List of Governors of Lagos State
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Lagos State
Lagos State is an administrative division of Nigeria, located in the southwestern part of the country. The smallest in area of Nigeria's states, Lagos State is the most populous state in Nigeria and arguably the most economically important state of the country and west Africa, containing Lagos, the...
was formed in 1967-05-27 from Colony province and Lagos federal territory.
| Name | Title | Took Office | Left Office | Party | Notes |
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| Brigadier Mobolaji Johnson | Governor | 28 May 1967 | July 1975 | (military) | |
| Commodore Adekunle Lawal Adekunle Lawal Adekunle Shamusideen Lawal was a Nigerian Navy officer. He was appointed military governor of Lagos State, Nigeria in July 1975 after the coup that brought General Murtala Muhammed to power. Lawal held the position of Lagos State Military Governor until 1977 when he was transferred to become... |
Governor | July 1975 | 1977 | (military) | |
| Commodore Ndubuisi Kanu Ndubuisi Kanu Rear Admiral Ndubuisi Godwin Kanu was appointed military governor of Imo State, Nigeria in March 1976 during the military regime of General Olusegun Obasanjo... |
Governor | 1977 | July 1978 | (military) | |
| Commodore Ebitu Ukiwe Ebitu Ukiwe Okoh Ebitu Ukiwe is a retired Commodore in the Nigerian Navy who served as the de-facto Vice President of Nigeria during the Ibrahim Babangida military government from 1985 to 1986.-Military career:... |
Governor | July 1978 | October 1979 | (military) | |
| Alhaji Lateef Jakande Lateef Jakande Alhaji Lateef Kayode Jakande, was a journalist who became governor of Lagos State in Nigeria from 1979 to 1983, and later was Minister of Works under the Sani Abacha military regime .-Background:... |
Governor | October 1979 | December 1983 | Unity Party of Nigeria - UPN | |
| Air Commodore Gbolahan Mudasiru Gbolahan Mudasiru Air Commodore Gbolahan Mudasiru was a Nigerian officer who was appointed Governor of Lagos State, Nigeria, holding office between January 1984 and August 1986 during the military regimes of General Muhammadu Buhari and his successor General Ibrahim Babangida.As governor, he continued the work of... |
Governor | January 1984 | 1986 | (military) | |
| Navy Captain Mike Akhigbe Mike Akhigbe Mike Okhai Akhigbe is a retired Vice Admiral of the Nigerian Navy. He served as the Vice President of Nigeria during the General Abdusalam Abubakar led military government from 1998 till the termination of military government in Nigeria, in 1999... |
Governor | 1986 | July 1988 | (military) | |
| Brigadier General Raji Rasaki Raji Rasaki General Raji Alagbe Rasaki is a retired Nigerian military officer who was military governor in turn of Ogun State, Ondo State and Lagos State between 1986 and 1991 during the military administration of General Ibrahim Babangida.... |
Governor | July 1988 | January 1992 | (military) | |
| Sir Michael Otedola Michael Otedola Sir Michael Otedola is a Nigerian politician and the former Governor of Lagos State, Nigeria.Otedola was born on the 16 July 1926 into a Muslim family at Odoragunsin, Epe Local Government Area of Lagos State... |
Governor | January 1992 | November 1993 | [National Republican Congress (NRC)] | |
| Colonel Olagunsoye Oyinlola | Governor | 9 December 1993 | 22 August 1996 | (military) | |
| Colonel Mohammed Buba Marwa Mohammed Buba Marwa Mohammed Buba Marwa is a retired Nigerian army officer who served as governor of Borno State, and then Lagos State during the military administrations of Generals Ibrahim Babangida and Sani Abacha.-Birth and education:... |
Governor | 22 Aug 1996 | 29 May 1999 | (military) | |
| Mr Bola Tinubu Bola Tinubu Bola Ahmed Tinubu was elected Senator for the Lagos West constituency in Lagos State, Nigeria in 1993, just before a military take-over in December 1993. After the return to democracy, he was elected governor of Lagos State, holding office from 29 May 1999 to 29 May 2007... |
Governor | 29 May 1999 | 29 May 2007 | Action Congress Action Congress The Action Congress of Nigeria , formerly known as Action Congress , is a classical liberal Nigerian political party formed via the merger of the Alliance for Democracy, the Justice Party, the Advance Congress of Democrats, and several other minor political parties in September 2006. The party... |
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| Mr Babatunde Fashola Babatunde Fashola Babatunde Raji Fashola is the thirteenth governor of Lagos State, Nigeria. As a candidate of the Action Congress party, Fashola succeeded Bola Ahmed Tinubu, on April 14, 2007, and was sworn in on May 29, 2007.... |
Governor | 29 May 2007 | Action Congress Action Congress The Action Congress of Nigeria , formerly known as Action Congress , is a classical liberal Nigerian political party formed via the merger of the Alliance for Democracy, the Justice Party, the Advance Congress of Democrats, and several other minor political parties in September 2006. The party... |