Stephen Shekari (1999–2005)#
Served under Ahmed Makarfi · PDP Tenure: 29 May 1999 — 10 July 2005
Mode in: Elected on the Makarfi joint ticket, 1999; re-elected 2003.
Mode out: Died in office, 10 July 2005.
Namadi Sambo (2005–2007)#
Served under Ahmed Makarfi · PDP Tenure: 21 July 2005 — 29 May 2007
Mode in: Appointed after Shekari's death.
Mode out: Elevated — elected Governor of Kaduna in 2007, and Vice-President of Nigeria in 2010.
Patrick Ibrahim Yakowa (2007–2010)#
Served under Namadi Sambo · PDP Tenure: 29 May 2007 — 19 May 2010
Mode in: Elected on the Sambo joint ticket, April 2007.
Mode out: Elevated to Governor when Sambo became Vice-President, May 2010.
Died in a naval helicopter crash at Okoroba, Bayelsa, 15 December 2012.
Mukhtar Ramalan Yero (2010–2012)#
Served under Patrick Yakowa · PDP Tenure: 2010 — 16 December 2012
Mode in: Appointed deputy when Yakowa was elevated; elected on the Yakowa ticket in 2011.
Mode out: Elevated to Governor after Yakowa's death in the December 2012 helicopter crash.
Nuhu Bajoga (2012–2015)#
Served under Mukhtar Ramalan Yero · PDP Tenure: 28 December 2012 — 29 May 2015
Mode in: Appointed after Yero's elevation.
Mode out: End of the Yero administration.
Barnabas Yusuf Bala (Bantex) (2015–2019)#
Served under Nasir El-Rufai · APC Tenure: 29 May 2015 — 29 May 2019
Mode in: Elected on the El-Rufai joint ticket, 2015.
Mode out: Not renominated for the 2019 ticket.
Died in 2021.
Hadiza Sabuwa Balarabe (2019–present)#
Served under Nasir El-Rufai, then Uba Sani · APC Tenure: 29 May 2019 — present
Mode in: Elected on the El-Rufai joint ticket, 2019; re-elected on the Uba Sani ticket, 2023.
Mode out: In office.
First female deputy governor of any northern Nigerian state.