# List of governors of Cesar Department

Number of governors of the Department of Cesar by party affiliation :
| Party | Governors |
| Liberal | 16 |
| Conservative | 5 |
| Green | 1 |
The governor of Cesar Department is the popularly elected leader of the department of Cesar in northern Colombia to manage executive functions.
Since the establishment of the Cesar Department on December 21, 1967, governors were appointed by the president of Colombia until the Colombian Constitution of 1991 changed it to election by popular vote.

## Governors

| Order | Governor | Term | Notes |
| 1 | Alfonso López Michelsen | December 21, 1967 - August 14, 1968 | First Governor of the Department of Cesar |
| 2 | Luis Roberto García | August 16, 1968 - September 28, 1968 | Interim |
| 3 | Alfonso Araújo Cotes | September 21, 1968 - August 21, 1970 | |
| 4 | José Antonio Murgas | August 22, 1970 - June 17, 1971 | |
| 5 | Manuel Germán Cuello | June 19, 1971 - August 13, 1974 | |
| 6 | Luis Roberto García | August 14, 1974 - March 13, 1975 | |
| 7 | Guillermo Baute Pavajeau | March 14, 1975 - May 19, 1975 | |
| 8 | Ernesto Palencia Caratt | May 22, 1975 - June 5, 1975 | Interim |
| 9 | Alfonso Araújo Cotes | June 7, 1975 - August 30, 1977 | |
| 10 | Armando Barros Baquero | August 31, 1977 - April 25, 1978 | |
| 10 | Jaime Murgas Arzuaga | April 25, 1978 - August 24, 1978 | |
| 11 | José Guillermo Castro Castro | August 25, 1978 - March 12, 1981 | |
| 12 | Carmen García Vargas | March 12, 1981 - March 23, 1981 | Interim |
| 13 | Jorge Dangond Daza | March 23, 1981 - August 27, 1982 | Appointed by General Gustavo Rojas Pinilla. |
| 14 | Edgardo Pupo Pupo | August 27, 1982 - August 23, 1983 | |
| 15 | Luis Rodriguez Valera | August 23, 1983 - August 25, 1986 | |
| 16 | Maria Inés Castro de Ariza | August 25, 1986 - March 6, 1987 | |
| 17 | Alfredo Araujo Castro | March 7, 1987 - April 13, 1989 | Interim |
| 18 | Paulina Mejía de Castro | April 14, 1989 - February 8, 1990 | |
| 19 | Armando Maestre Pavajeau | February 9, 1990 - September 2, 1990 | |
| 20 | Adalberto Ovalle Muñoz | September 3, 1990 - June 14, 1991 | |
| 21 | Juan Carlos Quintero Castro | June 15, 1991 - July 18, 1991 | |
| 22 | Abraham José Romero | July 19, 1991 - November 13, 1991 | |
| 23 | Carlos Alberto Henao | November 14, 1991 - January 1, 1992 | |
| 24 | Lucas Segundo Gnecco Cerchar | January 1, 1992 - January 1, 1995 | First popularly elected governor |
| 25 | Mauricio Pimiento | January 1, 1995 - January 1, 1998 | |
| 26 | Lucas Segundo Gnecco Cerchar | January 1, 1998 - 2000 | |
| 27 | César Gustavo Solano Noriega | 2000 | Interim |
| 28 | Rafael Bolaños Guerrero | January 1, 2001 - January 1, 2004 | |
| 29 | Hernando Molina Araujo | January 1, 2005 - May 17, 2007 | Involved in the Colombian parapolitics scandal |
| 30 | Luis Carlos Ramirez Ariza | May 17, 2007 - July 26, 2007 | Interim |
| 31 | Rodrigo Canosa | July 26, 2007 - December 21, 2007 | Interim - Removed on charges of corruption |
| 32 | Clara Inés Collazos | December 21, 2007 - January 1, 2008 | Interim |
| 33 | Cristian Moreno Panezo | January 1, 2008 - December 31, 2011 | |
| 34 | Luis Alberto Monsalvo Gnecco | January 1, 2012 – Present | |