List of governors of Katanga
# List of governors of Katanga

This list of governors of Katanga includes governors or equivalent officeholders of the Katanga Province established in the Belgian Congo in 1910, and of successor provinces up to 29 October 2015, when Katanga was split into the provinces of Haut-Katanga, Haut-Lomami, Lualaba and Tanganyika.

On 1 October 1933 the original province of Katanga was renamed Elisabethville/Elisabethstad. The district of Lomami was transferred at this time to the new province of Lusambo (later named Kasaï), which had been formed from parts of the old Congo-Kasaï province. The province returned to the name of Katanga on 27 May 1947.

On 11 July 1960, a few days after the Congo Republic had gained independence, the province of Katanga seceded as an independent state. In November 1961 the northern portion was reconquered by the national government and made the province of Nord-Katanga. On 21 January 1963 the remainder of Katanga was reconquered and divided into the provinces of Lualaba and Katanga Oriental.

Nord-Katanga, Lualaba and Katanga Oriental were merged back into the province of Katanga on 28 December 1966. The province was renamed Shaba on 2 January 1972, then returned to the name of Katanga in 1997.

## Governors of Katanga / Elisabethville (1891–1960)

The governors (or equivalent) of Katanga province, renamed Elisabethville/Elisabethstad Province from 1 October 1933 to 27 May 1947, were:

| Province | Start | End | Officeholder | Title |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| Katanga | 1 September 1910 | 21 March 1917 | Émile Wangermée (1855–1924) | Governor and deputy governor-general |
| Katanga | 1915 | 1917 | Adolphe De Meulemeester | Interim governor |
| Katanga | 22 March 1917 | 2 September 1920 | Charles Tombeur (1867–1947) | Governor and deputy governor-general |
| Katanga | September 1920 | October 1921 | Léopold De Koninck | Governor and deputy governor-general (acting) |
| Katanga | October 1921 | 23 December 1923 | Martin Rutten (1876–1944) | Governor and deputy governor-general |
| Katanga | December 1923 | 21 January 1928 | Léon Guilain Bureau (1869–1944) | Governor and deputy governor-general |
| Katanga | 5 May 1928 | September 1931 | Gaston Heenen (1880–1963) | Governor and deputy governor-general (1st time) |
| Katanga | 1931 | 1931 | Rodolphe Dufour | Interim govermor |
| Katanga | September 1931 | January 1932 | Louis Joseph Postiaux (1882–1948) | Governor and deputy governor-general |
| Katanga | January 1932 | 23 September 1933 | Gaston Heenen | Governor and deputy governor-general (2nd time) |
| Elisabethville | 1933 | 1941 | Amour Maron (1891–1948) | Commissioner |
| Elisabethville | 1941 | 1945 | Amour Maron | Governor |
| Elisabethville | 1945 | March 1948 | Léon Keyser | Governor |
| Katanga | March 1948 | April 1951 | Joseph Ziegler de Ziegleck auf Rheingrub | Governor |
| Katanga | May 1951 | October 1955 | René Wauthion | Governor |
| Katanga | January 1956 | September 1958 | Jean Paelinck (1906–1961) | Governor |
| Katanga | September 1958 | 30 June 1960 | André Schöller (b. 1908) | Governor (also deputy governor-general) |

## Governors of successor state and provinces (1960–1966)

### Independent Katanga (1960–1963)

The rule of the independent state of Katanga were:

| Start | End | Officeholder | Title |
| - | - | - | - |
| 16 June 1960 | 12 January 1963 | Moïse Tshombe (1919–1969) | President |

### Nord-Katanga (1961–1966)

The governors (or equivalent) of the province of Nord-Katanga were:

| Start | End | Officeholder | Title |
| - | - | - | - |
| 20 October 1960 | March 1961 | Prosper Mwamba-Ilunga | President (1st time) |
| 11 September 1962 | 27 September 1963 | Prosper Mwamba-Ilunga | President (2nd time) |
| 27 September 1963 | 15 March 1964 | Jason Sendwe (1917–1964) | President (1st time) |
| 15 March 1964 | 21 April 1964 | Fortunat Kabange Numbi (1934–1964) | President |
| 21 April 1964 | 18 June 1964 | Jason Sendwe | President (2nd time) |
| 22 June 1964 | July 1964 | Ildephonse Masengo (c.1935–1969) | President |
| 22 July 1965 | 5 November 1966 | Henri Ndala Kambola | Governor (administrator since August 1964?) |

### Lualaba (1963–1966)

The governors (or equivalent) of the province of Lualaba were:

| Start | End | Officeholder | Title |
| - | - | - | - |
| 23 September 1963 | 24 April 1966 | Dominique Diur (b. 1929) | President (from 1965, governor) |

### Katanga Oriental (1963–1966)

The governors (or equivalent) of the province of Katanga Oriental were:

| Start | End | Officeholder | Title |
| - | - | - | - |
| 13 August 1963 | 20 July 1965 | Édouard Bulundwe (b. 1932) | President |
| 20 July 1965 | 24 April 1966 | Godefroid Munongo | Governor (from 24 April 1966 to 5 November 1966 of Sud-Katanga, including Lualaba) |

## Governors of Katanga / Shaba (1966–2015)

The governors (or equivalent) of the province of Katanga, renamed Shaba Province on 2 January 1972, then returned to the name of Katanga in 1997 were:

| Province | Start | End | Officeholder | Title |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| Katanga | 3 January 1967 | August 1967 | Jean Foster Manzikala |
| Katanga | 1967 | | Masiala Kinkela (d. 1975) | Governor |
| Katanga | 1967 | 1968 | Denis Paluku (1936–2014) | Governor |
| Katanga | 1968 | 1970 | Léon Engulu | Governor |
| Katanga | 1970 | 1972 | Henri-Désiré Takizala (1936–2000) | Governor |
| Shaba | 1972 | 1973 | Daniel Monguya Mbenge | Commissioner |
| Shaba | 1973 | 1975 | Duga Kugbe Toro (1st time) (1935–2010) | Commissioner |
| Shaba | 1975 | 1977 | Assumani Busanya Lukili | Commissioner |
| Shaba | 1977 | 1978 | Efambe Ey'Olanga | Commissioner |
| Shaba | 1978 | January 1980 | Alexandre Singa Boyenge Mosambayi (1932–2001) | Commissioner |
| Shaba | January 1980 | January 1985 | Mandungu Bula Nyati (1935–2000) | Governor |
| Shaba | January 1985 | 1986 | Duga Kugbe Toro | Governor (2nd time) |
| Shaba | 1986 | May 1990 | Koyagialo Ngbase te Gerengbo (1947–2014) | Governor |
| Shaba | May 1990 | November 1991 | Bonaventure Konde Vila Kikanda | Governor |
| Shaba | 1991 | April 1995 | Gabriel Kyungu wa Kumwanza (b. 1938) | Governor (1st time) |
| Shaba | 1995 | 1997 | Benjamin Thadée Ngoie Mulume | Governor |
| Katanga | March 1997 | April 1997 | Gabriel Kyungu wa Kumwanza | Governor (2nd time) |
| Katanga | April 1997 | April 1998 | Gaëtan Kakudji (1942–2009) | Governor |
| Katanga | April 1998 | April 2001 | Augustin Katumba Mwanke (1963–2012) | Governor |
| Katanga | April 2001 | November 2001 | Jacques Muyumba | Governor (interim) |
| Katanga | 26 November 2001 | May 2004 | Aimé Ngoy Mukena | Governor |
| Katanga | 26 May 2004 | 24 February 2007 | Kisula Ngoy (1940-2018) | Governor |
| Katanga | 24 February 2007 | September 2015 | Moïse Katumbi (b. 1964) | Governor |
| Katanga | September 2015 | 29 October 2015 | Guilbert Paul Yav Tshibal | Governor (interim) |
