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{{Infobox Political post
|post            = Governor
|body            = Alaska
|insignia        = Seal of the State of Alaska.svg
|insigniasize    = 150
|insigniacaption = [[Seal of Alaska|The Seal of the State of Alaska]]
|image           = Mike Dunleavy official photo (cropped).jpg
|incumbent       = [[Mike Dunleavy (politician)|Mike Dunleavy]]
|incumbentsince  = December 3, 2018
|residence       = [[Alaska Governor's Mansion]]
|termlength      = Four years, renewable once
|formation       = January 3, 1959
|inaugural       = [[William A. Egan]]
|deputy          = [[Kevin Meyer]]
|salary          = $145,000 <ref>{{cite web |url=http://knowledgecenter.csg.org/kc/system/files/4.3.2018.pdf |title=The Governors: Compensation, Staff, Travel and Residence |publisher=The Council of State Governments |date=April 3, 2018 |accessdate=October 17, 2018 |archive-date=February 26, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210226190134/http://knowledgecenter.csg.org/kc/system/files/4.3.2018.pdf |url-status=dead }}</ref>
|website         = [http://gov.alaska.gov gov.alaska.gov]
}}
The '''Governor of Alaska''' is the leader of [[Alaska]]'s government and the [[U.S. state|state's]] [[Alaska National Guard|military]]. The governor has the right to make state laws, and the power to either approve or [[veto]] bills passed by the [[Alaska Legislature]],<ref>AK Const. art. II, § 15</ref> to meet the legislature, and grant [[pardon]]s, not for [[impeachment]].<ref>AK Const. art. III</ref>

The current Governor of Alaska is [[Mike J. Dunleavy|Mike Dunleavy]].

==Governors of Alaska==
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center;"
|+ Governors of the State of Alaska{{efn|Data is sourced from the [[National Governors Association]], unless supplemental references are required.}}
!scope="col" data-sort-type="number"|{{abbr|No.|Number}}
!scope="col" colspan="3"|Governor
!scope="col"|Term in office
!scope="col"|Party
!scope="col"|Election
!scope="col" colspan="2"|[[List of Lieutenant Governors of Alaska|Lt. Governor]]{{efn|The office of lieutenant governor was named secretary of state until 1970.|}}{{efn|Lieutenant governors have all represented the same party as their governor.}}
|- style="height:2em;"
|rowspan="2"|1
|rowspan="2" data-sort-value="Egan, William"|[[File:William A. Egan.jpg|75px]]
|rowspan="2" style="background: {{party color|Democratic Party (United States)}}" |&nbsp;
!scope="row" rowspan="2"|[[William A. Egan]]
|rowspan="2"|{{dts|January 3, 1959}}<br/>&ndash;<br/>December 5, 1966<br><small>(term limited)</small>
|rowspan="2"|[[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic]]
|[[1958 Alaska gubernatorial election|1958]]
|rowspan="2" style="background:{{party color|Democratic Party (United States)}}" |&nbsp;
|rowspan="2" data-sort-value="Wade, Hugh"|[[Hugh Wade]]
|- style="height:2em;"
|[[1962 Alaska gubernatorial election|1962]]
|- style="height:2em;"
|2
|data-sort-value="Hickel, Wally"|[[File:Hickel.gif|75px]]
|rowspan="2" style="background: {{party color|Republican Party (United States)}}" |
!scope="row"|[[Wally Hickel]]
|{{dts|December 5, 1966}}<br/>&ndash;<br/> January 29, 1969<br><small>(resigned)</small>{{efn|Hickel resigned to become [[United States Secretary of the Interior]].<ref name="nga-hickel">{{cite web | url=https://classic.nga.org/cms/walter-j-hickel | title=Walter J. Hickel | publisher=[[National Governors Association]] | accessdate=November 24, 2018 }}{{Dead link|date=October 2022 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>}}
|[[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]]
|[[1966 Alaska gubernatorial election|1966]]
|rowspan="2" style="background: {{party color|Republican Party (United States)}}" |
|data-sort-value="Miller, Keith"|[[Keith Harvey Miller]]
|- style="height:2em;"
|3
|data-sort-value="Miller, Keith"|[[File:Keith H. Miller.jpg|75px]]
!scope="row"|[[Keith Harvey Miller]]
|{{dts|January 29, 1969}}<br/>&ndash;<br/> December 7, 1970<br><small>(lost election)</small><ref>{{Cite web|title=Alaska|url=https://www.nga.org/former-governors/alaska/|access-date=2022-05-02|website=National Governors Association}}</ref>
|[[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]]
|bgcolor="#EEEEEE"|<small>Succeeded from<br>Secretary<br>of State</small>
|data-sort-value="Ward, Robert"|[[Robert W. Ward]]
|- style="height:2em;"
|''1''
|data-sort-value="Egan, William"|[[File:William A. Egan.jpg|75px]]
|style="background: {{party color|Democratic Party (United States)}}" |
!scope="row"|[[William A. Egan]]
|{{dts|December 7, 1970}}<br/>&ndash;<br/> December 2, 1974<br><small>(lost election)</small>
|[[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic]]
|[[1970 Alaska gubernatorial election|1970]]
|style="background: {{party color|Democratic Party (United States)}}" |
|data-sort-value="Boucher, H. A."|[[H. A. Boucher]]
|- style="height:2em;"
|rowspan="2"|4
|rowspan="2" data-sort-value="Hammond, Jay"|[[File:Jay Hammond 1975.jpg|75px]]
|rowspan="2" style="background: {{party color|Republican Party (United States)}}" |
!scope="row" rowspan="2"|[[Jay Hammond]]
|rowspan="2"|{{dts|December 2, 1974}}<br/>&ndash;<br/> December 6, 1982<br><small>(term limited)</small>
|rowspan="2"|[[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]]
|[[1974 Alaska gubernatorial election|1974]]
|rowspan="2" style="background: {{party color|Republican Party (United States)}}" |
|data-sort-value="Thomas, Lowell"|[[Lowell Thomas Jr.]]
|- style="height:2em;"
|[[1978 Alaska gubernatorial election|1978]]
|data-sort-value="Miller, Terry"|[[Terry Miller (politician)|Terry Miller]]
|- style="height:2em;"
|5
|data-sort-value="Sheffield, Bill"|[[File:Bill Sheffield 1989 (cropped).jpg|75px]]
|rowspan="2" style="background: {{party color|Democratic Party (United States)}}" |
!scope="row"|[[Bill Sheffield]]
|{{dts|December 6, 1982}}<br/>&ndash;<br/> December 1, 1986<br><small>(not candidate for election)</small>
|[[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic]]
|[[1982 Alaska gubernatorial election|1982]]
|rowspan="2" style="background: {{party color|Democratic Party (United States)}}" |
|rowspan="2" data-sort-value="McAlpine, Steve"|[[Steve McAlpine]]
|- style="height:2em;"
|6
|data-sort-value="Cowper, Steve"|[[File:Steve Cowper 1990 (cropped).jpg|75px]]
!scope="row"|[[Steve Cowper]]
|{{dts|December 1, 1986}}<br/>&ndash;<br/> December 3, 1990<br><small>(not candidate for election)</small>
|[[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic]]
|[[1986 Alaska gubernatorial election|1986]]
|- style="height:2em;"
|''2''
|data-sort-value="Hickel, Wally"|[[File:Hickel.gif|75px]]
|style="background:#000099"|
!scope="row"|[[Wally Hickel]]
|{{dts|December 3, 1990}}<br/>&ndash;<br/> December 5, 1994<br><small>(not candidate for election)</small>
|[[Alaskan Independence Party|Alaskan<br />Independence]]{{efn|Hickel was elected as a member of the Alaskan Independence Party, and switched to the Republican party in April 1994.<ref>{{cite news |title=Alaska's Gov. Hickel Rejoins Gop Amid Speculation Over Another Term |url=http://community.seattletimes.nwsource.com/archive/?date=19940415&slug=1905548 |agency=[[Associated Press]] |work=[[The Seattle Times]] |date=April 15, 1994 |accessdate=September 28, 2008 |archive-date=February 21, 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090221050958/http://community.seattletimes.nwsource.com/archive/?date=19940415&slug=1905548 |url-status=dead }}</ref>}}
|[[1990 Alaska gubernatorial election|1990]]
|style="background:#000099;"|
|data-sort-value="Coghill, Jack"|[[Jack Coghill]]
|- style="height:2em;"
|rowspan="2"|7
|rowspan="2" data-sort-value="Knowles, Tony"|[[File:GovTonyKnowles.jpg|75px]]
|rowspan="2" style="background: {{party color|Democratic Party (United States)}}" |
!scope="row" rowspan="2"|[[Tony Knowles (politician)|Tony Knowles]]
|rowspan="2"|{{dts|December 5, 1994}}<br/>&ndash;<br/> December 2, 2002<br><small>(term limited)</small>
|rowspan="2"|[[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic]]
|[[1994 Alaska gubernatorial election|1994]]
|rowspan="2" style="background: {{party color|Democratic Party (United States)}}" |
|rowspan="2" data-sort-value="Ulmer, Fran"|[[Fran Ulmer]]
|- style="height:2em;"
|[[1998 Alaska gubernatorial election|1998]]
|- style="height:2em;"
|8
|data-sort-value="Murkowski, Frank"|[[File:Frank Murkowski, 105th Congress photo.jpg|75px]]
|rowspan="5" style="background: {{party color|Republican Party (United States)}}" |
!scope="row"|[[Frank Murkowski]]
|{{dts|December 2, 2002}}<br/>&ndash;<br/> December 4, 2006<br><small>(not candidate for election)</small>
|[[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]]
|[[2002 Alaska gubernatorial election|2002]]
|rowspan="2" style="background: {{party color|Republican Party (United States)}}" |
|data-sort-value="Leman, Loren"|[[Loren Leman]]
|- style="height:2em;"
|9
|data-sort-value="Palin, Sarah"|[[File:Sarah Palin Germany 3 Cropped Lightened.JPG|75px]]
!scope="row"|[[Sarah Palin]]
|{{dts|December 4, 2006}}<br/>&ndash;<br/> July 26, 2009<br><small>([[Resignation of Sarah Palin|resigned]])</small>{{efn|Palin [[Resignation of Sarah Palin|resigned]], citing the costs of ethics investigations.<ref name=adn0707>{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2009/07/06/us/06palin.html |title=Legal Bills Swayed Palin, Official Says |work=[[The New York Times]] |date=July 5, 2009 | accessdate=October 12, 2017}}</ref>}}
|[[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]]
|[[2006 Alaska gubernatorial election|2006]]
|data-sort-value="Parnell, Sean"|[[Sean Parnell]]
|- style="height:2em;"
|rowspan="3"|10
|rowspan="3" data-sort-value="Parnell, Sean"|[[File:Former Governor of Alaska Sean Parnell.jpg|75px]]
!scope="row" rowspan="3"|[[Sean Parnell]]
|rowspan="3"|{{dts|July 26, 2009}}<br/>&ndash;<br/> December 1, 2014<br><small>(lost election)</small><ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.elections.alaska.gov/results/14GENR/data/results.htm |title=2014 General Election November 4, 2014 Official Results |date=November 11, 2014 |accessdate=November 27, 2014 |publisher=elections.alaska.gov }}</ref>
|rowspan="3"|[[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]]
|rowspan="2" bgcolor="#EEEEEE"|<small>Succeeded from<br>Lieutenant<br>Governor</small>
|colspan="2" bgcolor="#EEEEEE"|''Vacant''
|- style="height:2em;"
|rowspan="2" style="background: {{party color|Republican Party (United States)}}" |
|data-sort-value="Campbell, Craig"|[[Craig Campbell (politician)|Craig Campbell]]<br /><small>(took office August 10, 2009)</small>{{efn|Campbell's position was termed "Temporary Substitute Lieutenant Governor<ref>{{cite web |url= http://juneauempire.com/stories/072809/sta_471747292.shtml#.Wd-eQmhSxaQ |title= Alaska gets first ever 'temporary substitute' lt. governor |publisher= Juneau Empire |date= July 28, 2009 |last= Forgey |first= Pat |accessdate= October 12, 2017 |url-status= dead |archiveurl= https://web.archive.org/web/20171013014106/http://juneauempire.com/stories/072809/sta_471747292.shtml#.Wd-eQmhSxaQ |access-date= April 8, 2022 |archive-date= October 13, 2017 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20171013014106/http://juneauempire.com/stories/072809/sta_471747292.shtml#.Wd-eQmhSxaQ }}</ref> until he was confirmed by the Alaska Legislature on August 10, 2009.<ref>{{cite web |work= legis.state.ak.us |url= http://www.legis.state.ak.us/basis/get_single_journal.asp?session=26&date=20090810&beg_page=1247&end_page=1258&chamber=H |title= House Journal, Alaska State Legislature, Twenty-Sixth Legislature, First Special Session |agency= State of Alaska |date= August 10, 2009 |accessdate= December 17, 2009 |archive-date= September 19, 2018 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20180919122547/http://www.legis.state.ak.us/basis/get_single_journal.asp?session=26&date=20090810&beg_page=1247&end_page=1258&chamber=H |url-status= dead }}</ref>}}
|- style="height:2em;"
|[[2010 Alaska gubernatorial election|2010]]
|data-sort-value="Treadwell, Mead"|[[Mead Treadwell]]
|- style="height:2em;"
|rowspan="2"|11
|rowspan="2" data-sort-value="Walker, Bill"|[[File:Bill Walker.jpg|75px]]
|rowspan="2" style="background:{{party color|Independent (United States)}};"|
!rowspan="2" scope="row"|[[Bill Walker (American politician)|Bill Walker]]
|rowspan="2"|{{dts|December 1, 2014}}<br/>&ndash;<br/>December 3, 2018<br><small>(withdrew from election)</small><ref>{{cite web |last1=Zak |first1=Annie |title=Gov. Bill Walker drops out of campaign for Alaska governor |url=https://www.adn.com/politics/2018/10/19/gov-bill-walker-drops-out-of-campaign-for-alaska-governor/ |work=Anchorage Daily News |accessdate=20 October 2018|date=2018-10-19 }}</ref>
|rowspan="2"|Independent
|rowspan="2"|[[2014 Alaska gubernatorial election|2014]]
|rowspan="2" style="background: {{party color|Independent (United States)}}" |
|data-sort-value="Mallott, Byron"|[[Byron Mallott]]<br /><small>(resigned October 16, 2018)</small><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.adn.com/politics/2018/10/16/alaska-lt-gov-byron-mallott-abruptly-resigns-followiing-inappropriate-comments/|title=Alaska Lt. Gov. Byron Mallott abruptly resigns following "inappropriate comments"|first1=Annie|last1=Zak|first2=Tegan|last2=Hanlon|first3=Alex|last3=DeMarban|date=October 16, 2018|work=[[Anchorage Daily News]]}}</ref>
|- style="height:2em;"
|data-sort-value="Davidson, Valerie"|[[Valerie Davidson]]
|- style="height:2em;"
|12
|data-sort-value="Dunleavy, Mike"|[[File:Senator_Mike_Dunleavy.jpg|75px]]
|style="background:{{party color|Republican Party (United States)}};"|
!scope="row"|[[Mike Dunleavy (politician)|Mike Dunleavy]]
|December 3, 2018<br>&ndash;<br>present{{efn|Dunleavy's first term expires on December 5, 2022.}}
|[[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]]
|[[2018 Alaska gubernatorial election|2018]]
|style="background:{{party color|Republican Party (United States)}};"|
|data-sort-value="Meyer, Kevin"|[[Kevin Meyer (politician)|Kevin Meyer]]
|}

==Notes==
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==References==
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{{U.S. governors}}
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