This list of governors of Kasaï Oriental Province includes governors of the former Kasaï-Oriental Province of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, created in 1966 by merging Lomami, Sankuru and Sud-Kasaï provinces, which had been split from the former Kasaï province.It also contains lists of governors of the three predecessor provinces.
Kasaï Oriental was split in 2015 into the new, smaller Kasaï-Oriental, Lomami and Sankuru provinces.
The governors (or equivalent) of the provinces that were combined to form Kasaï Oriental Province were:
| Start | End | Officeholder | Title | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 15 September 1962 | April 1966 | President, from 1965, governor | ||
| 18 Apr 1966 | 25 April 1966 | Governor |
| Start | End | Officeholder | Title | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 14 September 1962 | December 1963 | President | ||
| 1 January 1963 | April 1963 | President (in rebellion) | ||
| 27 December 1963 | June 1965 | President | ||
| 1 June 1965 | 27 January 1966 | Governor | ||
| 18 April 1966 | 25 April 1966 | Governor |
| Start | End | Officeholder | Title | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 August 1960 | 12 April 1961 | Albert Kalonji (1929–2015) | President | |
| 12 April 1961 | 14 July 1961 | Albert I Kalonji | King | |
| August 1962 | October 1962 | Special commissioner | ||
| 12 October 1962 | July 1965 | Joseph Ngalula (b. 1928) | President | |
| August 1965 | 25 April 1966 | Jonas Mukamba (b. 1931) | Governor |
The governors of Kasaï Oriental were:
| Start | End | Officeholder | Title | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 25 April 1966 | 3 January 1967 | Governor | ||
| 3 January 1967 | 9 August 1968 | Henri-Désiré Takizala (1936–2000) | Governor | |
| 9 August 1968 | 23 December 1970 | Governor | ||
| 23 December 1970 | 9 Jul 1971 | Governor | ||
| 9 Jul 1971 | 24 February 1972 | Governor | ||
| 24 February 1972 | 15 Jul 1972 | Governor | ||
| 15 Jul 1972 | 19 March 1974 | Commissioner | ||
| 19 March 1974 | 10 February 1976 | Commissioner | ||
| 10 February 1976 | 21 January 1978 | Commissioner | ||
| 21 January 1978 | 18 January 1980 | Commissioner | ||
| 18 January 1980 | 10 October 1981 | Governor | ||
| 10 October 1981 | 19 March 1983 | Governor | ||
| 19 March 1983 | 1 January 1985 | Duga Kugbe Toro (d. 2010) | Governor | |
| 1 January 1985 | 10 March 1985 | Governor | ||
| 10 March 1985 | 26 April 1986 | Governor | ||
| 26 April 1986 | 1987 | Mpambia Musanga Bekaja (b. 1935) | Governor | |
| Bangala Basila (b. 1943) | Governor | |||
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| 1989 | 1992 | Kakule Mbahingana (1947–2011) | Governor | |
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| April 1997 | November 1997 | Governor | ||
| 27 November 1997 | January 1999 | Governor | ||
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| 15 March 1999 | 1999 | Jean-Charles Okoto (b. 1955) | Governor | |
| March 2001 | Governor | |||
| March 2001 | 26 November 2001 | |||
| 26 November 2001 | 26 May 2004 | Governor | ||
| 26 May 2004 | 16 March 2007 | Dominique Kanku (b. 1963) | Governor | |
| 16 March 2007 | 29 October 2015 | Alphonse Ngoyi Kasanji (b. 1963) | Governor | |
| 29 October 2015 | 8 May 2019 | Special commissioner, then governor from April 2016 | ||
| 8 May 2019 | Jean Maweja Muteba (b. 1958) | Governor |