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, 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 of Katanga province, renamed Elisabethville/Elisabethstad Province from 1 October 1933 to 27 May 1947, were:
ProvinceStartEndOfficeholderTitle
Katanga1 September 191021 March 1917Émile WangerméeGovernor and deputy governor-general
Katanga19151917Adolphe De MeulemeesterInterim governor
Katanga22 March 19172 September 1920Charles TombeurGovernor and deputy governor-general
KatangaSeptember 1920October 1921Léopold De KoninckGovernor and deputy governor-general
KatangaOctober 192123 December 1923Martin RuttenGovernor and deputy governor-general
KatangaDecember 192321 January 1928Léon Guilain BureauGovernor and deputy governor-general
Katanga5 May 1928September 1931Governor and deputy governor-general
Katanga19311931Rodolphe DufourInterim governor
KatangaSeptember 1931January 1932Louis Joseph PostiauxGovernor and deputy governor-general
KatangaJanuary 193223 September 1933Governor and deputy governor-general
Elisabethville19331941Amour Maron Commissioner
Elisabethville19411945Amour MaronGovernor
Elisabethville1945March 1948Léon KeyserGovernor
KatangaMarch 1948April 1951Joseph Ziegler de Ziegleck auf RheingrubGovernor
KatangaMay 1951October 1955René WauthionGovernor
KatangaJanuary 1956September 1958Jean PaelinckGovernor
KatangaSeptember 195830 June 1960André Schöller Governor

Governors of successor state and provinces (1960–1966)

Independent Katanga (1960–1963)

The rule of the independent state of Katanga were:
StartEndOfficeholderTitle
16 June 196012 January 1963Moïse TshombePresident

Nord-Katanga (1961–1966)

The governors of the province of Nord-Katanga were:
StartEndOfficeholderTitle
20 October 1960March 1961Prosper Mwamba-IlungaPresident
11 September 196227 September 1963Prosper Mwamba-IlungaPresident
27 September 196315 March 1964Jason SendwePresident
15 March 196421 April 1964Fortunat Kabange Numbi President
21 April 196418 June 1964Jason SendwePresident
22 June 1964July 1964Ildephonse Masengo President
22 July 19655 November 1966Henri Ndala KambolaGovernor

Lualaba (1963–1966)

The governors of the province of Lualaba were:
StartEndOfficeholderTitle
23 September 196324 April 1966Dominique DiurPresident

Katanga Oriental (1963–1966)

The governors of the province of Katanga Oriental were:
StartEndOfficeholderTitle
13 August 196320 July 1965Édouard Bulundwe President
20 July 196524 April 1966Godefroid MunongoGovernor

Governors of Katanga / Shaba (1966–2015)

The governors of the province of Katanga, renamed Shaba Province on 2 January 1972, then returned to the name of Katanga in 1997 were:
ProvinceStartEndOfficeholderTitle
Katanga3 January 1967August 1967Jean Foster Manzikala-
Katanga1967Governor
Katanga19671968Denis Paluku Governor
Katanga19681970Léon EnguluGovernor
Katanga19701972Governor
Shaba19721973Daniel Monguya MbengeCommissioner
Shaba19731975Duga Kugbe Toro Commissioner
Shaba19751977Assumani Busanya LukiliCommissioner
Shaba19771978Efambe Ey'OlangaCommissioner
Shaba1978January 1980Mosambaye Singa BoyengeCommissioner
ShabaJanuary 1980January 1985Mandungu Bula Nyati Governor
ShabaJanuary 19851986Duga Kugbe ToroGovernor
Shaba1986May 1990Louis Alphonse KoyagialoGovernor
ShabaMay 1990November 1991Bonaventure Konde Vila KikandaGovernor
Shaba1991April 1995Gabriel Kyungu wa KumwanzaGovernor
Shaba19951997Benjamin Thadée Ngoie MulumeGovernor
KatangaMarch 1997April 1997Gabriel Kyungu wa KumwanzaGovernor
KatangaApril 1997April 1998Gaëtan KakudjiGovernor
KatangaApril 1998April 2001Governor
KatangaApril 2001November 2001Jacques MuyumbaGovernor
Katanga26 November 2001May 2004Aimé Ngoy MukenaGovernor
Katanga26 May 200424 February 2007Kisula NgoyGovernor
Katanga24 February 2007September 2015Moïse KatumbiGovernor
KatangaSeptember 201529 October 2015Guilbert Paul Yav TshibalGovernor