This is a list of administrators and governors of Zamfara State, Nigeria. Until 1996 the area was part of Sokoto State.
Name
Title
Took office
Left office
Party
Notes
Jibril Yakubu
Administrator
7 October 1996
29 May 1999
Military
First Military Ruler andsole Administrator of Zamfara State
Ahmad Sani Yarima
(Sardaunan Zamfara)
Governor
29 May 1999
29 May 2007
ANPP
First Civilian Executive Governor of Zamfara State. Elected to Office 1st on the platform of APP and later reelected for second term on the platform of ANPP.
Mahmud Shinkafi
(Dallatun Zamfara)
Governor
29 May 2007
29 May 2011
ANPP
Second Civilian Executive Governor of Zamfara State and first Deputy Governor to be selected in the history of the country by his mentor to serve after him.
He served only one tenure in Office. Elected on the platform of ANPP as Governor and later decamp to PDP.
Abdul'aziz Abubakar Yari
(Shatiman Mafara)
Governor
29 May 2011
29 May 2019
ANPP
Third Executive Governor of Zamfara State. He also served his first tenure under the platform of ANPP, and re elected in 2015 under platform of APC, he has finished his constitutional eight years in office, and handed over to the new court order governor.
Bello Matawalle
(Matawallen Maradun)
Governor
29 May 2019
29 May 2023
APC
Matawalle assume office as the Executive Governor of Zamfara State, succeeding Abdul’aziz Yari after the Supreme Court judgement which nullifies APC’s candidates across Zamfara State.[1]
Dauda Lawal
Governor
29 May 2023
Incumbent
PDP
Fifth Civilian Executive Governor of Zamfara State. Won the governorship elections held on 18th March, 2023 against Bello Matawalle, becoming the second opposition candidate to defeat a sitting governor in the State's history.
^Azu, John Chuks; Victoria, Bamas (2019-05-24). "Supreme Court sacks Governor-elect, Yari, others as PDP set to take over Zamfara + VIDEO". Daily Trust. Retrieved 2019-06-02.
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