Leaders of Pakistan (Islamic Republic of Pakistan)

Note: 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.

Parties: AL: Awami League; ML: Muslim League; PML: Pakistan Muslim League; PML-N: Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz Sharif; PML-Q: Pakistan Muslim League-Quaid-e-Azam. PPP: Pakistan People's Party; NPP: National People's Party; RP: Republican Party;

Heads of State

Governors-General       Mohammad Ali Jinnah 15 Aug 1947 - 11 Sep 1948 (+) [picture] ML Hwaja Nazimaddin 14 Sep 1948 - 17 Oct 1951 (+1964) [picture] ML Ghulam Mohammad 17 Oct 1951 - 6 Oct 1955 (+1956) [picture] ML Iskander Ali Mirza 6 Oct 1955 - 23 Mar 1956 (+1969) [picture] military         Presidents of the Republic       Iskander Ali Mirza 23 Mar 1956 - 27 Oct 1958 (+1969) [picture] RP Mohammad Ayub Khan 27 Oct 1958 - 25 Mar 1969 (+1974) [picture] military Agha Mohammad Yahya Khan 25 Mar 1969 - 20 Dec 1971 (+1980) [picture] military (1) Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto 20 Dec 1971 - 13 Aug 1973 (+1979)e [picture] PPP Fazal Elahi Chaudhry 14 Aug 1973 - 16 Sep 1978 (+1982) [picture] PPP Mohammad Zia ul-Haq 16 Sep 1978 - 17 Aug 1988 (+)k [picture2] military Ghulam Ishaq Khan 17 Aug 1988 - 18 Jul 1993 [picture] n/p (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 [picture] PPP Wasim Sajjad 2 Dec 1997 - 1 Jan 1998   PML-N (acting) Mohammad Rafiq Tarar 1 Jan 1998 - 20 Jun 2001 [picture] PML-N Pervez Musharraf 20 Jun 2001 - [picture1] military (1) 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 [picture] ML Hwaja Nazimaddin 17 Oct 1951 - 17 Apr 1953 (+1964) [picture] ML Mohammad Ali Bogra 17 Apr 1953 - 12 Aug 1955 (+1963) [picture] ML Chauhdry Mohammad Ali 12 Aug 1955 - 12 Sep 1956 (+1980) [picture] ML Husain Shaheed Suhrawardy 12 Sep 1956 - 17 Oct 1957 (+1963) [picture] AL Ismail Ibrahim Chundrigar 17 Oct 1957 - 16 Dec 1957 (+1960) [picture] ML Malik Firooz Khan Noon 16 Dec 1957 - 24 Oct 1958 (+1970) [picture] RP Mohammad Ayub Khan 24 Oct 1958 - 27 Mar 1969 (+1974) [picture] military Agha Mohammad Yahya Khan 27 Mar 1969 - 7 Dec 1971 (+1980) [picture] military Nurul Amin 7 Dec 1971 - 24 Dec 1971 (+1974) PPP Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto 24 Dec 1971 - 5 Jul 1977 (+1979)e [picture] PPP Mohammad Zia ul-Haq 5 Jul 1977 - 24 Mar 1985 (+1988)k [picture1] military (2) Mohammad Khan Junejo 24 Mar 1985 - 29 May 1988 (+1993) [picture] PML Mohammad Zia ul-Haq 9 Jun 1988 - 17 Aug 1988 (+)k [picture2] military Benazir Bhutto 2 Dec 1988 - 6 Aug 1990 [picture] PPP Ghulam Mustapha Jatoi 6 Aug 1990 - 6 Nov 1990 [picture] NPP Mian Mohammad Nawaz Sharif 6 Nov 1990 - 18 Apr 1993 [picture] PML-N Balakh Sher Mazari 18 Apr 1993 - 26 May 1993 [picture] PML-N Mian Mohammad Nawaz Sharif 26 May 1993 - 18 Jul 1993 [picture] PML-N Moeen Qureshi 18 Jul 1993 - 19 Oct 1993 [picture] n/p Benazir Bhutto 19 Oct 1993 - 5 Nov 1996 [picture] PPP Malik Miraj Khalid 5 Nov 1996 - 17 Feb 1997 (+2003) [picture] n/p (interim) Mian Mohammad Nawaz Sharif 17 Feb 1997 - 12 Oct 1999 [picture] PML-N Pervez Musharraf 12 Oct 1999 - 23 Nov 2002 [picture2] military (3) Mir Zafarullah Khan Jamali 23 Nov 2002 - [picture] PML-Q

Speakers of the National Assembly

Mohammad Ali Jinnah 11 Aug 1947 - 11 Sep 1948 (+) [picture] 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) [picture] Sahibzada Farooq Ali 9 Aug 1973 - 27 Mar 1977   Malik Miraj Khalid 27 Mar 1977 - 5 Jul 1977 (+2003) [picture] 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 (+2003) [picture] 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 [picture] Chaudhry Amir Husain 19 Nov 2002 - [picture]