Jerin shugabannin jihohin Najeriya

List
Monarch (1960–1963)
The succession to the throne was the same as the succession to the British throne.

Queen of NigeriaPortraitNameReignConsortHouse179x179pxElizabeth II1 October 19601 October 1963101x101px
Prince Philip, Duke of EdinburghWindsor
Governor-General

List of Governors-General of Nigeria

Following is a list of people who have served as Governor-General of Nigeria.

  Portrait Name(Birth–Death) Term of officeMonarch(Reign)Took officeLeft office 30px Governors-General representing the monarch of the United Kingdom 1 100px Sir John Stuart Macpherson 1 October1954 15 June1955 70pxElizabeth II60px(1954–1960) 2 Sir James Wilson Robertson 15 June1955 1 October1960 30px Governors-General representing the monarch of Nigeria (2) Sir James Wilson Robertson 1 October1960 16 November1960 70pxElizabeth II60px(1960–1963) 3 100px Nnamdi Azikiwe 16 November1960 1 October1963

 President (1963) 

Portrait Name Took office Left office Political party
(at time of election) 100px Nnamdi Azikiwe 1 October 1963 16 January 1966 National Council of Nigeria and the CameroonsNwafor Orizu
(1914—1999)1 November 196516 January 1966IndependentChukwuma Kaduna Nzeogwu 
(1933—1967)16 January 196616 January 1966Federal Military Government 100px  Johnson Aguiyi-Ironsi 16 January 1966 29 July 1966 Federal Military GovernmentBabafemi Ogundipe(1924—1971)29 July 196629 July 1966Federal Military GovernmentJoseph Edet Akinwale Wey  
(1918 –1991)29 July 19661 August 1966Federal Military Government 100px  Yakubu Gowon 1 August 1966 29 July 1975 Federal Military Government 100px  Murtala Mohammed 29 July 1975 13 February 1976 Federal Military Government 100px  Olusegun Obasanjo 13 February 1976 1 October 1979 Federal Military Government 100px Shehu Shagari 1 October 1979 31 December 1983 National Party of NigeriaAlex Ekwueme31 December 198331 December 1983National Party of Nigeria 100px  Muhammadu Buhari 31 December 1983 27 August 1985 Supreme Military Council 100px  Ibrahim Babangida 27 August 1985 26 August 1993 Armed Forces Ruling Council 100px M. K. O. Abiola Never took office Social Democratic Party (Nigeria) 100px Ernest Shonekan 26 August 1993 17 November 1993Independent 100px  Sani Abacha 17 November 1993 8 June 1998 Provisional Ruling Council 100px  Abdulsalami Abubakar 8 June 1998 29 May 1999 Provisional Ruling Council 100px Olusegun Obasanjo 29 May 1999 29 May 2007 People's Democratic Party (Nigeria) 100px Umaru Musa Yar'Adua 29 May 2007 5 May 2010100pxGoodluck Jonathan9 February 201029 May 2015100pxMuhammadu Buhari 29 May 20156 June 2016 All Progressives Congress100pxYemi Osinbajo6 June 2016 19 June 2016 100pxMuhammadu Buhari 19 June 2016 29 May 2023Bola Ahmed Tinubu29 May 202329 May 2024All Progressives CongressKashim Shettima29 May 202429 May 2024All Progressives CongressBola Ahmed Tinubu29 May 2024—All Progressives Congress

See also
Nigeria
List of Governors-General of Nigeria
Vice President of Nigeria
Lists of incumbents
Jerin shugabannin jihohin Indiya 

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