A lever type connector includes a first connector housing, a second connector housing having a hood into which the first connector housing is fitted, and a fitting operation lever coupled to the first connector housing. The fitting operation lever is rotatable from a rotation start position to a rotation end position to completely fit the first and second connector housings to each other. The first connector housing includes a temporarily locking portion to temporarily lock the fitting operation lever at the rotation start position. The second connector housing includes a temporal-locking releasing portion to release the fitting operation lever from being temporarily locked by the temporarily locking portion. The fitting operation lever includes a posture holding tab configured to fill a space between the hood and the first connector housing to hold the first connector housing and the fitting operation lever in a posture parallel to the hood.