List of governors of Istanbul Province

The following is a list of governors of Istanbul in the Republican era.

No.	Name	Took office	Left office
1	Mithat Bey	December 24, 1927	July 11, 1928
2	Muhittin Üstündağ	July 14, 1928	December 4, 1938
3	Lütfi Kırdar	December 5, 1938	October 20, 1949
4	Fahrettin Kerim Gökay	October 24, 1946	November 26, 1957
5	Mümtaz Tarhan	November 29, 1957	May 11, 1958
6	Ethem Yetkiner	May 14, 1958	May 27, 1960
7	Refik Tulga	May 27, 1960	February 26, 1962
8	Niyazı Akı	March 6, 1962	January 18, 1966
9	Vefa Poyraz	January 18, 1966	June 2, 1973
10	Namık Kemal Şentürk	June 26, 1973	October 25, 1977
11	İhsan Tekin	February 7, 1978	April 9, 1979
12	Orhan Erbuğ	May 29, 1979	December 6, 1979
13	Nevzat Ayaz	December 7, 1979	January 18, 1988
14	B. Cahit Bayar	January 18, 1988	August 19, 1991
15	Hayri Kozakçıoğlu	August 19, 1991	November 1, 1995
16	Rıdvan Yenişen	November 4, 1995	July 24, 1997
17	Kutlu Aktaş	July 24, 1997	August 4, 1998
18	Erol Çakır	August 6, 1998	February 16, 2003
19	Muammer Güler	February 17, 2003	March 31, 2010
20	Hüseyin Avni Mutlu	March 31, 2010	September 25, 2014
21	Vasip Şahin	September 25, 2014	current