This article lists governors that have ruled the Indonesian province of South Sumatra.
| No. | Photo | Governor | Took office | Left office | Vice Governor | R | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | | Adnan Kapau Gani | 17 May 1946 | 16 October 1946 | [1] | ||
| 2 | | Mohammad Isa | 16 October 1946 | 25 June 1948 | [2] | ||
| 25 June 1948 | 1 August 1954 | [2] | |||||
| 3 | | Winarno Danuatmodjo | 1 August 1954 | 1957 | [3] | ||
| 4 | | M. Husien | 1957 | 1958 | |||
| 5 | | Mochtar Prabu Mangkunegara | 1958 | 1959 | [4] | ||
| 6 | Achmad Bastari | 4 January 1960 | November 1963 | ||||
| — | M. Sorimuda Pohan | November 1963 | 1964 | ||||
| R. Abdullah | |||||||
| R. Sugiharto | |||||||
| Ali Amin | |||||||
| 7 | | Abujazid Bustomi | 1963 | 1966 | |||
| 8 | | Ali Amin | 1966 | 1967 | |||
| 9 | | Asnawi Mangku Alam | 10 January 1968 | 6 April 1973 | [4] | ||
| 6 April 1973 | 8 April 1978 | [4] | |||||
| — | 8 April 1978 | 12 September 1978 | [5] | ||||
| 10 | | Sainan Sagiman | 12 September 1978 | 12 September 1983 | [6] | ||
| 12 September 1983 | 12 September 1988 | [7] | |||||
| 11 | | Ramli Hasan Basri | 12 September 1988 | 11 September 1993 | [4] | ||
| 11 September 1993 | 12 September 1998 | [8] | |||||
| 12 | | Rosihan Arsyad | 12 September 1998 | 7 November 2003 | [9] | ||
| 13 | | Syahrial Oesman | 7 November 2003 | 11 July 2008 | [10] | ||
| 14 | | Mahyuddin N. S. | 11 July 2008 | 7 November 2008 | [11] | ||
| 15 | | Alex Noerdin | 7 November 2008 | 7 November 2013 | [12] | ||
| 7 November 2013 | 21 September 2018 | [13] | |||||
| — | | Hadi Prabowo | 21 September 2018 | 1 October 2018 | [14] | ||
| 16 | | Herman Deru | 1 October 2018 | 1 October 2023 | [15] | ||