List of governors of Borno State

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This is a list of administrators and governors of Borno State, Nigeria. Borno State was formed on 3 February 1976 when North-Eastern State was divided into Bauchi, Borno, and Gongola states.

NameTitleTook officeLeft officePartyNotes
Musa Usman [1] Governor28 May 1967July 1975Military North-Eastern State
Muhammadu Buhari GovernorJuly 1975March 1976Military North-Eastern State
Group Captain Mustapha A. Amin [2] GovernorMarch 1976July 1978MilitaryFirst governor of Borno State
Tunde Idiagbon [3] GovernorJuly 1978October 1979Military
Mohammed Goni [4] GovernorOctober 1979October 1983 GNPP Nigerian Second Republic
Asheik Jarma [5] Governor1 October 198331 December 1983 NPN Nigerian Second Republic
Abubakar Waziri GovernorJanuary 1984August 1985Military
Abdulmumini Aminu GovernorAugust 1985December 1987Military
Abdul One Mohammed GovernorDecember 1987December 1989Military
Mohammed Maina GovernorDecember 1989June 1990Military
Mohammed Buba Marwa GovernorJune 1990January 1992Military
Maina Maaji Lawan GovernorJanuary 1992November 1993 SDP Nigerian Third Republic
Ibrahim Dada Administrator9 December 199322 August 1996Military
Victor Ozodinobi Administrator22 August 19961997Military
Augustine Aniebo [6] Administrator1997August 1998Military
Lawal Haruna AdministratorAugust 1998May 1999Military
Mala Kachalla [7] Governor29 May 199929 May 2003 APP Nigerian Fourth Republic
Ali Modu Sheriff [8] Governor29 May 200329 May 2011 ANPP
Kashim Shettima [9] Governor29 May 201129 May 2019 APC
Babagana Umara Zulum [10] [11] [12] [13] Governor29 May 2019Present APC

See also

References

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