The governor of Cesar Department is the popularly elected leader of the department of Cesar in northern Colombia to manage executive functions.

Since the establishment of the Cesar Department on December 21, 1967, governors were appointed by the president of Colombia until the Colombian Constitution of 1991 changed it to election by popular vote.

• List of mayors of Valledupar
• List of Colombian department governors

• "Reseña Histórica de la Creación del Departamento del Cesar" (DOC) (in Spanish). Gobernación del Cesar. p. 10. Retrieved May 22, 2009.^{[permanent dead link]}
• Cesar 30 Años de Progreso - Gobernacion del Cesar (1997) booklet