List of colonial governors in 1959
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France

  • French Somaliland
    Djibouti
    Djibouti , officially the Republic of Djibouti , is a country in the Horn of Africa. It is bordered by Eritrea in the north, Ethiopia in the west and south, and Somalia in the southeast. The remainder of the border is formed by the Red Sea and the Gulf of Aden at the east...

    - Jacques Marie Julien Compain, Governor of French Somaliland (1958-1962)

Portugal

  • Angola
    Angola
    Angola, officially the Republic of Angola , is a country in south-central Africa bordered by Namibia on the south, the Democratic Republic of the Congo on the north, and Zambia on the east; its west coast is on the Atlantic Ocean with Luanda as its capital city...

    - Horácio José de Sá Viana Rebelo, High Commissioner of Angola (1956-1960)

United Kingdom

  • Aden
    Aden
    Aden is a seaport city in Yemen, located by the eastern approach to the Red Sea , some 170 kilometres east of Bab-el-Mandeb. Its population is approximately 800,000. Aden's ancient, natural harbour lies in the crater of an extinct volcano which now forms a peninsula, joined to the mainland by a...

    • Governor - Sir William Henry Tucker Luce, Governor of Aden (1956-1960)
  • Northern Rhodesia
    Zambia
    Zambia , officially the Republic of Zambia, is a landlocked country in Southern Africa. The neighbouring countries are the Democratic Republic of the Congo to the north, Tanzania to the north-east, Malawi to the east, Mozambique, Zimbabwe, Botswana and Namibia to the south, and Angola to the west....

    • Governor -
      1. Sir Arthur Benson, Governor of Northern Rhodesia (1954-1959)
      2. Sir Evelyn Dennison Hone
        Evelyn Dennison Hone
        Sir Evelyn Dennison Hone, KCMG was the last Governor of Northern Rhodesia, from 1959 until Zambia's independence in 1964.-Life:Hone was born in Salisbury, Southern Rhodesia, on 13 December 1911. After studying at Oxford University as a Rhodes Scholar, Hone entered the Colonial Service and served...

        , Governor of Northern Rhodesia (1959-1964)
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