List of governors of Borno State

This is a list of administrators and governors of Borno State, Nigeria. Borno State was formed on 3 February 1976 when North-Eastern State was divided into Bauchi, Borno, and Gongola states.

Name	Title	Took office	Left office	Party	Notes
Musa Usman[1]	Governor	28 May 1967	July 1975	Military	North-Eastern State
Muhammadu Buhari	Governor	July 1975	March 1976	Military	North-Eastern State
Group Captain Mustapha A. Amin[2]	Governor	March 1976	July 1978	Military	First governor of Borno State
Tunde Idiagbon[3]	Governor	July 1978	October 1979	Military
Mohammed Goni[4]	Governor	October 1979	October 1983	GNPP	Nigerian Second Republic
Asheik Jarma[5]	Governor	1 October 1983	31 December 1983	NPN	Nigerian Second Republic
Abubakar Waziri	Governor	January 1984	August 1985	Military
Abdulmumini Aminu	Governor	August 1985	December 1987	Military
Abdul One Mohammed	Governor	December 1987	December 1989	Military
Mohammed Maina	Governor	December 1989	June 1990	Military
Mohammed Buba Marwa	Governor	June 1990	January 1992	Military
Maina Maaji Lawan	Governor	January 1992	November 1993	SDP	Nigerian Third Republic
Ibrahim Dada	Administrator	9 December 1993	22 August 1996	Military
Victor Ozodinobi	Administrator	22 August 1996	1997	Military
Augustine Aniebo[6]	Administrator	1997	August 1998	Military
Lawal Haruna	Administrator	August 1998	May 1999	Military
Mala Kachalla[7]	Governor	29 May 1999	29 May 2003	APP	Nigerian Fourth Republic
Ali Modu Sheriff[8]	Governor	29 May 2003	29 May 2011	ANPP
Kashim Shettima[9]	Governor	29 May 2011	29 May 2019	APC
Babagana Umara Zulum[10][11][12][13]	Governor	29 May 2019	Present	APC

See also

• States of Nigeria
• List of state governors of Nigeria