List of Governors-General of Nigeria

Flag of the Governor-General of Nigeria

This page contains a list of Governors and Governors-General of the Colony and Protectorate of Nigeria, and later of the Federation of Nigeria; both as a British overseas possession and an independent monarchy.

Governor-General of Nigeria, 1914-1919

Portrait	Name	Took office	Left office
	Sir Frederick Lugard	1 January 1914	8 August 1919

Governors of Nigeria, 1919-1954

Portrait	Name	Took office	Left office
	Sir Hugh Clifford	8 August 1919	13 November 1925
	Sir Graeme Thomson	13 November 1925	17 June 1931
	Sir Donald Charles Cameron	17 June 1931	1 November 1935
	Sir Bernard Henry Bourdillon	1 November 1935	1943
	Sir Arthur Richards	1943	5 February 1948
	Sir John Stuart Macpherson	5 February 1948	1 October 1954

Governors-General of Nigeria, 1954-1963

Portrait	Name	Took office	Left office
	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

Monarch

As representative of the crown; the Governor-General of Nigeria represented the Queen of Nigeria as Head of State of an independent state between 1960 and 1963.

Name		Portrait	Start of reign	End of reign	Full title as monarch (in right of Nigeria.)
1	Elizabeth II (1926-)		1 October 1960	1 October 1963	1 October 1960 - 1 Jun 1961: "By the Grace of God, of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, and of Her other Realms and Territories Queen, Head of the Commonwealth,Defender of the Faith"; 1 June 1961-1 October 1963: "Queen of Nigeria and of Her other Realms and Territories, Head of the Commonwealth."

See also

• List of heads of state of Nigeria
• Lists of incumbents