# List of governors of Kasaï Oriental Province

This list of governors of Kasaï Oriental Province includes governors of the former Kasaï-Oriental Province of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, created in 1966 by merging Lomami, Sankuru and Sud-Kasaï provinces, which had been split from the former Kasaï province. It also contains lists of governors of the three predecessor provinces.
Kasaï Oriental was split in 2015 into the new, smaller Kasaï-Oriental, Lomami and Sankuru provinces.

## Predecessor provinces (1962–1966)

The governors (or equivalent) of the provinces that were combined to form Kasaï Oriental Province were:

### Lomami

| Start | End | Officeholder | Title |
| 15 September 1962 | April 1966 | Dominique Manono | President, from 1965, governor |
| 18 Apr 1966 | 25 April 1966 | Jean Marie Kikalanga | Governor |

### Sankuru

| Start | End | Officeholder | Title |
| 14 September 1962 | December 1963 | André Diumasumbu | President |
| 1 January 1963 | April 1963 | Athanase Ndjadi | President (in rebellion) |
| 27 December 1963 | June 1965 | Paul Marcel Sumbu | President |
| 1 June 1965 | 27 January 1966 | Benoît Wetshindjadi | Governor |
| 18 April 1966 | 25 April 1966 | Étienne Kihuyu | Governor |

### Sud-Kasaï

| Start | End | Officeholder | Title |
| 9 August 1960 | 12 April 1961 | Albert Kalonji (1929–2015) | President |
| 12 April 1961 | 14 July 1961 | Albert I Kalonji | King |
| August 1962 | October 1962 | Sébastien Ikolo | Special commissioner |
| 12 October 1962 | July 1965 | Joseph Ngalula (b. 1928) | President |
| August 1965 | 25 April 1966 | Jonas Mukamba (b. 1931) | Governor |

## Governors of Kasaï Oriental

The governors of Kasaï Oriental were:
| Start | End | Officeholder | Title |
| 25 April 1966 | 3 January 1967 | Jonas Mukamba | Governor |
| 3 January 1967 | 9 August 1968 | Henri-Désiré Takizala [de] (1936–2000) | Governor |
| 9 August 1968 | 23 December 1970 | Bernard Ndebo | Governor |
| 23 December 1970 | 9 Jul 1971 | André William Ntikala | Governor |
| 9 Jul 1971 | 24 February 1972 | Derikoye Tite Avungara | Governor |
| 24 February 1972 | 15 Jul 1972 | Boji Ntole | Governor |
| 15 Jul 1972 | 19 March 1974 | Mozagba Ngbuka | Commissioner |
| 19 March 1974 | 10 February 1976 | Matabisi Iyualeke Ilande | Commissioner |
| 10 February 1976 | 21 January 1978 | Kyalwe Mihambo | Commissioner |
| 21 January 1978 | 18 January 1980 | Kamakanda N'koma | Commissioner |
| 18 January 1980 | 10 October 1981 | Efambe Ey'Olanga | Governor |
| 10 October 1981 | 19 March 1983 | Zamundu Agenong'Ka | Governor |
| 19 March 1983 | 1 January 1985 | Duga Kugbe Toro (d. 2010) | Governor |
| 1 January 1985 | 10 March 1985 | Konde Vila Kikanda | Governor |
| 10 March 1985 | 26 April 1986 | Mananga Dintoko Pholo | Governor |
| 26 April 1986 | 1987 | Mpambia Musanga Bekaja (b. 1935) | Governor |
| | | Bangala Basila (b. 1943) | Governor |
| | | Bashala Kantu wa Milandu | Governor |
| 1989 | 1992 | Elias Kakule Mbahingana (1947–2011) | Governor |
| | | Dikonda wa Lumanyisha | Governor |
| April 1997 | November 1997 | Mbuyi Mulomba | Governor |
| 27 November 1997 | January 1999 | Omer Kamba | Governor |
| | | Mbala Muana | Governor |
| 15 March 1999 | 1999 | Jean-Charles Okoto (b. 1955) | Governor |
| | March 2001 | Paul Kabongo | Governor |
| March 2001 | 26 November 2001 | | |
| 26 November 2001 | 26 May 2004 | Jean-Marie Mbala | Governor |
| 26 May 2004 | 16 March 2007 | Dominique Kanku [fr] (b. 1963) | Governor |
| 16 March 2007 | 29 October 2015 | Alphonse Ngoyi Kasanji (b. 1963) | Governor |
| 29 October 2015 | 8 May 2019 | Alphonse Ngoyi Kasanji | Special commissioner, then governor from April 2016 |
| 8 May 2019 | | Jean Maweja Muteba (b. 1958) | Governor |