List of presidents of Pakistan

The head of state of Pakistan from independence until Pakistan became a republic in 1956 was the Pakistani monarch. For the Governor-Generals who represented them from 1947 to 1956, see Governor-General of Pakistan.

Politics of Pakistan

Federalism

* Federal government

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

*     * Governors:  Sardar Saleem Haider(Punjab)
* Kamran Tessori(Sindh)
* Faisal Karim Kundi(KPK)
* Sheikh Jaffar Khan(Balochistan)
* Syed Mehdi Shah(Gilgit-Baltistan)

*     * Chief Ministers: Maryam Nawaz(Punjab)
* Murad Ali Shah(Sindh)
* Ali Amin Gandapur(KPK)
* Sarfraz Bugti(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: Syedaal Khan Nasar (PML(N))
* Leader of the House: Ishaq Dar (PML(N))
* Opposition leader: Shibli Faraz (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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Customs

* Passport
* Visa requirements
* Visa policy

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Regional topics

* Kashmir conflict
* India
* China
* United States

Pakistan portal

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Flag of the president of Pakistan

The president of Pakistan is the head of state of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan.

The complete list of presidents of Pakistan includes the persons sworn into the office of president following the proclamation of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan in 1956.

There have been a total of 13 presidents. The first president was Iskander Ali Mirza who assumed office on 23 March 1956. The current office holder is Asif Ali Zardari, who took office on 10 March 2024, following his victory in the 2024 election.[1]

## Line of succession and removal

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Main article: Line of succession to the President of Pakistan

The Constitution discusses the possibility of an acting president. in Chapter 1: The President, Part III: The Federation of Pakistan in the Constitution of Pakistan. Certain office-holders, however, are permitted to stand as presidential candidates in case of vacancy as the constitution does not include a position of vice president:

* The Chairman of the Senate of Pakistan
* The Speaker of the National Assembly of Pakistan. in Chapter 1: The President, Part III: The Federation of Pakistan in the Constitution of Pakistan.

## Key

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Key for presidents list  | Party name

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| Republican Party
| Muslim League (C)
| Armed Forces
| Independent
| Muslim League (Q)
| People's Party
| Muslim League (N)
| Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf

## Presidents

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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 | –  | [2]
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 | –  | [2][3][page needed]
4  |  | Zulfikar Ali Bhutto
(1928–1979) | 20 December 1971  | 14 August 1973  | 1 year, 237 days  |  | Pakistan Peoples Party | –  | [2]
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 | [2][4]
19 November 2007  | 18 August 2008 | 273 days  |  | Pakistan Muslim League (Q) | 2007 | [2]
—  |  | 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  | 169 days  |  | Pakistan People's Party | 2024 |

## Timeline

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## See also

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* List of heads of state of Pakistan
* 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

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## References

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1. ^ "Pakistan's former President Asif Ali Zardari wins another term". The Star. Retrieved 10 March 2024.
2. ^ 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)
3. ^ Burki, Shahid Javed; Baxter, Craig (1991). Pakistan Under The Military: Eleven Years Of Zia Ul-haq. Westview Press. ISBN 978-0813379852.
4. ^ Waldman, Amy (2 January 2004). "Pakistan gives Musharraf confidence vote as president". The New York Times. Retrieved 20 January 2013.

## External links

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"Presidents". WorldStatesman.org.

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Presidents of Pakistan

* Mirza
* Ayub Khan
* Yahya Khan
* Bhutto
* Ilahi
* Zia-ul-Haq
* Ghulam Ishaq Khan
* Sajjad
* Leghari
* Sajjad
* Tarar
* Musharraf
* Soomro
* Zardari
* Mamnoon
* Alvi
* Zardari

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