| Post: | Governor |
| Body: | Leyte |
| Native Name: | Gobernador han Lalawigan han Leyte |
| Incumbent: | Jericho Petilla |
| Incumbentsince: | June 30, 2022 |
| Style: | Governor, Honorable Governor |
| Residence: | New Leyte Provincial Capitol Complex Palo, Leyte |
| Termlength: | 3 years |
| Formation: | 1768 (Separation of the former province of Samar and Leyte) |
The governor of Leyte is the local chief executive of the Philippine province of Leyte.
| width=5% | Order | width=20% | Name | width=20% | Year in Office | width=40% | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1906–1907 | ||||||
| 2 | Rodrigo Pariña | 1907–1912 | |||||
| 3 | 1912–1916 | Renounced the position on his second term to be a Senator from 1916 to 1919[1] | |||||
| 4 | Salvador Demeterio | 1916-1919 | The Old Provincial Capitol in Tacloban was built under his time. | ||||
| 5 | Jose Maria B. Veloso | 1919–1922 | |||||
| 6 | Honorio Lopez | 1924–1927 | Honorio Lopez was the first cousin of Supreme Court Justice Norberto Romuáldez, former Manila Mayor Miguel Romuáldez and Vicente Orestes Romuáldez (father of former First Lady Imelda Marcos). | ||||
| 7 | 1944-1946 | Military Governor of Leyte | |||||
| 8 | Maria Salud Vivero - Parreño (Acting) | 1946-1948 | Appointed by President Sergio Osmeña while she was the Provincial Board Member after War. | ||||
| 9 | Catalino T. Landia | 1949 | |||||
| 10 | Norberto Romualdez Jr. | 1964-1967 | |||||
| 11 | 1967–1986 | ||||||
| 12 | Benjamin P. Abella | 1986–1988 | |||||
| 13 | Leopoldo E. Petilla | 1988–1992 (Acting); 1992-1995 | |||||
| 14 | Remedios L. Petilla | 1995–2004 | |||||
| 15 | 2004–2012 | Appointed secretary of the Department of Energy[2] | |||||
| 16 | Ma. Mimietta S. Bagulaya | 2012–2013 | Assumed office for the remainder of 7 months. | ||||
| 17 | 2013–2022 | ||||||
| (15) | 2022–incumbent |