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Gustav Adolf von Götzen
German explorer and Governor of German East Africa
Years: 1866 - 1910
Gustav Adolf Graf von Götzen (May 12, 1866 – December 2, 1910) is a German explorer and Governor of German East Africa.
He comes to Rwanda in 1894 at the head of a troop of six hundred and twenty soldiers, becoming the second European to set foot in Rwanda, after Oscar Baumann, and later becomse the first European to cross the length of Rwanda.
Götzen is the first governor of German East Africa.
