List of Governors-General of Nigeria

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This page contains a list of Governors-General of Nigeria.

See also lists of incumbents, list of Presidents of Nigeria.

[edit] Governors-General of Nigeria, 1914-1919

• Sir Frederick Lugard: 1 January 1914 - 8 August 1919

[edit] Governors of Nigeria, 1919-1954

• Sir Hugh Clifford: 8 August 1919 - 13 November 1925
• Sir Graeme Thomson: 13 November 1925 - 17 June 1931
• Sir Donald Cameron: 17 June 1931 - 1 November 1935
• Sir Bernard Bourdillon: 1 November 1935 - 1 July 1940
• Sir John Shuckburgh: 1 July 1940 - 1942
• Sir Alan Cuthbert Maxwell Burns: 1942 - 18 December 1943
• Sir Arthur Richards: 18 December 1943 - 5 February 1948
• Sir John Stuart Macpherson: 5 February 1948 - 1 October 1954

[edit] Governors-General of Nigeria, 1954-1963

• Sir John Stuart Macpherson: 1 October 1954 - 15 June 1955
• Sir James Wilson Robertson: 15 June 1955 - 16 November 1960
• Nnamdi Azikiwe: 16 November 1960 - 1 October 1963

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