This list of governors of Kongo Central includes governors of the Kongo Central Province, Democratic Republic of the Congo, in the period from when it was formed on 14 August 1962 from part of Léopoldville Province to the present. It has taken the names Congo Central from 14 August 1962, Bas-Zaïre from 27 October 1971, Bas-Congo in 1997 and its current name of Kongo Central in 2015.