This list of governors of North Kivu includes governors of the North Kivu province of the Democratic Republic of the Congo in the period from 1962 to 1966 when it was split out from the province of Kivu, and in the period from 1988 onward when it was again separate from Kivu.
The governors were: [1]
| Start | End | Officeholder | Title |
|---|---|---|---|
| 11 September 1962 | 6 July 1965 | Benezeth Moley (b. 1927) | Governor |
| 6 July 1965 | 28 December 1966 | Denis Paluku (1936–2014) | Governor |
The governors were: [2]
| Start | End | Officeholder | Title |
|---|---|---|---|
| 20 July 1988 | 1990 | Konde Vila Kikanda | Governor |
| 12 June 1990 | 17 June 1990 | Koyagialo Ngbase te Gerengbo (1947–2014) | Governor |
| 1991 | Basembe Emina | Governor | |
| 1991 | August 1993 | Kalumbo Mbogho | Governor |
| August 1993 | November 1996 | Moto Mupenda (interim) | Governor |
| October 1996 | 31 July 2000 | Léonard Kanyamuhanga (d. 2000) | Governor (in rebellion to 1997 and from Aug 1998) |
| 23 September 1999 | Kaisazira Mbaki | Governor (in rebellion) | |
| 31 July 2000 | 24 February 2007 | Eugène Serufuli Ngayabaseka (b. 1962) | Governor (in rebellion to 16 May 2004) |
| 24 February 2007 | 22 February 2019 | Julien Paluku Kahongya (b. 1968) | Governor |
| 22 February 2019 | 28 June 2019 | Feller Lutaichirwa Mulwahale (b. 1966) | Governor |
| 28 June 2019 | May 2021 | Carly Nzanzu Kasivita [3] (b. 1975) | Governor |
| May 2021 | Constant Ndima Kongba [3] | Military governor |
North Kivu is a province bordering Lake Kivu in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo. Its capital is Goma.
Article 2 of the Constitution of the Democratic Republic of the Congo divides the country into the capital city of Kinshasa and 25 named provinces. It also gives the capital the status of a province. Therefore, in many contexts Kinshasa is regarded as the 26th province.
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Kivu Province was a province in the Belgian Congo, originally called Costermansville Province, that was formed in 1933 from part of the old Orientale Province. The Republic of the Congo (Léopoldville) became independent in 1960, and between 1962 and 1966 the province was temporarily broken into the provinces of Maniema, North Kivu and South Kivu. In 1988 it was again broken into these provinces.
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Sud-Kivu District was a district of the Belgian Congo and the Democratic Republic of the Congo. It roughly corresponded in area to the present South Kivu province.
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The following lists events that happened during 1956 in the Belgian Congo.