List of governors of Papua

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Governor of Papua is the regional head who holds the provincial government in Papua together with the Deputy Governor of Papua. The Governor and Deputy Governor of Papua are elected through general elections which are held every 5 years. The current governor of Papua is Ridwan Rumasukun.

The following is a list of the governors of Papua, including when they were still called West Irian and Irian Jaya.

No.PhotoGovernorTook officeLeft officeVice GovernorR
Governor of West Irian in exile (1956-1963)
1 Zainal Abidin Syah.jpg Zainal Abidin Syah
(1912–1967)		23 September 1956end of 1961 [1]
2 Colonel Pamoedji.jpg Pamoedjiend of 19611 May 1963
Governor of West Irian (1963-1973)
3 Nieuw-Guinea Raad op Euromast, Bestanddeelnr 912-9197 (Eliezer Jan Bonay).jpg Eliëzer Jan Bonaÿ
(1923–1990)		1 May 196326 November 1964Pamoedji [2]
4 Frans Kaisiepo, Irian Barat dari Masa ke Masa, Preface (cropped).jpg Frans Kaisiepo
(1921–1979)		26 November 19641 March 1973 Agus Subekti
(1964–1965)		 [3]
Mohammad Sarwono
(1967–1973)
Governor of Irian Jaya (1973-2000)
4 Frans Kaisiepo, Irian Barat dari Masa ke Masa, Preface (cropped).jpg Frans Kaisiepo
(1921–1979)		1 March 197329 June 1973Mohammad Sarwono
(1973)		 [3]
5 Acub Zainal in combat uniform, Irian Barat dari Masa ke Masa, p234-235 (cropped).jpg Acub Zainal
(1926–2008)		29 June 197331 March 1975Jan Mamoribo
(1973–1976)		 [4]
— Soetran, Buku Pelengkap IV Pemilihan Umum 1977 (1978), p764.jpg Soetran
(1921–1987)		31 March 197512 August 1975 [5]
612 August 19754 September 1980 [6]
Elias Paprindey
(acting, 1977-1980)
—4 September 198020 January 1981 [7]
Izaac Hindom
(1980-1982)
7 Busiri Suryowinoto.jpg Busiri Suryowinoto
(1926–1982)		20 January 19814 August 1982 [8]
— Izaac Hindom, Api Perjuangan Pembebasan Irian Barat.jpg Izaac Hindom
(1934–2009)		4 August 198212 November 1982none [9]
812 November 198218 November 1987Sugiyono
(1983-1985)
Poedjono Pranyoto
(1985-1988)
—18 November 198713 April 1988 [10]
9 Barnabas Suebu 2006.jpg Barnabas Suebu
(1945–)		13 April 198813 April 1993 [11]
Soedardjat Nataatmadja
(1988-1993)
10 Jacob Pattipi, Mimbar Departemen Dalam Negeri.jpg Jacob Pattipi
(1939–2001)		13 April 19939 April 1998 [12]
Basyir Bachtiar
(1993-1998)
John Djopari
(1998-2000)
Herman Monim
(1996-1998)
Abraham Octavianus Atururi
(1998-2000)
11 Freddy Numberi as Minister of Marine Affairs and Fisheries.jpg Freddy Numberi
(1947–)		9 April 19981 January 2000 [lower-alpha 1] [14]
Governor of Papua (2000-now)
11 Freddy Numberi as Minister of Marine Affairs and Fisheries.jpg Freddy Numberi
(1947–)		1 January 200015 April 2000 John Djopari [14]
—Musiran Darmosuwito15 April 200023 November 2000 [15]
12 Jacobus Pervidya Solossa.jpg Jacobus Perviddya Solossa
(1949–2005)		23 November 200023 November 2005 Constant Karma
—23 November 200519 December 2005
— Andi Baso Bassaleng.jpg Andi Baso Bassaleng
(1947–2013)		20 December 20059 January 2006none [16]
— Sodjuangon Situmorang.jpg Sodjuangon Situmorang
(1949–)		9 January 200625 July 2006 [17]
(9) Barnabas Suebu 2006.jpg Barnabas Suebu
(1945–)		25 July 200625 July 2011 Alex Hesegem [18]
— Syamsul Arief Rivai in Interior Ministry.jpg Syamsul Arif Rivai
(1952–)		25 July 20111 November 2012none [19]
— Constant Karma, Pj. Gubernur Papua.jpg Constant Karma
(1954–)		5 November 20129 April 2013 [20] [21]
13 Lukas Enembe Official Portrait as Governor of Papua Province.jpg Lukas Enembe
(1967–2023)		9 April 201326 February 2018 Klemen Tinal [22]
— Pj. Gubernur Papua Soedarmo.jpg Soedarmo
(1956–)		26 February 20189 April 2018none [23]
10 April 2018
5 September 2018
 [24]
14 Lukas Enembe Official Portrait as Governor of Papua Province.jpg Lukas Enembe
(1967–2023)
5 September 2018
11 January 2023
 Klemen Tinal
(2018–2021)		 [25]
— Penjabat Gubernur Papua Ridwan Rumasukun (cropped).jpg Ridwan Rumasukun
(1964–)
11 January 2023
Incumbentnone [26]

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Notes

  1. ↑ Also held office as the Minister of State Minister of State Apparatus Utilization since 29 October 1999. [13]
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