Martin Rutten

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Martin Rutten
Maurice Lippens
Succeeded byAuguste Tilkens
Personal details
Born
Martin Jean Marie René Rutten

(1876-06-12)12 June 1876
Clermont-sur-Berwinne, Belgium
Died31 December 1944(1944-12-31) (aged 68)
Brussels, Belgium

Martin Rutten (1876–1944) was a

Governor-General of the Belgian Congo
from 1923 to 1927.

Biography

Martin Rutten was born in the village of

Walloon.[1] Rutten studied Law, gaining a doctorate, and later practiced as a lawyer in Verviers.[1]

In 1901, Rutten enlisted in the colonial civil service as a magistrate.

Bas-Congo to head the Prosecutor's Office (parquet général) at the Appeals Court in Léopoldville (now Kinshasa).[1] He was posted back to Katanga after the creation of a second appellate court at Élisabethville (now Lubumbashi) as prosecuting magistrate (procureur général).[1]

In October 1918, Rutten was promoted to the rank of Vice-Governor General.

Maurice Lippens after differences between him and the Ministry of the Colonies.[1] Rutten's appointment marked a change in colonial policy as previously most governors had been selected from military backgrounds. Louis Franck, however, selected Rutten because of his civilian background and because of his long personal experience in the Congo.[1] His term coincided with trade union unrest among colonial civil servants. He returned to Belgium at the end of his term in 1927.[2]

In retirement, Rutten was involved in colonial associations in Belgium including the Royal Belgian Colonial Institute.[2] He retired definitively in 1934 and died in Brussels on 31 December 1944.[3]

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f g h Biographie Coloniale Belge 1958, p. 714.
  2. ^ a b Biographie Coloniale Belge 1958, p. 715.
  3. ^ Biographie Coloniale Belge 1958, pp. 714–5.

Bibliography

  • "RUTTEN (Martin-Jean-Marie-René)" (PDF). Biographie Coloniale Belge. Vol. 5. Brussels: Académie Royale des Sciences Coloniales. 1958. pp. 714–5.

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