Abdullahi Umar Ganduje (2011–2015)#
Served under Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso · PDP → APC (2014) Tenure: 29 May 2011 — 28 May 2015
Mode in: Elected on the Kwankwaso–Ganduje joint ticket, April 2011.
Mode out: Succeeded Kwankwaso as governor on 29 May 2015 after winning the APC primary.
Held the Kano deputy slot in two non-consecutive Kwankwaso tenures (1999–2003 and 2011–15). Later governor 2015–23.
Hafiz Abubakar (2015–2018)#
Served under Abdullahi Umar Ganduje · APC Tenure: 29 May 2015 — 4 August 2018
Mode in: Elected on the Ganduje–Hafiz joint ticket, April 2015.
Mode out: Resigned on 4 August 2018 citing a breakdown of working relations with Governor Ganduje, weeks before the APC presidential primary in which he had publicly disagreed with the governor.
Academic; former Deputy Vice-Chancellor, Bayero University Kano. Replaced by Nasiru Yusuf Gawuna.
Aminu Abdussalam Gwarzo (2023–present)#
Served under Abba Kabir Yusuf · NNPP Tenure: 29 May 2023 — present
Mode in: Elected on the Abba Yusuf–Gwarzo NNPP joint ticket, 18 March 2023.
Mode out: In office.
Kwankwasiyya inner circle. The Yusuf–Gwarzo ticket carried the NNPP wave in Kano in 2023.