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Camille Janssen | |
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 Portrait of Janssen in c.1908 | |
| Governor-General of the Congo Free State | |
| In office 30 July 1886 – 1 July 1892 | |
| Monarch | Leopold II |
| Preceded by | Francis de Winton (as Administrator-General) |
| Succeeded by | Théophile Wahis |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 5 December 1837 Liège, Belgium |
| Died | 18 April 1926 (aged 88) Brussels, Belgium |
Camille Janssen (5 December 1837–18 April 1926) was a Belgian colonial civil servant and lawyer who held the position of Governor-General of the Congo Free State from 1886 to 1892. After 1893, Joseph Chailley 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.