List of heads of state of Pakistan

Politics of Pakistan

Federalism

* Federal government

* * *

*     * Provincial governments: Punjab
* Sindh
* KPK
* Balochistan

*     * Governors: Muhammad Baligh Ur Rehman(Pujab)
* Kamran Tessori(Sindh)
* Haji Ghulam Ali(KPK)
* Abdul Wali Kakar(Balochistan)
* Syed Mehdi Shah(Gilgit-Baltistan)

*     * Chief Ministers: Maryam Nawaz(Punjab)
* Maqbool Baqar(Sindh)
* Arshad Hussain Shah(KPK)
* Ali Mardan Khan Domki(Balochistan)
* Gulbar Khan(Gilgit-Baltistan)

*     * Provincial assemblies of Pakistan: Punjab
* Sindh
* KPK
* Balochistan
* Gilgi-Baltistan

* * *

Azad Kashmir government

* President: Sultan Mehmood Chaudhry
* Prime Minister: Chaudhry Anwarul Haq
* Legislative Assembly

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Government of Gilgit-Baltistan

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Local government

* Divisions
* Districts
* Tehsil
* UCs

Parliament legislature

* Senate (Upper House)

* Chairman: Yousaf Raza Gillani
* Deputy Chairman: Mirza Muhammad Afridi (PTI)
* Leader of the House: Ishaq Dar (PML(N))
* Opposition leader: Shahzad Waseem (PTI)

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* National Assembly (Lower House)

* Leader of the House: Shehbaz Sharif (PML(N))
* Speaker: Ayaz Sadiq (PML(N))
* Deputy speaker: Syed Ghulam Mustafa Shah (PPP)
* Leader of the Opposition: Omar Ayub Khan

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Constitution of Pakistan

*     * Previous constitutions:1956
* 1962
* 1973

* Annex (written 1949, incorporated 1985)
* Amendments
* Law
* Pakistan Penal Code
* Human rights

Executive

* President of Pakistan: Asif Ali Zardari (PPP)
* List of presidents of Pakistan

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* Prime Minister of Pakistan: Shahbaz Sharif (PML-N)
* List of prime ministers of Pakistan

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* Cabinet of Pakistan
* Cabinet Secretary

Judiciary

* Supreme Court of Pakistan
* Chief Justice: Qazi Faez Isa
* List of justices
* Judges appointment body: Supreme Judicial Council

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* High courts: Islamabad, Punjab, Sindh, KPK, Balochistan, Shariat Court

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* Territorial courts: AJK supreme court, AJK High court, Gilgit-Baltistan supreme court, Gilgit-Baltistan High Court

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* Special courts: Anti Terrorism Courts, Accountability Courts

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*     * District Courts

Elections

* Election Commission of Pakistan
* Chief Election Commissioner: Sikandar Sultan Raja
* Electoral College

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Territorial election commission

* AJK Election Commission
* Chief Election Commissioner of AJK: Abdul Rashid Sulehria
* Gilgit-Baltistan Election Commission
* Chief Election Commissioner of Gilgit-Baltistan: Raja Shah Baz Khan

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Elections

*     * Presidential: 2008
* 2013
* 2018
* 2024

*     * General: 1970
* 1977
* 1985
* 1988
* 1990
* 1993
* 1997
* 2002
* 2008
* 2013
* 2018
* 2024

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Provincial elections

*     * Punjab: 2002
* 2008
* 2013
* 2018
* 2024

*     * Sindh: 2002
* 2008
* 2013
* 2018
* 2024

*     * KPK: 2002
* 2008
* 2013
* 2018
* 2024

*     * Balochistan: 2013
* 2018
* 2024

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Territorial elections

*     * Azad Kashmir: 1970
* 1975
* 1985
* 1990
* 1991
* 1996
* 2001
* 2006
* 2011
* 2016
* 2021

*     * Gilgit-Baltistan: 2009
* 2015
* 2020

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Political parties

* Pakistan Muslim League (N)
* Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf
* Pakistan Peoples Party
* Complete list

Administrative units

Capital territory

* Islamabad

Provinces

* Balochistan
* Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
* Punjab
* Sindh

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Autonomous region

* Azad Kashmir
* Gilgit-Baltistan

Foreign relations

Diplomacy

* Ministry of Foreign Affairs

Minister of Foreign Affairs
* Diplomatic missions of / in Pakistan

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This is a list of the heads of state of Pakistan, from the foundation of Pakistan in 1947 to the present day. The current head of state of Pakistan is Asif Ali Zardari, elected in 2024 after being nominated by the Pakistan People's Party.

From 1947 to 1956 the head of state was the Pakistani monarch, who was the same person as the monarch of the United Kingdom and the other Commonwealth realms. The Monarch was represented in Pakistan by the Governor-General. Pakistan became a republic under the Constitution of 1956 and the Monarch and Governor-General were replaced by a ceremonial President.

## Monarchy (1947–1956)[edit]

Main article: Monarchy of Pakistan

The succession to the throne of Pakistan was the same as the succession to the British throne.

No. | Portrait  | Monarch
(Birth–Death) | Reign  | Prime ministers

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Start  | End  | Total
1  |  | George VI
(1895–1952) | 14 August 1947  | 6 February 1952  | 4 years, 176 days  | Khan
Nazimuddin
2  |  | Elizabeth II
(1926–2022) | 6 February 1952  | 23 March 1956  | 4 years, 46 days
Bogra
Ali

### Governors-General[edit]

Main article: Governor-General of Pakistan

The Governor-General was the representative of the monarch in Pakistan and exercised most of the powers of the monarch. The Governor-General was appointed for an indefinite term, serving at the pleasure of the monarch. After the passage of the Statute of Westminster 1931, the Governor-General was appointed solely on the advice of the Cabinet of Pakistan without the involvement of the British government. In the event of a vacancy the Chief Justice served as Officer Administering the Government.

No. | Portrait  | Name
(Birth–Death) | Term of office  | Monarch
(Reign)

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Took office  | Left office  | Time in office
1  |  | Muhammad Ali Jinnah
(1876–1948) | 14 August 1947  | 11 September 1948  | 1 year, 28 days  |
George VI
(1947–1952)
2  |  | Sir Khawaja Nazimuddin
(1894–1964) | 14 September 1948  | 17 October 1951  | 3 years, 33 days
3  |  | Sir Ghulam Muhammad
(1895–1956) | 17 October 1951  | 7 August 1955  | 3 years, 294 days

Elizabeth II
(1952–1956)
4  |  | Iskandar Ali Mirza
(1899–1969) | 7 August 1955  | 23 March 1956  | 229 days

## Republic (1956–present)[edit]

Under the 1956 Constitution, the first constitution of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan, the President replaced the monarch as ceremonial head of state. The President was elected by the Electoral College for a five-year term. In the event of a vacancy the Chairman of the Senate served as Acting President.

### Presidents[edit]

This section is transcluded from List of presidents of Pakistan. (edit | history)

No. | Portrait  | Name
(Birth–Death) | Term of office  | Political party  | Elected  | Ref.

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Took office  | Left office  | Time in office
1  |  | Iskandar Ali Mirza
(1899–1969) | 23 March 1956  | 27 October 1958  | 2 years, 218 days  |  | Republican Party | –  | [1]
2  |  | Ayub Khan
(1907–1974) | 27 October 1958 | 8 June 1962  | 3 years, 224 days  |  | Military | –
8 June 1962  | 25 March 1969  | 6 years, 290 days  |  | Pakistan Muslim League PML (C) | 1965
3  |  | Yahya Khan
(1917–1980) | 25 March 1969  | 20 December 1971  | 2 years, 270 days  |  | Military | –  | [1][2][page needed]
4  |  | Zulfikar Ali Bhutto
(1928–1979) | 20 December 1971  | 14 August 1973  | 1 year, 237 days  |  | Pakistan Peoples Party | –  | [1]
5  |  | Fazal Ilahi Chaudhry
(1904–1982) | 14 August 1973  | 16 September 1978  | 5 years, 33 days  |  | Pakistan Peoples Party | 1973
6 |  | Muhammad Zia-ul-Haq
(1924–1988) | 16 September 1978 | 17 August 1988 †  | 9 years, 336 days  |  | Military | —
7  |  | Ghulam Ishaq Khan
(1915–2006) | 17 August 1988  | 18 July 1993  | 4 years, 335 days  |  | Independent | 1988
—  |  | Wasim Sajjad
(born 1941)
acting | 18 July 1993  | 14 November 1993  | 119 days  |  | Pakistan Muslim League (N) | –
8  |  | Farooq Leghari
(1940–2010) | 14 November 1993  | 2 December 1997  | 4 years, 18 days  |  | Pakistan Peoples Party | 1993
—  |  | Wasim Sajjad
(born 1941)
acting | 2 December 1997  | 1 January 1998  | 30 days  |  | Pakistan Muslim League (N)
9  |  | Muhammad Rafiq Tarar
(1929–2022) | 1 January 1998  | 20 June 2001  | 3 years, 170 days  |  | Pakistan Muslim League (N) | 1997
10  |  | Pervez Musharraf
(1943–2023) | 20 June 2001  | 15 October 2007  | 6 years, 117 days  |  | Military | 2004 | [1][3]
19 November 2007  | 18 August 2008 | 273 days  |  | Pakistan Muslim League (Q) | 2007 | [1]
—  |  | Muhammad Mian Soomro
(born 1950)
acting | 18 August 2008  | 9 September 2008  | 22 days  |  | Pakistan Muslim League (N) | –
11  |  | Asif Ali Zardari
(born 1955) | 9 September 2008  | 9 September 2013  | 5 years  |  | Pakistan People's Party | 2008
12  |  | Mamnoon Hussain
(1940–2021) | 9 September 2013  | 9 September 2018  | 5 years  |  | Pakistan Muslim League (N) | 2013
13  |  | Arif Alvi
(born 1949) | 9 September 2018  | 10 March 2024  | 5 years, 183 days  |  | Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf | 2018
14  |  | Asif Ali Zardari
(born 1955) | 10 March 2024  | Incumbent  | 94 days  |  | Pakistan People's Party | 2024 |

## Timeline[edit]

## See also[edit]

* Governor-General of Pakistan
* President of Pakistan
* List of international trips made by presidents of Pakistan
* Vice President of Pakistan
* Prime Minister of Pakistan
* List of prime ministers of Pakistan

## Notes[edit]

## References[edit]

1. ^ a b c d e "Presidents". National Assembly of Pakistan. 11 August 2023. Archived from the original on 11 August 2023. Retrieved 22 October 2023.`{{cite web}}`: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
2. ^ Burki, Shahid Javed; Baxter, Craig (1991). Pakistan Under The Military: Eleven Years Of Zia Ul-haq. Westview Press. ISBN 978-0813379852.
3. ^ Waldman, Amy (2 January 2004). "Pakistan gives Musharraf confidence vote as president". The New York Times. Retrieved 20 January 2013.

## External links[edit]

* World Statesmen – Pakistan
* Rulers.org – Pakistan

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