Luluabourg Province was created in 1962 from Kasai province. It was named after its main city, Luluabourg, which is now known as

Kananga Kananga, formerly known as Luluabourg or Luluaburg, is the capital city of the Kasai-Central Province in the Democratic Republic of the Congo and was the capital of the former Kasaï-Occidental Province. It is the fourth most populous urban ar ...

. It was incorporated into Kasai-Occidental Province in 1966 under the Mobutu regime. Presidents (from 1965, governors) of Luluabourg province were * September 1962 – September 1963, François Luakabwanga (1st time) * September 1963 – 25 September 1964, André Lubaya (d. 1968) * 25 September 1964 – December 1965, François Luakabwanga (2nd time) * January – 18 April 1966, Constantin Tshilumba * 18 – 25 April 1966, François Luakabwanga (3rd time)

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