title: List of governors of Katsina State
text: # List of governors of Katsina State
  
  Warning: The text in this article is "transcluded" into a template used at the foot of several pages. It therefore cannot contain references like.<ref&#x3E;...</ref&#x3E; But you can and should list sources in the ==References== section at the foot. This is a list of administrators and governors of Katsina State. Katsina State was formed in 1987 when it was split from Kaduna State.
  
  | Name | Title | Took office | Left office | Party | Notes |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | Abdullahi Sarki Mukhtar | Governor | September 1987 | July 1988 | - | |
  | Lawrence Onoja | Governor | July 1988 | December 1989 | - | |
  | John Madaki | Governor | December 1989 | January 1992 | - | |
  | Saidu Barda | Governor | January 1992 | November 1993 | NRC | |
  | Emmanuel Acholonu | Administrator | 9 December 1993 | 22 August 1996 | - | |
  | Samaila Bature Chamah | Administrator | 22 August 1996 | August 1998 | - | |
  | Joseph Akaagerger | Administrator | August 1998 | May 1999 | - | |
  | Umaru Musa Yar'Adua | Governor | 29 May 1999 | 29 May 2007 | PDP | Elected President of Nigeria in April 2007 |
  | Ibrahim Shema | Governor | 29 May 2007 | 29 May 2015 | PDP | |
  | Aminu Bello Masari | Governor | 29 May 2015 | 29 May 2023 | APC | |
  | Dikko Umar Radda | Governor | 29 May 2023 | Incumbent | APC | |
  