The President of Pakistan is constitutionally the head of the state. The recently passed 18th Amendment has restored Pakistan’s government system as democratic, whereby the President is chosen by the Electoral College, which consists of the Senate, National Assembly, and the provincial assemblies, for a five-year term. Thus, the President of Pakistan is truly a complete representative figure in the government having the highest authority to run the government. The Prime Minister of Pakistan runs the state.
The President of Pakistan is also the Chairman of the National Security Council, the Commander-in-Chief of the Pakistan Armed Forces. The post also gives the President power to appoint the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Committee, Chiefs of the Army, Navy, Air Force and Colonel-Commandant Marines.
The President of Pakistan is not allowed to serve more than two consecutive terms and he/she can be impeached and removed from the post if the two-third majority of the Parliament decides so. In Pakistan’s history, exchange of central chief executive powers have always jostled between the President and the Prime Minister often implementing changes through various amendments in the Constitution. Here is a complete list of all the Presidents of Pakistan since 1947.
1. Iskander Mirza (1899–1969)
In Office: 23 March 1956 – 27 October 1958
Total Duration: 2 Years, 7 Months, 4 Days
Status: Elected democratically
Political Party: Republican Party
2. Ayub Khan (1907–1974)
In Office: 27 October 1958 – 25 March 1969
Total Duration: 10 Years, 4 Months, 26 Days
Status: Military Dictator
Political Party: None
3. Yahya Khan (1917–1980)
In Office: 25 March 1969 – 20 December 1971
Total Duration: 2 Years, 8 Months, 25 Days
Status: Military Dictator
Political Party: None
4. Zulfikar Ali Bhutto (1928–1979)
In Office: 20 December 1971 – 13 August 1973
Total Duration: 1 Year, 7 Months, 24 Days
Status: Elected democratically
Political Party: Pakistan Peoples Party
5. Fazal Ilahi Chaudhry (1904–1982)
In Office: 13 August 1973 – 16 September 1978
Total Duration: 5 Years, 1 Month, 3 Days
Status: Elected democratically
Political Party: Pakistan Peoples Party
6. Muhammad Zia-ul-Haq (1924–1988)
In Office: 16 September 1978 – 17 August 1988
Total Duration: 9 Years, 11 Months, 1 Day
Status: Military Dictator
Political Party: None
7. Ghulam Ishaq Khan (1915–2006)
In Office: 17 August 1988 – 18 July 1993
Total Duration: 4 Years, 11 Months, 1 Day
Status: Elected democratically
Political Party: Independent
- Wasim Sajjad (Born 1941)
In Office: 18 July 1993 – 14 November 1993
Total Duration: 3 Months, 27 Days
Status: Acting
Political Party: Pakistan Muslim League (N)
8. Farooq Leghari (1940–2010)
In Office: 14 November 1993 – 2 December 1997
Total Duration: 4 Years, 18 Days
Status: Elected democratically
Political Party: Pakistan Peoples Party
- Wasim Sajjad (Born 1941)
In Office: 2 December 1997 – 1 January 1998
Total Duration: 29 Days
Status: Acting
Political Party: Pakistan Muslim League (N)
9. Muhammad Rafiq Tarar (Born 1929)
In Office: 1 January 1998 – 20 June 2001
Total Duration: 3 Years, 5 Months, 19 Days
Status: Elected democratically
Political Party: Pakistan Muslim League (N)
10. Pervez Musharraf (Born 1943)
In Office: 20 June 2001 – 18 August 2008
Total Duration: 7 Years, 1 Month, 29 Days
Status: Military Dictator
Political Party: Later affiliated with Pakistan Muslim League (Q)
- Muhammad Mian Soomro (Born 1950)
In Office: 18 August 2008 – 9 September 2008
Total Duration: 22 Days
Status: Acting
Political Party: Pakistan Muslim League (Q)
11. Asif Ali Zardari (Born 1955)
In Office: 9 September 2008 – 8 September 2013
Total Duration: 5 Years
Status: Elected democratically
Political Party: Pakistan People’s Party
12. Mamnoon Hussain (Born 1940)
In Office: 9 September 2013 – Incumbent
Total Duration: 6 months, 3 days and counting
Status: Elected democratically
Political Party: Pakistan Muslim League (N)
- Longest Time Served by a Democratically Elected President: Fazal Ilahi Chaudhry (5 Years, 1 Month, 3 Days)
- Shortest Time Served by a Democratically Elected President: Zulfikar Ali Bhutto (1 Year, 7 Months, 24 Days)
- Number of Democratically Elected Presidents: 7
- Total Duration of Democratically Elected Presidents: 22 Years, 37 Months, 95 Days or in aggregation 25 Years, 10 Months, 18 Days
- Longest Time Served by a Military President: Ayub Khan (10 Years, 4 Months, 26 Days)
- Shortest Time Served by a Military President: Yahya Khan (2 Years, 8 Months, 25 Days)
- Number of Military Presidents: 4
- Total Duration of Military Presidents: 28 Years, 24 Months, 81 Days or in aggregation 30 Years, 2 Months, 21 Days
- Longest Time Served by an Acting President: Wasim Sajjad (3 Months, 27 Days)
- Shortest Time Served by an Acting President: Muhammad Mian Soomro (22 Days)
- Number of Acting Presidents: 2
- Number of Times Acting Presidents Came: 3 (Two times Wasim Sajjad became the Acting President)
- Total Duration of Acting Presidents: 3 Months, 78 Days or in aggregation 5 Months, 18 Days
- Political Party Having the Most Number of Serving Presidents: 4 from Pakistan Peoples Party (Also 4 times military dictators became presidents).
- Total Duration of Presidents from Pakistan Peoples Party: 13 Years, 14 Months, 72 Days or in aggregation 14 Years, 4 Months, 12 Days
Sadr pakistan
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Hello!! Pakistan. I am glad to find out this site. it is an informative site for every Pakistani..
not time to read
The best reign has always been of PML-N. So i dont agree with any of you. :p Everytime they come, they always do whats best for the country and dont think about their financial status as Imran Khan and Zardari does.
Beta pagal ho kya jao muh doo ky ao pagal kahin ka. Musharraf ny jb in ky sath kutton wali ki tb finance mei sirf 10 arab ruppe bach gy thy jo ky agla budget bnany ky liye bi nakafi thy . Ye noon ky kutto ka bas chly to sb bech dein 30 saal mei in ki kamai to upar gsi lekn mulak waha ka waha hi ha . Thodi history parh loo jahil leageo. Duffer
stuning and I have saved all presidents pics for knowledge. I like ur work…
A good site very informative..
Nice information and also very informative
Hello! Pakistan. i am very happy to find this site. this is good for students.
the 2nd last is the good one
very nice information but these all are lier and enemies of pakistan they wanted to destroy pakistan not think about the development of pakistan >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
Thanks , for given information…@
Only the great President was Ayub Khan in that period Pakistan grows very fast he was very successful administrator and he did excellent job when he was president but all other are corrupt and corrupt they stole country wealth and they become rich and country went down.
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Very Nice informatioN
I think one is missing its sheikh mujibur rahman. He got highest vote of pakistan history:::::::
i think zulfiquar bhutto and pervaz musharaf were great .
we are agre if army not intrupt in potics so pakistan devolpment in world
It’s very nice list
I agree with u…..
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V nice notifcation
Muhammad Zia ul Haq
very useful information
good buti want the complete biodata
good
Nice job……….good info
Bahot acha yaar.
Well done nice history
I like it.Thanks 4 this useful information
Qurrat ul Ain : It is not necessary that Parvez Will be come back , But if he will be come back then it is sure Pakistan will be back 10 years.
A very helpful site nd interesting too. I think the best regime in the history of Pakistan wz that of general perveez Musharraf. Come soon
Hello! Pakistan. i am very happy to find this site. this is good for students.
Please update and post of latest photos of Presidents of Pakistan.
i like this.
apne sidra bht achi infrmation di ha mgr
asif ali zardari president ke data ma
in office; ma september 2013 ki bjae apne 20013 kr dia ha its wrong .
if u mind it so sory g
Thank you! Fixed!
very informative site
kindly update…
thumbs up (Sidrah Zaheer)
This is the much informative site,which i will suggest to every progressive students.
welldone…..
very intresting site…
Mashallah Bhut Acha Kaam Kiya Hai.
very interesting site
supreb no but soo soso
Well done history of nice history
The best erra was dictator General pervaz musharaf
very informative site.
Pakistan People’s Party was the only loyal party to homeland under the kind administration of Sir Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto – The Lagend. But is ruined by the Govt. formed in 2008
It doesn’t matter that from which party a president belongs but it matters much that presidents nature is of what kind, a loyal one or a selfish one.
ik MOUJj agar chahay TUFAN bn jayay,
ik PHOOL agar chahay GULISTAN bn jayay,
ik kHOON k qatray main TAASEER ho itni,
ik QOAM ki tareekh ka UNWAAN bn jayay.
person or goverment who is elected should be honest with his duties
,no matter how it is elected
its better to live in present. just think about current development….
Be realistic,there is no difference of governance between army rulers and civilian govt.It;s one man show.The so called democratic govt.are more corrupt.Specially this govt.where 4.5 crore bogus votes were casted in the elections.If you compare the development work and economy,the military regime better performed.