belgian Congo (1908–1960)	Théophile Wahis Félix Fuchs Eugène Henry Maurice Lippens Martin Rutten Auguste Tilkens Pierre Ryckmans Eugène Jungers Léo Pétillon Hendrik Cornelis

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