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 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 Robertson: 15 June 1955 - 16 November 1960
- Nnamdi Azikiwe: 16 November 1960 - 1 October 1963
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| Current: Antigua and Barbuda | Australia | The Bahamas | Barbados | Belize | Canada | Grenada | Jamaica | New Zealand | Papua New Guinea | Saint Kitts and Nevis | Saint Lucia | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | Solomon Islands | Tuvalu | |||||||||
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