Luluabourg Province

Luluabourg Province was created in 1962 from Kasai province. It was named after its main city, Luluabourg, which is now known as Kananga. It was incorporated into Kasai-Occidental Province in 1966 under the Mobutu regime. Presidents (from 1965, governors) of Luluabourg province were

September 1962 – September 1963, François Luakabwanga (1st time)
September 1963 – 25 September 1964, André Lubaya (d. 1968)
25 September 1964 – December 1965, François Luakabwanga (2nd time)
January 1966 – 18 April 1966, Constantin Tshilumba
18 April 1966 – 25 April 1966, François Luakabwanga (3rd time)

Provinces of the Democratic Republic of the Congo

Current provinces	Bas-Uele Équateur Haut-Katanga Haut-Lomami Haut-Uele Ituri Kasaï Kasaï-Central Kasaï-Oriental Kinshasa Kongo Central Kwango Kwilu Lomami Lualaba Mai-Ndombe Maniema Mongala North Kivu Nord-Ubangi Sankuru South Kivu Sud-Ubangi Tanganyika Tshopo Tshuapa

1966–2015	Bandundu Bas-Congo Équateur Kasaï-Occidental Kasaï-Oriental Katanga Kinshasa Maniema North Kivu Orientale South Kivu

1962–66	Cuvette-Centrale Ubangi Moyen-Congo Lomami Luluabourg Sankuru Sud-Kasaï Unité Kasaïenne Lualaba Katanga Oriental Nord-Katanga Kongo Central Kwango Kwilu Mai-Ndombe Maniema Kivu Central Nord-Kivu Kibali-Ituri Uele Haut-Congo

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Luluabourg Province

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