List of Governors of the North-West Frontier Province

Below is a list of Governors of the North-West Frontier Province (NWFP) from the creation of the office of Commissioner of the North-West Frontier Province in 1901.

Chief Commissioners of the North-West Frontier Province

• 1901-1908: Harold Arthur Deane
• 1908-1909: Sir George Olof Roos-Keppel
• 1909-1910: William Rudolph Henry Merck (acting)
• 1910-1913: Sir George Olof Roos-Keppel
• 1913-1915: Sir John Stuart Donald (acting)
• 1915-1919: Sir George Olof Roos-Keppel
• 1919-1921: Sir Alfred Hamilton Grant
• 1921-1923: Sir John Loader Maffey
• 1923-1925: Horatio Norman Bolton
• 1925-1926: William John Keen (acting)
• 1926-1930: Horatio Norman Bolton
• 1930-1931: Sir Stuart Edmond Pearks
• 1931-1932: Sir Ralph Edwin Hotchkin Griffith (created governor in 1932)

Governors of the North-West Frontier Province

• 1932-1937: Sir Ralph Edwin Hotchkin Griffith
• 1937-1939: Sir George Cunningham
• 1939: Sir Arthur Edward Broadbent Parsons
• 1939-1946: Sir George Cunningham
• 1946-1947: Sir Olaf Kirkpatrick Caroe
• 1947: Sir Rob Lockhart (acting)
• 1947-1948: Sir George Cunningham

Post-independence

Following Pakistan's independence in 1947, the North-West Frontier became a province of Pakistan. In 2010, the NWFP was renamed to Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.

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