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.
First period (1913–1963)
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 Adolphe De Meulemeester 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 Rodolphe Dufour 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 Charles Badjoko President Orientale 9 December 1960 25 October 1961 Jean Foster Manzikala President Orientale 25 October 1961 27 July 1962 Simon Losala President Orientale 20 August 1962 March 1963 Joseph Ekombe Extraordinary commissioner
Successor provinces (1963–1966)
Between 1963 and 1966 Orientale was broken up into the Kibali-Ituri, Uélé and Haut-Congo provinces.
Kibali-Ituri
The head of Kibali-Ituri Province was:
Start End Officeholder Title September 1962 28 December 1966 Jean Foster Manzikala President (from 1965, governor)
Uélé
The heads of Uélé Province were:
Start End Officeholder Title 11 September 1962 May 1965 Paul Mambaya President 6 July 1965 28 December 1966 François Kupa Governor
Haut-Congo
The heads of Haut-Congo Province were:
Start End Officeholder Title March 1963 8 September 1963 Marcel Tshishiku Extraordinary commissioner June 1963 26 June 1963 Georges Grenfell (b. 1908) President 26 June 1963 1964 Paul Isombuma President 1964 5 August 1964 François Aradjabu Extraordinary commissioner-general for the former province of Haut-Congo 16 September 1964 November 1964 Alphonse Abikwa President November 1964 5 November 1966 Ignace Michel Alamazani President (from 1965, governor) 5 November 1966 28 December 1966 Pierre Efomi Governor
Second period (1966–2015)
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 Jean Foster Manzikala Governor Orientale 3 January 1967 17 July 1967 Vital Faustin Moanda (b. 1923) Governor Orientale 30 August 1967 9 August 1968 Michel Denge Governor Orientale 9 August 1968 19 October 1968 Jonas Mukamba (b. 1931) Governor Orientale 19 October 1968 5 August 1969 Anaclet Kaniki Governor Orientale 5 August 1969 8 December 1970 Édouard Bulundwe (b. 1932) Governor Orientale 23 December 1970 24 February 1972 Bernard Ndebo Governor Haut-Zaïre 24 February 1972 17 September 1972 Geyoro Te Kule Commissioner Haut-Zaïre 17 September 1972 10 February 1976 Assumani Busanya Lukili Commissioner Haut-Zaïre 10 February 1976 21 January 1978 Konde Vila Kikanda Commissioner Haut-Zaïre 21 January 1978 18 January 1980 Mabolia Inongo Tra Buato Commissioner Haut-Zaïre 18 January 1980 27 August 1980 Tshiala Mwana Tshingombe Commissioner Haut-Zaïre 27 August 1980 10 October 1981 Mbenza Tubi Governor Haut-Zaïre 10 October 1981 23 January 1982 Ntikala Ibole Moludiki Governor Haut-Zaïre 23 January 1982 1 January 1985 Sukadi Bulayi Governor Haut-Zaïre 1 January 1985 20 July 1988 Salumu Amisi 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 Lombeya Bosongo Governor Orientale 23 March 1997 23 August 1998 Jean Yagi Sitolo Governor Orientale 26 September 1998 6 December 1998 Luthia Jean Bene Kabala Governor Orientale 23 December 1998 20 July 2000 (1st time) Governor (in rebellion) Orientale 20 July 2000 20 April 2001 Justin Yogba Governor (in rebellion) Orientale 20 April 2001 16 May 2004 Jean-Pierre Bilusa Governor (in rebellion) Orientale May 2002 Noël Obotela Rashidi 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
See also Lists of provincial governors of the Democratic Republic of the Congo
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