| Name |
Title |
Tenure |
Party |
Notes |
| Lt. Col. Mohammed Bawa |
Administrator |
7 October, 1996 – August, 1998 |
Under Military rule |
First administrator after State creation |
| Navy Captain Atanda Yusuf |
Administrator |
August, 1998 – 29 May, 1999 |
Under Military rule |
|
| Otunba Niyi Adebayo |
Executive Governor |
29 May, 1999 – 29 May, 2003 |
Alliance for Democracy (AD) |
First elected Civilian Governor of the State |
| Mr. Ayo Fayose |
Governor |
29 May, 2003 – 19 October, 2006 |
Peoples’ Democratic Party (PDP) |
Second elected Civilian Governor of the State. Fayose’s impeachment on October 16 by the State Assembly (and brief replacement by Speaker Aderemi) was declared illegal by Federal Government. |
| General Tunji Olurin (Rtd) |
Administrator |
19 October, 2006 – 27 April, 2007 |
Peoples’ Democratic Party (PDP) |
Appointed Administrator after declaration of state of emergency in the State. |
| Chief Tope Ademiluyi |
Acting Governor |
27 April, 2007 – 29 May 2007 |
Peoples’ Democratic Party (PDP) |
|
| Engr Segun Oni |
Governor |
29 May, 2007-17 Feb, 2009 |
Peoples’ Democratic Party (PDP) |
Oni was removed by Appeal Court (based on illegal returns of April 2007 elections), and a partial re-run was ordered. |
| Rt. Hon. Tunji Odeyemi |
Acting Governor |
17 February, 2009 – 6 May, 2009 |
Peoples’ Democratic Party (PDP) |
He became Acting Governor when the Appeal Court, sitting in Ilorin, Kwara State nullified Segun Oni’s election and ordered a rerun poll in 10 out of the 16 Local Councils in the State. |
| Dr. John Kayode Fayemi |
Governor |
16 Oct, 2010 – 16 Oct, 2014 |
All Progressive Congress (APC) |
First Term |
| Mr. Ayodele Fayose |
Governor |
16 Oct, 2014 – 16 Oct, 2018 |
Peoples’ Democratic Party (PDP) |
Second Term |
