East Java Province has an area of 47,803.49 kilometers and is inhabited by 40.6 million people in 2020.

Governor Suryo was killed in the Madiun Affair rebellion in 1948.

Previously, governors were only appointed by the Ministry of Home Affairs with the approval of the President, then Post-New Order Governors were only able to start general elections in 2008 which were through open Direct Elections.

[2] In a stack of governments, a regional head who submits for leave, temporarily resigns, and left office from his position to the central government, then the Minister of Home Affairs prepares his successor who is a bureaucrat in the local government or even a Vice Governor, including when the position of governor is in transition.

The following is a list of temporary replacements for the post of Governor of the East Java.