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 1947. It was broken into the provinces of Maniema, North Kivu and South Kivu from 10 May 1962 to 28 December 1966, then reunited. In 1988 it was again broken up into the provinces of Maniema, North Kivu and South Kivu. [1]
The province was named Costermansville Province from 1933 to 1947, then Kivu Province The governors or equivalent officer holders were: [1]
| Start | End | Officeholder | Title |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1933 | 1935 | Georges Mortehan (1883–1955) | Commissioner of Costermansville |
| 1935 | 1941 | Joseph Noirot | Commissioner of Costermansville |
| 1941 | 1945 | Joseph Noirot | Governor of Costermansville |
| 1 July 1946 | 1951 | Antoine Liesnard (1898–1957) | Governor |
| 1951 | 1956 | Joseph-Paul Brasseur (1899–1956) | Governor |
| 1956 | Robert Spitaels (b. 1910) | Governor | |
| 1956 | 1957 | Georges Schmit (b. 1908) | Governor |
| 1957 | 1959 | Maurice Willaert (1910–2003) | Governor |
| 11 June 1960 | 24 December 1960 | Jean Miruho | President (1st time) |
| 26 June 1960 | July 1960 | Clément Walubila | President of the secessionist province of Maniema) |
| 2 January 1961 | 24 February 1961 | Anicet Kashamura (b. 1928) | President |
| 1961 | Antoine Omari | President of the secessionist State of Maniema) | |
| 24 February 1961 | 11 August 1961 | Taris Adrien Omari (b. 1916) | President |
| 18 September 1961 | 10 May 1962 | Jean Miruho | President (2nd time) |
The governors or equivalent officer holders were: [1]
| Start | End | Officeholder | Title |
|---|---|---|---|
| 28 December 1966 | 3 January 1967 | Denis Paluku (1936–2014) | Governor |
| 3 January 1967 | 9 August 1968 | Léon Engulu | Governor |
| 9 August 1968 | 5 August 1969 | Henri-Désiré Takizala (1936–2000) | Governor |
| 5 August 1969 | 15 January 1970 | Barthélemy Mukenge (1925–2018) | Governor |
| 15 January 1970 | 24 February 1972 | Paul Nauwelaerts | Governor |
| 24 February 1972 | 10 December 1976 | Ndebo-a-Kanda-di-Ne Kenza | Commissioner |
| 10 December 1976 | 21 January 1978 | Matabisi Iyualeke Ilande | Commissioner |
| 21 January 1978 | 18 January 1980 | Mulenda Shamuange Muteba | Commissioner |
| 18 January 1980 | 1986 | Mwando Nsimba (1936–2016) | Governor |
| 1986 | 1988 | Kilolo Musamba | Governor |
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