List of governors of Gombe State


This is a list of administrators and governors of Gombe State, Nigeria. Gombe State was formed on 1 October 1996 from part of the old Bauchi State by the Sani Abacha military government.
NameTitleTook officeLeft officePartyNotes
Group Captain Joseph OrjiAdministrator7 Oct 1996Aug 1998Military
Connel M I BawaAdministratorAug 199829 May 1999Military
Abubakar Habu HashiduGovernor29 May 199929 May 2003All [People's Party (Nigeria)|APP]
Mohammed Danjuma GojeGovernor29 May 2003May 2011People's [Democratic Party (Nigeria)|PDP]
Ibrahim Hassan DankwamboGovernorMay 201129 May 2019PDP
Muhammad Inuwa YahayaGovernorMay 2019IncumbentAPC