List of governors of the North-West Frontier Province explained

Below is a list of governors of the North-West Frontier Province (NWFP) from the creation of the office of Commissioner of the North-West Frontier Province in 1901.

Chief Commissioners of the North-West Frontier Province

• 1901 - 1908: Sir Harold Arthur Deane
• 1908 - 1909: Sir George Olof Roos-Keppel
• 1909 - 1910: William Rudolph Henry Merck (acting)
• 1910 - 1913: Sir George Olof Roos-Keppel
• 1913 - 1915: Sir John Stuart Donald (acting)
• 1915 - 1919: Sir George Olof Roos-Keppel
• 1919 - 1921: Sir Hamilton Grant
• 1921 - 1923: Sir John Loader Maffey
• 1923 - 1925: Horatio Norman Bolton
• 1925 - 1926: William John Keen (acting)
• 1926 - 1930: Horatio Norman Bolton
• 1930 - 1931: Sir Steuart Edmund Pears
• 1931 - 1932: Sir Ralph Edwin Hotchkin Griffith (created governor in 1932)

Governors of the North-West Frontier Province

• 1932 - 1937: Sir Ralph Edwin Hotchkin Griffith
• 1937 - 1939: Sir George Cunningham
• 1939: Sir Arthur Edward Broadbent Parsons
• 1939 - 1946: Sir George Cunningham
• 1946 - 1947: Sir Olaf Kirkpatrick Caroe
• 1947: Sir Rob Lockhart (acting)
• 1947 - 1948: Sir George Cunningham

Post-independence

See main article: Governor of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. Following Pakistan's independence in 1947, the North-West Frontier became a province of Pakistan. In 2010, the NWFP was renamed to Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.