This list of governors of Orientale Province includes governors or equivalent officerholders of the original
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 ...
created 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 ...
in 1913, and of the successor provinces until the 2015 break-up of the province into the provinces of
Bas-Uélé
Bas-Uélé (French for "Lower Uélé") is one of the 21 new provinces of the Democratic Republic of the Congo created in the 2015 repartitioning. Bas-Uélé, Haut-Uélé, Ituri, and Tshopo provinces are the result of the dismemberment of the fo ...
,
Haut-Uélé
Haut-Uélé (French for "Upper Uélé") is one of the 21 new provinces of the Democratic Republic of the Congo created in the 2015 repartitioning. Haut-Uélé, Bas-Uélé, Ituri, and Tshopo provinces are the result of the dismemberment of the f ...
,
Ituri
Ituri is one of the 21 new provinces of the Democratic Republic of the Congo created in the 2015 repartitioning. Ituri, Bas-Uele, Haut-Uele, and Tshopo provinces are the result of the dismemberment of the former Orientale province. Ituri was ...
and
Tshopo
Tshopo is one of the 21 new provinces of the Democratic Republic of the Congo created in the 2015 repartitioning. It is situated in the north central part of the country on the Tshopo River, for which it is named.
Tshopo, Bas-Uele, Haut-Uel ...
.
Orientale/Oost Province was divided in 1933 into
Costermansville Province
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(later Kivu Province) and Stanleyville Province.
Stanleyville Province was renamed Orientale/Oost Province from 1947 to 1963, when it was broken up into Kibali-Ituri, Uélé and Haut-Congo provinces.
Orientale Province was reconstituted in 1966. It was renamed Haut-Zaïre Province from 1971–1997, then returned to the name of Orientale Province from 1997 to 2015.
First period (1913–1963)
The governors or equivalent of Orientale/Oost Province and Stanleyville Province from 1913 to 1963 were:
Successor provinces (1963–1966)
Between 1963 and 1966 Orientale was broken up into the Kibali-Ituri, Uélé and Haut-Congo provinces.
Kibali-Ituri
The head of Kibali-Ituri Province was:
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Uélé
The heads of Uélé Province were:[
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Haut-Congo
The heads of Haut-Congo Province were:[
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Second period (1966–2015)
The governors or equivalent of Orientale Province and Haut-Zaïre Province from 1966 to 2015 were:[
]
See also
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Governors of provinces of the Democratic Republic of the Congo
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