List of governors of Plateau State

This is a list of administrators and governors of Plateau State, Nigeria. During the military era, governors were generally referred to as Military Administrators and were subject to changes and postings as the powers from the centre dictated.

Governors No.ImageGovernorTook officeLeft officeTitle1 Sir Frederick John Dealtry Lugard 1900 1906 High Commissioner of Northern Nigeria2 Sir Percy Girouard 1907 1909 High Commissioner of Northern Nigeria3 Sir Henry Hesketh Bell 1909 1911 High Commissioner of Northern Nigeria4 Charles Lindsay Temple 1911 1912 High Commissioner of Northern Nigeria5 Sir Frederick John Dealtry Lugard 1912 1914 Lieutenant Governor of Northern Nigeria6 Charles Lindsay Temple 1914 1917 Lieutenant Governor7 Herbert Symonds Goldsmith 1917 1921 Lieutenant Governor8 Sir William Frederick Gowers 1921 1925 Lieutenant Governor9 Sir Herbert Richmond Palmer 1925 1930 Lieutenant Governor10 Cyril Wilson Alexander 1930 1932 Chief Commissioner11 George Sinclair Browne 1932 1936 Chief Commissioner12 Sir Theodore Samuel Adams 1936 1943 Chief Commissioner13 Sir John Robert Patterson 1943 1947 Chief Commissioner14 Eric Westbury Thompstone 1947 1951 Chief Commissioner15 Sir Eric Westbury Thompstone 1951 1952 Lieutenant Governor16 Sir Eric Westbury Thompstone 1952 1953 Governor General of Northern Nigeria17 Sir Bryan Sharwood-Smith 1 October 1954 2 December 1957 Governor General of Northern Nigeria18Sir Muhammadu Sanusi I1957 Acted for six months Acting Governor General of Northern Nigeria for six months during the administration of Sir Gawain Westray Bell19 Sir Gawain Westray Bell 2 December 1957 1962 Governor General of Northern Nigeria20 Alhaji Sir Kashim Ibrahim 1962 16 January 1966 Governor21 Hassan Usman Katsina 16 January 1966 27 May 1967 Governor (military)

Governor of Benue-Plateau State #ImageNameTitleTook officeLeft officeParty22Joseph GomwalkGovernor1966July 1975Military23Abdullahi Mohammed GovernorJuly 1975February 1976Military

Governors of Plateau State #ImageNameTitleTook officeLeft officeParty24Dan Suleiman Administrator March 1976July 1978Military25Joshua Anaja AdministratorJuly 1978October 1979Military26Solomon Lar GovernorOctober 1979December 1983NPP27Samuel Atukum Administrator January 1984August 1985Military28Chris Alli Administrator August 19851986Military29Lawrence Onoja Administrator 1986July 1988Military30Aliyu Kama Administrator July 1988August 1990Military

Governors #ImageNameTitleTook officeLeft officeParty31Joshua Madaki AdministratorAugust 1990January 1992Military32Fidelis Tapgun GovernorJanuary 1992November 1993SDP33Mohammed Mana Administrator9 December 199322 August 1996Military34Habibu Idris Shuaibu Administrator 22 August 1996August 1998Military35Musa Shehu AdministratorAugust 1998May 1999 Military36Joshua Dariye Governor29 May 199918 May 2004PDP37Chris Alli Sole Administrator18 May 200418 November 2004interim (6-month state of emergency declared)38Joshua Dariye Governor18 November 200413 November 2006PDP39Michael Botmang Governor13 November 200627 April 2007PDP40Joshua Dariye Governor27 April 200729 May 2007PDP41Jonah David Jang Governor29 May 200729 May 2015PDP42Simon Bako Lalong Governor29 May 201529 May 2023APC43Caleb Manasseh MutfwangGovernor29 May 2023IncumbentAPC

See also States of Nigeria List of state governors of Nigeria

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