List of Governors of Sokoto State
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This is a list of Sokoto State leaders:
| Name, Title | Took Office | Left Office | Party |
| Umaru Mohammed, Governor | March 1976 | July 1978 | - |
| Gado Nasko, Governor | July 1978 | October 1979 | - |
| Shehu Kangiwa, Governor | October 1979 | 1982 | NPN |
| Garba Nadama, Governor | 1982 | December 1983 | NPN |
| Garba Duba, Governor | January 1984 | August 1985 | - |
| Garba Mohammed, Governor | August 1985 | December 1987 | - |
| Ahmed Daku, Governor | December 1987 | August 1990 | - |
| Bashir Magashi, Governor | August 1990 | January 1992 | - |
| Yahya Abdulkarim, Governor | January 1992 | November 1993 | NRC |
| Yakubu Mu'azu, Administrator | 9 December 1993 | 22 August 1996 | - |
| Rasheed Raji, Administrator | 22 August 1996 | August 1998 | - |
| Rufai Garba, Administrator | August 1998 | May 1999 | - |
| Attahiru Bafarawa, Governor | 29 May 1999 | Present | APP; ANPP |
