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| Name | Title | Assumed office | Left office | Party |
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| Brigadier Mobolaji Johnson | Governor | 27 May 1967 | July 1975 | Military |
| Commodore Adekunle Lawal | Governor | July 1975 | 1977 | Military |
| Commodore Ndubuisi Kanu | Governor | 1977 | July 1978 | Military |
| Commodore Ebitu Ukiwe | Governor | July 1978 | October 1979 | Military |
| Alhaji Lateef Jakand | Governor | October 1979 | December 1983 | Unity Party of Nigeria (UPN) |
| Air Commodore Gbolahan Mudasiru | Governor | January 1984 | August 1986 | Military |
| Navy Captain Mike Akhigbe | Governor | August 1986 | July 1988 | Military |
| Brigadier General Raji Rasaki | Governor | July 1988 | January 1992 | Military |
| Sir Michael Otedola | Governor | January 1992 | November 1993 | National Republican Convention (NRC) |
| Colonel Olagunsoye Oyinlola | Governor | 9 December 1993 | 22 August 1996 | Military |
| Colonel Mohammed Buba Marwa | Governor | 22 Aug 1996 | 29 May 1999 | Military |
| Asiwaju Bola Tinubu | Governor | 29 May 1999 | 29 May 2007 | Alliance for Democracy (AD) |
| Mr Babatunde Fashola | Governor | 29 May 2007 | 29 May 2015 | Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN) |
| Mr Akinwunmi Ambode | Governor | 29 May 2015 | 29 May 2019 | All Progressives Congress (APC) |
| Mr Babajide Sanwo-Olu | Governor | 29 May 2019 | Incumbent | All Progressives Congress (APC) |