Government
Ado-Ekiti has had the following kings:
- Ewi Adewumi Agunsoye (1910–1936)
- Ewi Anirare Aladesanmi II (1937–1983)
- Ewi Samuel Adeyemi, George-Adelabu I (1984–1988)
- Regent Omotunde George-Adelabu II (1988–1990)
- Ewi Adeyemo Adejugbe, Aladesanmi III From (1990) up to the present time
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