This list of governors of Orientale Province includes governors or equivalent officerholders of the original Orientale Province created in the Belgian Congo in 1913, and of the successor provinces until the 2015 break-up of the province into the provinces of Bas-Uélé, Haut-Uélé, Ituri and Tshopo.
Orientale Province was divided in 1933 into Costermansville Province (later Kivu Province) and Stanleyville Province.Stanleyville Province was renamed Orientale Province from 1947 to 1963, when it was broken up into Kibali-Ituri, Uélé and Haut-Congo provinces.Orientale Province was reconstituted in 1966. It was renamed Haut-Zaïre Province from 1971–1997, then returned to the name of Orientale Province from 1997 to 2015.
The governors or equivalent of Orientale Province and Stanleyville Province from 1913 to 1963 were:
| Province | Start | End | Officeholder | Title | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Orientale | 7 November 1913 | 5 July 1916 | Justin Malfeyt (1862–1924) | Deputy governor-general | |
| Orientale | July 1916 | August 1917 | Alexis Bertrand (1870–1946) | Interim deputy governor-general | |
| Orientale | 15 August 1917 | 1925 | Adolphe De Meulemeester (1870–1944) | Deputy governor-general | |
| Orientale | 1925 | 26 September 1926 | Governor and deputy governor-general | ||
| Orientale | 9 October 1926 | 30 September 1933 | Alfred Alphonse Moeller (1889–1971) | Governor and deputy governor-general | |
| Stanleyville | 1 October 1933 | 18 November 1940 | Commissioner | ||
| Stanleyville | 18 November 1940 | 10 March 1943 | Marcel Maquet (1891–1964) | Commissioner, then Governor from 1941 | |
| Stanleyville | 10 March 1943 | 15 May 1945 | R. Bertrand | Governor | |
| Stanleyville | 1 June 1945 | 29 June 1950 | Ernest Bock (1st time) (1894–1952) | Governor (from 1947 of Orientale Province) | |
| Orientale | 1 October 1950 | 8 October 1951 | Joseph-Paul Brasseur (1899–1956) | Governor | |
| Orientale | 8 October 1951 | 10 December 1952 | Ernest Bock (2nd time) | Governor | |
| Orientale | 13 March 1953 | 13 March 1954 | Luc Breuls de Tiecken (b. 1900) | Governor | |
| Orientale | 30 March 1954 | 1 July 1958 | André Schöller (b. 1908) | Governor | |
| Orientale | 22 December 1958 | 11 June 1960 | Pierre Leroy (1909–1985) | Governor | |
| Independence 30 June 1960 | |||||
| Orientale | 11 June 1960 | 11 October 1960 | Jean-Pierre Finant (d. 1961) | President | |
| Orientale | 1960 | December 1960 | President | ||
| Orientale | 9 December 1960 | 25 October 1961 | President | ||
| Orientale | 25 October 1961 | 27 July 1962 | President | ||
| Orientale | 20 August 1962 | March 1963 | Extraordinary commissioner |
Between 1963 and 1966 Orientale was broken up into the Kibali-Ituri, Uélé and Haut-Congo provinces.
The head of Kibali-Ituri Province was:
The heads of Uélé Province were:
| Start | End | Officeholder | Title | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 11 September 1962 | May 1965 | President | ||
| 6 July 1965 | 28 December 1966 | Governor |
The heads of Haut-Congo Province were:
| Start | End | Officeholder | Title | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| March 1963 | 8 September 1963 | Extraordinary commissioner | ||
| June 1963 | 26 June 1963 | Georges Grenfell (b. 1908) | President | |
| 26 June 1963 | 1964 | President | ||
| 1964 | 5 August 1964 | Extraordinary commissioner-general for the former province of Haut-Congo | ||
| 16 September 1964 | November 1964 | President | ||
| November 1964 | 5 November 1966 | President (from 1965, governor) | ||
| 5 November 1966 | 28 December 1966 | Governor |
The governors or equivalent of Orientale Province and Haut-Zaïre Province from 1966 to 2015 were:
| Province | Start | End | Officeholder | Title | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Orientale | 28 December 1966 | 3 January 1967 | Governor | ||
| Orientale | 3 January 1967 | 17 July 1967 | Vital Faustin Moanda (b. 1923) | Governor | |
| Orientale | 30 August 1967 | 9 August 1968 | Governor | ||
| Orientale | 9 August 1968 | 19 October 1968 | Jonas Mukamba (b. 1931) | Governor | |
| Orientale | 19 October 1968 | 5 August 1969 | Governor | ||
| Orientale | 5 August 1969 | 8 December 1970 | Édouard Bulundwe (b. 1932) | Governor | |
| Orientale | 23 December 1970 | 24 February 1972 | Governor | ||
| Haut-Zaïre | 24 February 1972 | 17 September 1972 | Commissioner | ||
| Haut-Zaïre | 17 September 1972 | 10 February 1976 | Commissioner | ||
| Haut-Zaïre | 10 February 1976 | 21 January 1978 | Commissioner | ||
| Haut-Zaïre | 21 January 1978 | 18 January 1980 | Commissioner | ||
| Haut-Zaïre | 18 January 1980 | 27 August 1980 | Commissioner | ||
| Haut-Zaïre | 27 August 1980 | 10 October 1981 | Governor | ||
| Haut-Zaïre | 10 October 1981 | 23 January 1982 | Governor | ||
| Haut-Zaïre | 23 January 1982 | 1 January 1985 | Governor | ||
| Haut-Zaïre | 1 January 1985 | 20 July 1988 | Governor | ||
| Haut-Zaïre | 20 July 1988 | 11 January 1990 | Sampasa Kaweta Milombe (1944–2006) | Governor | |
| Haut-Zaïre | 11 January 1990 | March 1991 | Guillaume Samba Kaputo (1946–2007) | Governor | |
| Haut-Zaïre | 3 March 1991 | 14 March 1997 | Governor | ||
| Orientale | 23 March 1997 | 23 August 1998 | Governor | ||
| Orientale | 26 September 1998 | 6 December 1998 | Governor | ||
| Orientale | 23 December 1998 | 20 July 2000 | (1st time) | Governor (in rebellion) | |
| Orientale | 20 July 2000 | 20 April 2001 | Governor (in rebellion) | ||
| Orientale | 20 April 2001 | 16 May 2004 | Governor (in rebellion) | ||
| Orientale | May 2002 | Governor | |||
| Orientale | 26 May 2004 | 15 November 2005 | (2nd time) | Governor | |
| Orientale | 15 November 2005 | 24 February 2007 | Jean-Pierre Lola Kisanga (b. 1969) | Governor | |
| Orientale | 24 February 2007 | 5 March 2012 | Médard Autsai Asenga (b. 1942) | Governor | |
| Orientale | 5 March 2012 | 5 February 2013 | Ismaël Arama Ndiama (acting) | Governor | |
| Orientale | 5 February 2013 | 29 October 2015 | Jean Bamanisa Saïdi (b. 1964) | Governor |