List of Governors of Zamfara State


This is a list of administrators and Governors of Zamfara State, Nigeria. Until 1996 the area was part of Sokoto State.
NameTitleTook OfficeLeft OfficePartyNotes
Jibril YakubuAdministrator7 October 1996May 1999MilitaryFirst Military Ruler andsole Administrator of Zamfara State
Ahmad Sani Yarima
Governor29 May 199929 May 2007ANPPFirst Civilian Executive Governor of Zamfara State. Elected to Office 1st on the platform of APP and later reelected for second term on the platform of ANPP.
Mahmud Shinkafi
Governor29 May 2007May 2011ANPPSecond Civilian Executive Governor of Zamfara State and first Deputy Governor to be selected in the history of the country by his mentor to serve after him.
He served only one tenure in Office. Elected on the platform of ANPP as Governor and later decamp to PDP.
Abdul'aziz Abubakar Yari
GovernorMay 2011ANPPThird Executive Governor of Zamfara State. He also served his first tenure under the platform of ANPP, and re elected in 2015 under platform of APC, he has finished his constitutional eight years in office, and handed over to the new court order governor.
Bello Matawalle
GovernorMay 2019PDPMatawalle assume office as the Executive Governor of Zamfara State, succeeding Abdul’aziz Yari after the Supreme Court judgement which nullifies APC’s candidates across Zamfara State.