This is a list of the heads of state of Pakistan, from the foundation of

Pakistan Pakistan ( ur, ), officially the Islamic Republic of Pakistan ( ur, , label=none), is a country in South Asia. It is the world's List of countries and dependencies by population, fifth-most populous country, with a population of almost 24 ...

in 1947 to the present day. The current head of state of Pakistan is Arif Alvi, elected in

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after being nominated by

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, the party run by then

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Imran Khan Imran Ahmed Khan Niazi ( ur}; born 5 October 1952) is a Pakistani politician and former Cricket captain who served as the 22nd Prime Minister of Pakistan from August 2018 to until April 2022, when he was ousted through a no-confidenc ...

. From 1947 to 1956 the head of state was the

Pakistani monarch From 1947 to 1956, the Dominion of Pakistan was a self-governing country within the Commonwealth of Nations that shared a monarch with the United Kingdom and the other Dominions of the Commonwealth. The monarch's constitutional roles in Pakista ...

, who was the same person as the

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and the other

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s. The Monarch was represented in Pakistan by the

Governor-General Governor-general (plural ''governors-general''), or governor general (plural ''governors general''), is the title of an office-holder. In the context of governors-general and former British colonies, governors-general are appointed as viceroy t ...

. Pakistan became a republic under the Constitution of 1956 and the Monarch and Governor-General were replaced by a ceremonial

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Monarch (1947–1956)

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

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Governors-General

The

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

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, 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

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Timeline

ImageSize = width:800 height:auto barincrement:20 PlotArea = top:10 bottom:50 right:130 left:20 AlignBars = late DateFormat = dd/mm/yyyy Period = from:01/01/1947 till:01/01/1957 TimeAxis = orientation:horizontal ScaleMajor = unit:year increment:1 start:1947 Colors = id:govr value:green legend: Tenure Legend = columns:1 left:150 top:24 columnwidth:100 TextData = pos:(20,27) textcolor:black fontsize:M text:"Governors-General:" BarData = barset:PM PlotData= width:5 align:left fontsize:m shift:(5,-4) anchor:till barset:PM from: 15/08/1947 till: 11/09/1948 color:govr text:" Muhaammad Ali Jinnah" from: 11/09/1948 till: 17/10/1951 color:govr text:" Khawaja Nazimuddin" from: 17/10/1951 till: 06/10/1955 color:govr text:" Malik Ghulam Muhammad" from: 06/10/1955 till: 23/03/1956 color:govr text:"

Iskander Mirza Sahibzada Iskander Ali Mirza ( bn, ইস্কান্দার আলী মির্জা; ur, ; 13 November 1899 – 13 November 1969), , was a Pakistani Bengali general officer and civil servant who was the first President of Pakis ...

President of Pakistan

Notes

References

External links

World Statesmen – Pakistan

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