List of governors of Jigawa State explained

This is a list of administrators and governors of Jigawa State.Jigawa State was formed in 1991-08-27^[1] when it was split from Kano State.

Name	Title	Took office	Left office	Party
Olayinka Sule^[2]	Administrator	28 August 1991	January 1992	Military
Ali Sa'ad Birnin-Kudu^[3]	Governor	January 1992	November 1993	SDP
Colonel Ibrahim Aliyu^[4]	Administrator	9 December 1993	22 August 1996	Military
Rasheed Shekoni	Administrator	22 August 1996	August 1998	Military
Abubakar Maimalari^[5]	Administrator	August 1998	May 1999	Military
Ibrahim Saminu Turaki^[6]	Governor	29 May 1999	29 May 2007	APP ANPP
Sule Lamido	Governor	29 May 2007	29 May 2015	PDP
Badaru Abubakar^[7] ^[8]	Governor	29 May 2015	29 May 2023	APC
Umar Namadi^[9] ^[10]	Governor	29 May 2023	Incumbent	APC

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