This is a list of administrators and governors of Kaduna State. Kaduna State was created on 27 May 1967 as North Central State and on 17 Mar 1976 was renamed Kaduna State.
North Central GovernorTitleTook officeLeft officePartyNotes Abba KyariGovernor28 May 1967Jul 1975 Military Usman JibrinGovernorJuly 1975 1977 MilitaryKaduna Governor Muktar MuhammedGovernor1977 July 1978 Military Ibrahim Mahmud AlfaGovernorJuly 1978 October 1979 Military Abdulkadir Balarabe Musa GovernorOctober 1979 23 June 1981 PRP Abba Musa Rimi Governor 6 July 1981 October 1983 PRP Acting to Oct 1981 Lawal KaitaGovernorOctober 1983 December 1983 NPN Usman Mu'azu GovernorJanuary 1984 August 1985 Military Dangiwa UmarGovernorAugust 1985 June 1988 Military Abdullahi Sarki Mukhtar GovernorJuly 1988 August 1990 Military Abubakar Tanko Ayuba GovernorAugust 1990 2 January 1992 Military Mohammed Dabo LereGovernor 2 January 1992 November 1993 NRCLawal Jafaru Isa Administrator 9 December 1993 22 August 1996 Military Hammed Ali Administrator22 August 1996 August 1998 Military Umar Farouk AhmedAdministratorAugust 1998 29 May 1999 Military Ahmed MakarfiGovernor29 May 1999 29 May 2007PDPMohammed Namadi SamboGovernor29 May 2007 19 May 2010PDPleft to become VP of the Federal Republic of NigeriaPatrick Ibrahim YakowaGovernor20 May 2010 15 December 2012PDPdied in a helicopter crashMukhtar Ramalan YeroGovernor15 December 2012 29 May 2015PDPNasiru Ahmed El-RufaiGovernor29 May 2015 29 May 2023APCUba SaniGovernor 29 May 2023 IncumbentAPC
See also States of Nigeria List of state governors of Nigeria
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