# List of governors of Aceh

Below is a list of governors of Aceh, one of the provinces of Indonesia, from Indonesian independence to the present day.

## List of governors

* = Acting governor, in place until a full governor was formerly appointed
| # | Name | Took office | Left office | Period | Note | Vice Governor |
| 1 | Teuku Nyak Arif | 3 October 1945 | 1946 | 1 | | |
| 2 | Teuku Daud Syah | 1946 | 1947 | 2 | | |
| 3 | Teungku Daud Beureu'eh | 1947 | 1950 | 3 | | |
| 3 | Teungku Daud Beureu'eh | 1950 | 1951 | 4 | |
| 4 | B. M. Danubroto (Coordinator Resident) | 1951 | 1953 | 5 | |
| 5 | Teuku Sulaiman Daud (Government Coordinator) | Mei 1953 | September 1953 | 6 | |
| — | Abdul Wahab | 1953 | 1954 | 6 | | |
| 6 | Abdul Razak | 1954 | 1956 | 7 | | |
| 7 | Ali Hasjmy | 1957 | 1959 | 8 | | |
| 7 | Ali Hasjmy | 1959 | 1964 | 9 | | |
| 8 | Nyak Adam Kamil | 10 April 1964 | 30 August 1966 | 10 | | |
| 9 | Hasby Wahidi | 30 August 1967 | 15 May 1968 | 11 | | |
| 10 | Abdullah Muzakir Walad | 15 May 1968 | 27 June 1973 | 12 | | |
| 10 | Abdullah Muzakir Walad | 27 June 1973 | 27 August 1978 | 13 |
| 11 | Abdul Madjid Ibrahim | 27 August 1978 | 15 March 1981 | 14 | | |
| — | Eddy Sabara | 15 March 1981 | 27 August 1981 | 14 | | |
| 12 | Hadi Thayeb | 27 August 1981 | 27 August 1986 | 15 | | |
| 13 | Ibrahim Hassan | 27 August 1986 | 25 May 1993 | 16 | | |
| 14 | Syamsudin Mahmud | 26 May 1993 | 26 May 1998 | 17 | | Zainuddin AG |
| 14 | Syamsudin Mahmud | 26 May 1998 | 21 June 2000 | 18 | [Note 3] [3][4][5] | |
| — | Ramli Ridwan (Acting) | 21 June 2000 | 25 November 2000 | 18 | | |
| 15 | Abdullah Puteh | 25 November 2000 | 19 July 2004 | 19 | [Note 4] [Note 5] [6][7] | Azwar Abubakar |
| — | Azwar Abubakar (Acting) | 19 July 2004 | 30 December 2005 | 19 | | — |
| — | Mustafa Abubakar (Daily Acting) | 30 December 2005 | 8 February 2007 | — | | — |
| 16 | Irwandi Yusuf | 8 February 2007 | 8 February 2012 | 20 | | Muhammad Nazar |
| — | Tarmizi Abdul Karim (Acting) | 8 February 2012 | 25 June 2012 | — | | — |
| 17 | Zaini Abdullah | 25 June 2012 | 25 June 2017 | 21 | | Muzakkir Manaf |
| — | Soedarmo (Acting) | 28 October 2016 | 11 February 2017 | — | [Note 8] [9] | — |
| — | Dermawan (Daily Acting) | 25 June 2017 | 5 July 2017 | — | | — |
| (16) | Irwandi Yusuf | 5 July 2017 | 5 July 2018 | 22 | | Nova Iriansyah |
| — | Nova Iriansyah | 5 July 2018 | 5 November 2020 | 22 | | — |
| 18 | Nova Iriansyah | 5 November 2020 | 5 July 2022 | 22 | | — |
| — | Achmad Marzuki (acting) | 6 July 2022 | 22 August 2024 | — | [Note 10] [13] | — |
| — | Safrizal Zakaria Ali (acting) | 22 August 2024 | 12 February 2025 | — | | — |
| 19 | Muzakir Manaf | 12 February 2025 | Present | | |

## Note

* ↑ As Resident of Aceh, under the Governor of Sumatra
* ↑ In 1959, named "Governor of the Special Region of Aceh"
* ↑ In June 2000, Syamsudin Mahmud was appointed Deputy Head of the National Development Planning Agency (Bappenas)
* ↑ In 2001 it was named "Governor of Nanggroe Aceh Darussalam"
* ↑ Pada tahun 2004, Abdullah Puteh dinonaktifkan dari jabatannya karena divonis melakukan tindak pidana korupsi
* ↑ Replacing the position of Abdullah Puteh who was deactivated
* ↑ In 2009, named 'Governor of Aceh'
* ↑ Menggantikan sementara Gubernur dan Wagub petahana yang berkampanye di Pilgub 2017
* ↑ Replace the Governor and Vice Governor of 2012-2017 term of office whose term has expired.
* ↑ Replace the Governor Presidential Decree of the Republic of Indonesia Number 70/P/2022 concerning the Ratification of the Dismissal of the Governor of Aceh for the remainder of the 2017-2022 term of office and the Appointment of the Acting Governor of Aceh.