This list of governors of South Kivu includes governors or equivalent officerholders of the
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 ...
province of the
Democratic Republic of the Congo
The Democratic Republic of the Congo (french: République démocratique du Congo (RDC), colloquially "La RDC" ), informally Congo-Kinshasa, DR Congo, the DRC, the DROC, or the Congo, and formerly and also colloquially Zaire, is a country in ...
, created in 1989 when the former
Kivu
Kivu was the name for a large "region" in the Democratic Republic of the Congo under the rule of Mobutu Sese Seko that bordered Lake Kivu. It included three "Sub-Regions" ("Sous-Régions" in French): Nord-Kivu, Sud-Kivu and Maniema, correspondin ...
Province was divided into South Kivu,
North Kivu and
Maniema.
It also includes a list of governors of the earlier province named Kivu Central, then Sud-Kivu, between 1963 and 1966.
Kivu Central (1963–1966)
The province of Kivu Central (the present South Kivu) was created on 18 May 1963 out of part of the former Kivu province.
The province of Sud-Kivu was formed on 25 April 1966 when the provinces of Kivu Central and Maniema were united.
On 28 December 1966 Sud-Kivu became part of the restored Kivu province.
Second period (1988 – present)
The governors were:
See also
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List of governors of Kivu
This list of governors of Kivu includes governors or equivalent officer holders of the province in the Belgian Congo created as Costermansville Province in 1933 from part of the old Orientale Province. The province was renamed Kivu Province in ...
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References
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South Kivu
Governors of provinces of the Democratic Republic of the Congo