List of Presidents of Pakistan
Presidents

List of Presidents of Pakistan

Section Title: Presidents
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No.	Portrait	Name (Birth–death)	Took office	Left office	Elections	Political party	Note(s)	Ethnicity

1	A black and white portrait of Iskander Mirza	Iskander Mirza (1899–1969)	23 March 1956	27 October 1958	—	Republican Party	Mirza served as the last Governor-General of Pakistan and became its first president after the 1956 Constitution was promulgated, which established a republic.

2	A black and white portrait of Ayub Khan	Ayub Khan (1907–1974)	27 October 1958	8 June 1962	—	—	Ayub took control over the country after the 1958 coup d'état. He led Pakistan into the 1965 war against India.

8 June 1962	31 March 1969	2 January 1965	Pakistan Muslim League (C)

3	A portrait of Yahya Khan	Yahya Khan (1917–1980)	31 March 1969	20 December 1971	—	—	Yahya took office after the resignation of Ayub Khan in 1969. He resigned after Pakistan's defeat to Bangladesh in the 1971 war.

4	A black and white photo of Wajahat Haider, during a meeting	Zulfikar Ali Bhutto (1928–1979)	20 December 1971	13 August 1973	20 December 1971	Pakistan Peoples Party	Bhutto resigned as president to become the Prime Minister after the 1973 Constitution was promulgated, which established a parliamentary system of government.

5	-	Fazal Ilahi Chaudhry (1904–1982)	14 August 1973	16 September 1978	14 August 1973	Pakistan Peoples Party	Chaudhry was the constitutional president, whose authority was exercised by Prime Minister Zulfikar Ali Bhutto. Chaudhry resigned in 1978 and handed over the presidency to General Zia.

6	Muhammad Zia-ul-haq in black Sherwani, looking towards the camera	Muhammad Zia-ul-Haq (1924–1988)	16 September 1978	17 August 1988	—	—	Zia took de facto control over the country by leading the 1977 coup d'état. He served as the Chief Martial Law Administrator until 1979.

7	Ghulam Ishaq Khan (1915–2006)	17 August 1988	18 July 1993	13 December 1988	Independent	Khan took office after the Zia's 1988 death. He attempted to dismiss the Nawaz Sharif government in 1993, but the Supreme Court overturned the president's decision.

8	-	Farooq Leghari (1940–2010)	14 November 1993	2 December 1997	14 November 1993	Pakistan Peoples Party	Leghari was elected president in 1993, after the resignation of Ghulam Ishaq Khan. Afterwards, Leghari clashed with Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif, and he finally resigned after being forced by the conservatives and persuaded by the Armed Forces.

9	A side shoot of Muhammad Rafiq Tarar at an award ceremony	Muhammad Rafiq Tarar (1929–)	1 January 1998	20 June 2001	31 December 1997	Pakistan Muslim League (N)	Tarar was the constitutional president, whose authority was exercised by Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif. Tarar resigned in 2001.

10	A portrait of Pervez Musharraf	Pervez Musharraf (1943– )	20 June 2001	6 October 2007	1 January 2004	—	Musharraf took de facto control over the country by leading the 1999 Pakistani coup d'état. He served as the Chief Executive until 2002.

6 October 2007	18 August 2008	6 October 2007	Pakistan Muslim League (Q)

11	A portrait of Asif Ali Zardari	Asif Ali Zardari (1955– )	9 September 2008	9 September 2013	6 September 2008	Pakistan Peoples Party	Zardari was elected after Musharraf's resignation in 2008. The passage of the 18th Amendment in 2010 reduced his vast presidential powers to that of a ceremonial figurehead.

12	-	Mamnoon Hussain (1941– )	9 September 2013	9 September 2018	30 July 2013	Pakistan Muslim League (N)	Hussain was elected the 12th President of Pakistan by a comfortable majority, and took office on 9 September 2013.

13	Arif Alvi.jpeg	Arif Alvi (1949– )	9 September 2018	Incumbent (Term ends on 9 September 2023)	4 September 2018	Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf	Alvi was elected the 13th President of Pakistan after securing more than 54% of the electoral college and defeating opposing candidates Maulana Fazl-ur-Rehman and Aitzaz Ahsan.

Sentence(s)

Zulfikar Ali Bhutto (1928 – 1979) served as the 4th President of Pakistan from 1971 to 1973.

final_sentence: Zulfikar Ali Bhutto (1928 – 1979) served as the 4th President of Pakistan from 1971 to 1973.