Head of State

Heads of State Governors-General Mohammad Ali Jinnah 15 Aug 1947 - 11 Sep 1948 (+) ML Khwaja 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 (1) 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 (+2006) n/p (acting to 13 Dec 1988) Wasim Sajjad 18 Jul 1993 - 14 Nov 1993 PML-N (interim) Farooq Ahmed Khan Leghari 14 Nov 1993 - 2 Dec 1997 (+2010) PPP Wasim Sajjad 2 Dec 1997 - 1 Jan 1998 PML-N (interim) Mohammad Rafiq Tarar 1 Jan 1998 - 20 Jun 2001 PML-N Pervez Musharraf 20 Jun 2001 - 18 Aug 2008 military, n/p Mohammad Mian Soomro 18 Aug 2008 - 9 Sep 2008 PML-Q (interim) Asif Ali Zardari 9 Sep 2008 - PPP (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 ML Khwaja 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 Hussain 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 (2) 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 (+2007)a PPP Ghulam Mustafa Jatoi 6 Aug 1990 - 6 Nov 1990 (+2009) 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 (+2007)a PPP Malik Miraj Khalid 5 Nov 1996 - 17 Feb 1997 (+2003) n/p (interim) Mian Mohammad Nawaz Sharif 17 Feb 1997 - 12 Oct 1999 PML-N Pervez Musharraf 12 Oct 1999 - 23 Nov 2002 military (3) Mir Zafarullah Khan Jamali 23 Nov 2002 - 30 Jun 2004 PML-Q Chaudhry Shujaat Hussain 30 Jun 2004 - 28 Aug 2004 PML-Q Shaukat Aziz 28 Aug 2004 - 16 Nov 2007 PML-Q Mohammad Mian Soomro 16 Nov 2007 - 25 Mar 2008 PML-Q (interim) Yousaf Raza Gilani 25 Mar 2008 - PPP (2) As Chief Martial Law Administrator. (3) The facto ruler to 15 Oct 1999, then Chief Executive and (from 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 (+) Maulvi Tamizuddin Khan 14 Dec 1948 - 24 Oct 1954 (+1963) Abdul Wahab Khan 12 Aug 1955 - 7 Oct 1958 Maulvi Tamizuddin 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 (+2003) 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) Gohar Ayub Khan 4 Nov 1990 - 17 Oct 1993 Yousaf Raza Gilani 17 Oct 1993 - 16 Feb 1997 Elahi Bukhsh Soomro 16 Feb 1997 - 15 Oct 1999 Chaudhry Amir Hussain 19 Nov 2002 - 19 Mar 2008 Fahmida Mirza 19 Mar 2008 -