rulers of pakistan

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