Camille Janssen (5 December 1837–18 April 1926) was a
Belgian colonial civil servant and
lawyer
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who held the position of
Governor-General
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of the
Congo Free State
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from 1886 to 1892. After 1893,
Joseph Chailley
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would found the
International Colonial Institute, for which Janssen would be the secretary-general. His son,
Georges Janssen, would become head of the
National Bank of Belgium
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.
Further reading
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External links
Janssen, Camilleat Biographie Coloniale Belge
1837 births
1926 deaths
Governors-general of the Congo Free State
Lawyers from Liège
University of Liège alumni
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