List of governors of Aceh

! #

! Portrait

! Name

! Took office

! Left office

! Period

! Note

! Vice Governor

| 100px

|style="text-align:left;"| Teuku Nyak Arif

| 3 October 1945

| 1946

| 1

| {{refn|group=Note|As Resident of Aceh, under the Governor of Sumatra}}

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|style="text-align:left;"| Teuku Daud Syah

| 1946

| 1947

| 2

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| rowspan=2| 100px

| rowspan=2 style="text-align:left;"| Teungku Daud Beureu'eh

| 1947

| 1950

| 3

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| 1951

| 4

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| 100px

|style="text-align:left;"| B. M. Danubroto
(Coordinator Resident)

| 1951

| 1953

| 5

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| 100px

|style="text-align:left;"| Teuku Sulaiman Daud
(Government Coordinator)

| Mei 1953

| September 1953

| rowspan=2| 6

|  

| 100px

|style="text-align:left;"| Abdul Wahab

| 1953

| 1954

|

|  

| 100px

|style="text-align:left;"| Abdul Razak

| 1954

| 1956

| 7

|  

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| rowspan=2| 100px

| rowspan=2 style="text-align:left;"| Ali Hasjmy

| 1957

| 1959

| 8

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| 1964

| 9

| {{refn|group=Note|In 1959, named "Governor of the Special Region of Aceh"}}

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| 100px

|style="text-align:left;"| Nyak Adam Kamil

| 10 April 1964

| 30 August 1966

| 10

|  

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| 100px

|style="text-align:left;"| Hasby Wahidi

| 30 August 1967

| 15 May 1968

| 11

| {{Cite web |url=http://sipuu.setkab.go.id/PUUdoc/14243/KP1171968.pdf |title=Archived copy |access-date=8 September 2018 |archive-date=7 November 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171107015356/http://sipuu.setkab.go.id/PUUdoc/14243/KP1171968.pdf |url-status=dead }}

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| rowspan=2| 100px

| rowspan=2 style="text-align:left;"| Abdullah Muzakir Walad

| 15 May 1968

| 27 June 1973

| 12

|  

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| 27 August 1978

| 13

| 100px

|style="text-align:left;"| Abdul Madjid Ibrahim

| 27 August 1978

| 15 March 1981

| rowspan=2| 14

|  

|

| 100px

|style="text-align:left;"| Eddy Sabara

| 15 March 1981

| 27 August 1981

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| 100px

|style="text-align:left;"| Hadi Thayeb

| 27 August 1981

| 27 August 1986

| 15

|  

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| 100px

|style="text-align:left;"| Ibrahim Hassan

| 27 August 1986

| 25 May 1993

| 16

| {{cite news|url=http://tempo.co.id/ang/min/03/23/lapsus5.htm|title=Wawancara Prof. Dr. Ibrahim Hasan: Yang Ganas itu GPK Generasi Kedua|newspaper=Tempo Edisi 23/03|publisher=Tempo Interaktif|date=1998-08-08|access-date=2015-12-23}}

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| rowspan=2| 100px

| rowspan=2 style="text-align:left;"| Syamsudin Mahmud

| 26 May 1993

| 26 May 1998

| 17

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| Zainuddin AG

| 21 June 2000

| rowspan=2| 18

| {{refn|group=Note|In June 2000, Syamsudin Mahmud was appointed Deputy Head of the National Development Planning Agency (Bappenas)}}
{{cite news|url=http://www.library.ohiou.edu/indopubs/2000/06/21/0033.html|title=Tugas Utama Ramli Ridwan Antarkan Suksesi Daerah|date=2000-06-21|access-date=2015-12-23|last=BUR|last2=RUL|last3=KAN}}{{cite news|url=http://tempo.co.id/harian/profil/prof-syam.html|title=Prof. Dr. Syamsuddin Mahmud: Jabatan Gubernur Bukan Harta Warisan|newspaper=Tempo|last=MIS}}{{cite book|title=Biografi seorang guru di Aceh: kisah Syamsuddin Mahmud kepada Sugiono M.P.|first=Syamsuddin|last=Mahmud|first2=Sugiono M.|last2=P.|publisher=Syiah Kuala University Press|date=2004|location=Aceh|ISBN=9789798278150}}

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| 100px

|style="text-align:left;"| Ramli Ridwan
(Acting)

| 21 June 2000

| 25 November 2000

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| 100px

|style="text-align:left;"| Abdullah Puteh

| 25 November 2000

| 19 July 2004

| rowspan=2| 19

| {{refn|group=Note|In 2001 it was named "Governor of Nanggroe Aceh Darussalam"}}
{{refn|group=Note|Pada tahun 2004, Abdullah Puteh dinonaktifkan dari jabatannya karena divonis melakukan tindak pidana korupsi}}
{{cite news|url=http://library.ohiou.edu/indopubs/2000/11/04/0024.html|title=Abdullah Puteh Terpilih sbg Gubernur Aceh|newspaper=Kompas|publisher=Ohio University|date=5 November 2000|access-date=23 December 2015|last=NJ|location=Aceh}}{{cite news|url=http://www.suaramerdeka.com/harian/0412/09/nas03.htm|title=PN Jakarta Pusat Siap Adili Puteh|date=9 December 2004|access-date=23 December 2015|newspaper=Suara Merdeka}}

| Azwar Abubakar

| 100px

|style="text-align:left;"| Azwar Abubakar
(Acting)

| 19 July 2004

| 30 December 2005

| {{refn|group=Note|Replacing the position of Abdullah Puteh who was deactivated}}

| rowspan=2| —

| 100px

|style="text-align:left;"| Mustafa Abubakar
(Daily Acting)

| 30 December 2005

| 8 February 2007

| —

|

| 100px

|style="text-align:left;"| Irwandi Yusuf

| 8 February 2007

| 8 February 2012

| 20

| {{refn|group=Note|In 2009, named 'Governor of Aceh' }}

| Muhammad Nazar

| 100px

|style="text-align:left;"| Tarmizi Abdul Karim
(Acting)

| 8 February 2012

| 25 June 2012

| —

|  

| —

| 100px

|style="text-align:left;"| Zaini Abdullah

| 25 June 2012

| 25 June 2017

| 21

| {{cite news|url=http://news.detik.com/read/2012/06/25/190054/1950488/10/mantan-petinggi-gam-resmi-jadi-gubernur-nad-2012-2017?9911012|title= Mantan Petinggi GAM Resmi Jadi Gubernur NAD 2012-2017|date=2012-06-25|access-date=2012-06-25|last=LH|newspaper=detikNews}}

| Muzakir Manaf

| 100px

|style="text-align:left;"| Soedarmo
(Acting)

| 28 October 2016

| 11 February 2017

| rowspan=2| —

| {{refn|group=Note|Menggantikan sementara Gubernur dan Wagub petahana yang berkampanye di Pilgub 2017}}
{{cite news|url=http://humas.acehprov.go.id/profil-plt-gubernur-aceh-mayjen-tni-purn-soedarmo/ |title=Profil Plt Gubernur Aceh, Mayjen TNI (Purn) Soedarmo |date=2016-11-03 |access-date=2018-09-05 |newspaper=Website Resmi Pemerintah Provinsi Aceh}}

| rowspan=2| —

| 100px

|style="text-align:left;"| Dermawan
(Daily Acting)

| 25 June 2017

| 5 July 2017

| {{refn|group=Note|Replace the Governor and Vice Governor of 2012-2017 term of office whose term has expired.}}

| 100px

|style="text-align:left;"| Irwandi Yusuf

| 5 July 2017

| 5 July 2018

| rowspan="3"| 22

| {{Cite news|url=https://www.suara.com/news/2018/07/05/133453/tunjuk-pejabat-gubernur-aceh-mendagri-non-aktifkan-irwandi-yusuf|title=Tunjuk Pejabat Gubernur Aceh, Mendagri Non Aktifkan Irwandi Yusuf|last=Suara.com|newspaper=suara.com|language=id-ID|access-date=2018-07-07}}

| Nova Iriansyah

|rowspan=2| 100px

|rowspan=2 style="text-align:left;"| Nova Iriansyah

| 5 July 2018

| 5 November 2020

| {{Cite news|url=http://aceh.tribunnews.com/2018/07/05/resmi-mendagri-tunjuk-nova-iriansyah-jadi-plt-gubernur-aceh-tgk-syarkawi-plt-bupati-bener-meriah|title=Resmi, Mendagri Tunjuk Nova Iriansyah Jadi Plt Gubernur Aceh, Tgk Syarkawi Plt Bupati Bener Meriah - Serambi Indonesia|date=2018-07-05|newspaper=Serambi Indonesia|language=id-ID|access-date=2018-07-07}}

| rowspan=2| —

| 5 November 2020

| 5 July 2022

| {{cite web|title= Dilantik Jadi Gubernur Aceh, Nova: Terima Kasih Irwandi Yusuf|url=https://kumparan.com/acehkini/dilantik-jadi-gubernur-aceh-nova-terima-kasih-irwandi-yusuf-1uWqnMcdV9H|first= |last= |date=2020-11-05 |accessdate=2021-07-11|language= |website=Kumparan.com |archive-date=|archive-url=}}

| 100px

| style="text-align:left;"|Achmad Marzuki
(acting)

| 6 July 2022

| 22 August 2024

| rowspan="2" | —

| {{refn|group=Note|Replace the Governor Presidential Decree of the Republic of Indonesia Number 70/P/2022 concerning the Ratification of the Dismissal of the Governor of Aceh for the remainder of the 2017-2022 term of office and the Appointment of the Acting Governor of Aceh.}}
{{Cite news|url=https://www.cnnindonesia.com/nasional/20220706085839-20-817818/achmad-marzuki-resmi-dilantik-tito-jadi-pj-gubernur-aceh|title=Achmad Marzuki Resmi Dilantik Tito Jadi Pj Gubernur Aceh|date=2022-07-06|newspaper=CNN Indonesia|language=id-ID|access-date=2022-10-21}}

| rowspan="2" | —

| style="text-align:left;"|Safrizal Zakaria Ali
(acting)

| 22 August 2024

| 12 February 2025

| 100px

| style="text-align:left;"|Muzakir Manaf

| 12 February 2025

| Present

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