This list of governors of Kivu includes governors or equivalent officer holders of the province in the

Belgian Congo The Belgian Congo (french: Congo belge, ; nl, Belgisch-Congo) was a Belgian colony in Central Africa from 1908 until independence in 1960. The former colony adopted its present name, the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), in 1964. Colo ...

created as

Costermansville Province Bukavu is a city in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), lying at the extreme south-western edge of Lake Kivu, west of Cyangugu in Rwanda, and separated from it by the outlet of the Ruzizi River. It is the capital of the South Kivu pro ...

in 1933 from part of the old

Orientale Province Orientale Province ( French: ''Province orientale'', "Eastern province") is one of the former provinces of the Democratic Republic of the Congo and its predecessors the Congo Free State and the Belgian Congo. It went through a series of boundary ...

. The province was renamed

Kivu Province Kivu Province was a province in the Belgian Congo, originally called Costermansville Province, that was formed in 1933 from part of the old Orientale Province. The Republic of the Congo (Léopoldville) became independent in 1960, and between 196 ...

in 1947. It was broken into the provinces of

Maniema Maniema is one of 26 provinces of the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Its capital is Kindu. Toponymy Henry Morton Stanley explored the area, calling it Manyema.Stanley, H.M., 1899, Through the Dark Continent, London: G. Newnes, Vol. One , ...

North Kivu North Kivu (french: link=no, Nord-Kivu) is a province bordering Lake Kivu in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo. Its capital is Goma. North Kivu borders the provinces of Ituri to the north, Tshopo to the northwest, Maniema to the so ...

and

South Kivu South Kivu (''Jimbo la Kivu Kusini'' in Swahili), (french: Sud-Kivu) is one of 26 provinces of the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Its capital is Bukavu. History South Kivu Province was created from Sud-Kivu District in 1989, when the exis ...

from 10 May 1962 to 28 December 1966, then reunited. In 1988 it was again broken up into the provinces of

and

First period (1933–1962)

The province was named Costermansville Province from 1933 to 1947, then Kivu Province The governors or equivalent officer holders were:

Successor provinces (1962–1966)

* List of governors of Maniema *

List of governors of North Kivu This list of governors of North Kivu includes governors of the North Kivu province of the Democratic Republic of the Congo in the period from 1962 to 1966 when it was split out from the province of Kivu, and in the period from 1988 onward when it ...

* List of governors of South Kivu

Second period (1966–1988)

The governors or equivalent officer holders were:

References

{{reflist Governors of provinces of the Democratic Republic of the Congo * ¨*

First period (1933–1962)

Successor provinces (1962–1966)

Second period (1966–1988)

See also

References