PAST RULERS OF PAKISTAN

Since the independence on 14 Aug 1947 to the proclamation of the Republic on 23 Mar 1956 the head of State was the British monarch, represented by a Governor-General. The names are followed by their term in office and parties they belong to, respectively.

Parties: PPP: Pakistan People's Party; PML: Pakistan Muslim League; PML-N: Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (followers of Nawaz Sharif); ML: Muslim League; AL: Awami League; RP: Republican Party; NPP: National People's Party.

Heads of State

Governors-General Mohammad Ali Jinnah 15 Aug 1947 - 11 Sep 1948 (+) ML Hwaja Nazimaddin 14 Sep 1948 - 17 Oct 1951 (+1964) ML Ghulam Mohammad 17 Oct 1951 - 6 Oct 1955 (+1956) ML Iskander Ali Mirza 6 Oct 1955 - 23 Mar 1956 (+1969) military Presidents of the Republic Iskander Ali Mirza 23 Mar 1956 - 27 Oct 1958 (+1969) RP Mohammad Ayub Khan 27 Oct 1958 - 25 Mar 1969 (+1974) military Agha Mohammad Yahya Khan 25 Mar 1969 - 20 Dec 1971 (+1980) military (*) Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto 20 Dec 1971 - 13 Aug 1973 (+1979)e PPP Fazal Elahi Chaudhry 14 Aug 1973 - 16 Sep 1978 (+1982) PPP Mohammad Zia ul-Haq 16 Sep 1978 - 17 Aug 1988 (+)k military Ghulam Ishaq Khan 17 Aug 1988 - 18 Jul 1993 (acting to 13 Dec 1988) Wasim Sajjad 18 Jul 1993 - 14 Nov 1993 PML-N (acting) Farooq Ahmed Khan Leghari 14 Nov 1993 - 2 Dec 1997 PPP Wasim Sajjad 2 Dec 1997 - 1 Jan 1998 PML-N (acting) Mohammad Rafiq Tarar 1 Jan 1998 - 20 Jun 2001 PML-N Pervez Musharraf 20 Jun 2001 - military

(*) Chief Martial Law Administrator to 31 Mar 1969 and then president of the Republic.

Prime Ministers

Nawabzada Liaquat Ali Khan 19 Jul 1947 - 16 Oct 1951 (+)a ML Hwaja Nazimaddin 17 Oct 1951 - 17 Apr 1953 (+1964) ML Mohammad Ali Bogra 17 Apr 1953 - 12 Aug 1955 (+1963) ML Chauhdry Mohammad Ali 12 Aug 1955 - 12 Sep 1956 (+1980) ML Husain Shaheed Suhrawardy 12 Sep 1956 - 17 Oct 1957 (+1963) AL Ismail Ibrahim Chundrigar 17 Oct 1957 - 16 Dec 1957 (+1960) ML Malik Firooz Khan Noon 16 Dec 1957 - 24 Oct 1958 (+1970) RP Mohammad Ayub Khan 24 Oct 1958 - 27 Mar 1969 (+1974) military Agha Mohammad Yahya Khan 27 Mar 1969 - 7 Dec 1971 (+1980) military Nurul Amin 7 Dec 1971 - 24 Dec 1971 (+1974) PPP Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto 24 Dec 1971 - 5 Jul 1977 (+1979)e PPP Mohammad Zia ul-Haq 5 Jul 1977 - 24 Mar 1985 (+1988)k military (**) Mohammad Khan Junejo 24 Mar 1985 - 29 May 1988 (+1993) PML Mohammad Zia ul-Haq 9 Jun 1988 - 17 Aug 1988 (+)k military Benazir Bhutto 2 Dec 1988 - 6 Aug 1990 PPP Ghulam Mustapha Jatoi 6 Aug 1990 - 6 Nov 1990 NPP Mian Mohammad Nawaz Sharif 6 Nov 1990 - 18 Apr 1993 PML-N Balakh Sher Mazari 18 Apr 1993 - 26 May 1993 PML-N Mian Mohammad Nawaz Sharif 26 May 1993 - 18 Jul 1993 PML-N Moeen Qureshi 18 Jul 1993 - 19 Oct 1993 n/p Benazir Bhutto 19 Oct 1993 - 5 Nov 1996 PPP Malik Miraj Khalid 5 Nov 1996 - 17 Feb 1997 n/p (interim) Mian Mohammad Nawaz Sharif 17 Feb 1997 - 12 Oct 1999 PML-N Pervez Musharraf 12 Oct 1999 - military (***)

(**) As Chief Martial Law Administrator.
(***) The facto ruler to 15 Oct 1999, then Chief Executive and (since 25 Oct 1999) chairman of a military/civilian National Security Countil.

Speakers of the National Assembly

Mohammad Ali Jinnah 11 Aug 1947 - 11 Sep 1948 (+) Moulvi Tamizaddin Khan 14 Dec 1948 - 24 Oct 1954 Abdul Wahab Khan 12 Aug 1955 - 7 Oct 1958 Moulvi Tamizaddin Khan 11 Jun 1962 - 19 Aug 1963 Fazalul Quader Chaudhry 29 Nov 1963 - 12 Jun 1965 Abdul Jabbar Khan 12 Jun 1965 - 25 Mar 1969 Fazal Elahi Chaudhry 15 Aug 1972 - 7 Aug 1973 (+1982) Sahibzada Farooq Ali 9 Aug 1973 - 27 Mar 1977 Malik Miraj Khalid 27 Mar 1977 - 5 Jul 1977 Fakhar Imam 22 Mar 1985 - 26 May 1986 Hamid Nasir Chattha 31 May 1986 - 3 Dec 1988 Malik Miraj Khalid 3 Dec 1988 - 4 Nov 1990 Gohar Ayub Khan 4 Nov 1990 - 17 Oct 1993 Yousaf Raza Gillani 17 Oct 1993 - 16 Feb 1997 Illahi Bukhsh Soomro 16 Feb 1997 - 15 Oct 1999

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