| width="18%"|Tenure | width="40%"|Incumbent | width="20%"|Notes |
| b>Portuguese Protectorate of Cabinda | colspan="2"|Portuguese possession confirmed by the Berlin Conference 14 February 1885 |
| small>1885 to 1886 | Jaime Pereira de Sampaio Forjaz de Serpa Pimentel, Resident | |
| a href="/encyclopedia/31-May" title="31 May">31 May 1887 | colspan="2"|Cabinda becomes seat of the Congo district |
| small>1890 to 1892 | Jos Antnio de Miranda, Resident | Did not take office |
| small>1892 to 1897 | Joo Francisco Nunes, Resident | |
| small>1897 to 1897 | Lus Gonzaga Ribeiro, Resident | |
| a href="/encyclopedia/1899" title="1899">1899 | colspan="2"|End of Cabindan administrative autonomy |
| small>1899 to 1899 | Henrique Quirino da Fonseca, Resident | |
| olspan="4"|Congo District |
| small>14 July 1887 to 1889 | Joo de Brissac das Neves Ferreira, Governor | |
| small>1889 to 1890 | Antnio de Azarado de Vasconcelos, Governor | |
| small>1890 to 1893 | Antnio Srgio de Sousa, Governor | |
| small>1893 to 1895 | Nuno de Freitas Queriol, Governor | 1st Term |
| small>1895 to 1896 | Jaime Pereira de Sampaio Forjaz de Serpa Pimenta, Governor | |
| small>1895 to 1896 | Eduardo Augusto Gomes de Sousa, Governor | ?1st Term |
| small>1896 to 1897 | Nuno de Freitas Queriol, Governor | 2nd Term |
| small>1897 to 1897 | Eduardo Augusto Gomes de Sousa, Governor | ?2nd Term |
| small>1897 to 1899 | Lus Bernardino Leito Xavier, Governor | |
| small>1899 to 1900 | Henrique Quirino da Fonseca, Governor | |
| small>1900 to 1900 | Augusto Pereira do Vale, Governor | |
| small>1900 to 1901 | Jaime da Fonseca Monteiro, Governor | |
| small>1901 to 1901 | Pedro de Azevedo Coutinho, Governor | |
| small>1901 to 1901 | Ral Correia Betancourt de Furtado, Governor | |
| small>1901 to 1902 | Joo dos Santos Pereira Jardim, Governor | |
| b>Intendancy of Cabinda | colspan="2"|Under Maquela |
| small>1921 to 1922 | | |
| a href="/encyclopedia/1922" title="1922">1922 | colspan="2"|Dependent on Zaire district |
| olspan="3"|Intendancy of Zaire and Cabinda |
| small>1930 to 1932 | | |
| b>Intendancy of Cabinda | colspan="2"|Directly dependent on the governor-general of Angola |
| small>1932 to 1934 | | |
| olspan="3"|Intendancy of Cabinda |
| a href="/encyclopedia/1934" title="1934">1934 | colspan="2"|Dependent on Angola |
| small>1934 to 1945 | | |
| b>District of Cabinda | colspan="2"|Restored |
| small>1946 to 1949 | Raul de Lima, Governor | |
| small>1949 to 1956 | Ismael Pais, Governor | |
| small>1956 to 1956 | Joo Baptista Duarte Pinheira, Governor | |
| small>1956 to 1957 | Jaime Antnio Tavares Machado Banazol, Governor | |
| small>1957 to 1958 | Norberto Augusto Lopes, Governor | |
| small>1959 to 1961 | Jos Paulo Paixo Barradas, Governor | |
| small>1961 to 1963 | Jlio de Arajo Ferreiro, Governor | |
| small>1964 to 1965 | Artur Joo Cabral Carmona, Governor | |
| small>1965 to 1966 | Adriano Augusto Pires, Governor | |
| small>1966 to 1968 | Joo Tiroa, Governor | |
| small>1968 to 1970 | Amrico Agostinho Menda Frazo, Governor | |
| small>1970 to 1971 | Eurico Ferreira Gonalves, Governor | |
| small>1971 to 1975 | Joo Antnio Pinheiro, Governor | |
| small>1975 to 1975 | Themudo Barata, Governor | |
| ovember 1975 to January 1976 | colspan="2"|FNLA control as part of Democratic People's Republic of Angola |
| a href="/encyclopedia/1-August" title="1 August">1 August 1975 | colspan="2"|Independence declared (Cabinda Republic) not recognized by Portugal or Angola |
| anuary 1976 | colspan="2"|Cabinda occupied by Angolan government |
| olspan="3"|Cabinda Province |
| small>1975 to ?1993 | ..., Governor | |
| small>1991 to 1991 | Maria Mambo Caf, Governor | |
| eptember 1992 | colspan="2"|Briefly occupied by Frente para a Libertao do Enclave de Cabinda |
| small>?1993 to January 1995 | Augusto Tomas, Governor | |
| small>January 1995 to April 2002 | Jos Amaro Tati, Governor | |
| small>April 2002 to present | Jos Anibal Rochas, Governor | |