| Person | Time as governor |
|---|---|
| Ahmed Osman | 1923–1927 |
| Abdulmajid Alyequbi | 1927–1930 |
| Abdulhamid Serser | 1930–1932 |
| Jalal Baban | 1932-1932 |
| Mehmud Fakhri | 1932–1935 |
| Ahmed Tawfiq | 1935–1939 |
| Salih Zeki | 1939–1941 |
| Mustafa Alyequbi | 1941–1943 |
| Mustafa Qaredaxi | 1943–1944 |
| Wafiq Hebib | 1944-1944 |
| Saed Qazaz | 1944–1947 |
| Jamal Omar Nazemi | 1947-1947 |
| Hassan Talebani | 1948-1948 |
| Mustafa Qaredaxi | 1948–1950 |
| Najemedin Saeb | 1950–1952 |
| Rashid Najeb | 1952–1953 |
| Ismael Heqi | 1953–1956 |
| Abdulhelim Elsenewi | 1956-1956 |
| Khalid Alneqshbendi | 1956–1958 |
| Person | Time as governor | |
|---|---|---|
| Alaeddin Mahmmud | 1958–1962 | |
| Badreddin Ali | 1962–1964 | |
| Younis Hussain | 1964-1964 | |
| Abed Almunem Almassraf | 1964–1968 | |
| Muhamed Amin Faraj | 1968–1970 | |
| Khalid Abdulhelim | 1970-1970 | |
| Abdulwahab Atroshi | 1970–1974 | |
| Serwan Jaff | 1974-1974 | |
| Jalal Khoshnaw | 1974–1975 | |
| Muhammed Ali Amin | 1975–1977 | |
| Ismael Rasul Ahmed | 1977–1978 | |
| Baheaddin Ahmed | 1978–1980 | |
| Yahya Jaff | 1980–1984 | |
| Ibrahim Zangena | 1985–1988 | |
| Yahya Jaff | 1988–1990 | |
| Munzir Mizefer Alneqshbendi | 1991-1991 | |
| Abdulmiheimin Barzani | 1992–1994 | |
| Khurshid Sherpa | 1994–1996 | |
| Franso Hariri[3] | 1996–2000 | |
| Akram Mantik | 2000–2004 | |
| Nawzad Hadi[4] [5] | 2004–2019 | |
| Firsat Sofi[6] | 2019–2020 | |
| Omed Khoshnaw[7] [8] | 2021-Present |