Mai-Ndombe (proposed province)
Coordinates: 01°57′S 018°16′E / 1.95°S 18.267°E
Mai-Ndombe is one of 25 proposed provinces of the Democratic Republic of the Congo specified in the country's 2005 Constitution (effective 18 February 2006), under Article 2.[1]
[edit] Planned formation
Mai-Ndombe was to be created from country's the existing 10 provinces within 36 months (18 February 2009), according to Article 226.[2] As of October 2010, this had not taken place.[3] The new province was to be formed by combining Plateaux District, Mai-Ndombe District and the city of Bandundu, all in the present-day Bandundu Province. The capital of Mai-Ndombe province was to be Inongo.[4]
[edit] Former province
Mai-Ndombe was a separate province from 1962 to 1966, prior the creation of Bandundu from the post-colonial political regions of Kwango, Kwilu, and Mai-Ndombe. Presidents (from 1965, governors) were:
- 8 Sep 1962 - Dec 1963 Victor Kumoriko
- 23 Sep 1963 - 11 Oct 1963 V. Bola (in rebellion)
- Jan 1964 - Dec 1964 Gabriël Zangabie
- 1964 - 1965 ...
- 27 Jul 1965 - 25 Apr 1966 Daniël Mongiya
[edit] References
- ^ "Constitution de la République démocratique du Congo: Article 2". Wikisource. http://fr.wikisource.org/wiki/Constitution_de_la_R%C3%A9publique_d%C3%A9mocratique_du_Congo#Article_2.
- ^ "Constitution de la République démocratique du Congo: Article 226". Wikisource. http://fr.wikisource.org/wiki/Constitution_de_la_R%C3%A9publique_d%C3%A9mocratique_du_Congo#Article_2.
- ^ "The AMP conclave: Another step towards 2011 elections". Congo Siasa. http://congosiasa.blogspot.com/2010/10/amp-conclave-another-step-towards-2011.html.
- ^ "Provinces of the Democratic Republic of Congo". Statiods.com. http://www.statoids.com/ucd.html.
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