List of Prime Ministers of Pakistan
Prime Ministers

List of Prime Ministers of Pakistan

Section Title: Prime Ministers
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Term Number	Portrait	Name	Took office	Left office	Tenure	Elections	Political party (Alliance)	Note(s)

1	A black-and-white head and shoulder shot of a man with spectacles, wearing coat and a tie.	Liaquat Ali Khan	14 August 1947	16 October 1951 (assassinated)	4 Years, 2 Months, 2 Days,	—	Muslim League	Following advice given by the founding father of the nation, Governor-General Muhammad Ali Jinnah appointed and invited the Finance Minister Liaquat Ali Khan to set up and run his administration in 1947.

2	A black-and-white head and shoulder shot of a man wearing coat and Jinnah cap.	Sir Khawaja Nazimuddin	17 October 1951	17 April 1953	1 Year, 6 Months,	—	Muslim League	Nazimuddin became Prime Minister of Pakistan after the assassination of Liaquat Ali Khan in 1951. He left the office when Governor-General Malik Ghulam Muhammad dissolved his government in 1953.

3	A black-and-white head and shoulder shot of a man wearing white shirt and a black tie.	Mohammad Ali Bogra	17 April 1953	12 August 1955	2 Years, 3 Months, 26 Days,	—	Muslim League	A diplomat and relatively unknown personality to Pakistani politics, Bogra established the Ministry of Talents but his administration was dismissed in 1955 by the Governor-General after the legislative elections in 1954.

4	Chaudhry Mohammad Ali	12 August 1955	12 September 1956	1 Year, 1 Month,	—	Muslim League	A first appointment from the coalition of Muslim League, Awami League and the Republican Party, he was removed by his own party following the successful vote of no-confidence movement.

5	Huseyn Shaheed Suhrawardy	12 September 1956	17 October 1957	1 Year, 1 Month, 5 Days,	—	Awami League	Popular for his wit in law, Suhrwardy resigned due to the loss of control over his party and support from the coalition partners in his administration.

6	Ibrahim Ismail Chundrigar	17 October 1957	16 December 1957	1 Month, 29 Days,	—	Muslim League	Shortest tenured Prime Minister, Chundrigar established his administration but removed in mere 55 days into his term amid a vote of no-confidence movement led by majority votes of the Republican Party and Awami League.

7	-	Sir Feroze Khan Noon	16 December 1957	7 October 1958	9 Months, 21 Days,	—	Republican Party	A lawyer, Sir Feroze Khan's administration collapsed after his party's own President Iskander Mirza enforced martial law in 1958 in a view of extending his term of office

7 October 1958 – 7 December 1971

8	-	Nurul Amin	7 December 1971	20 December 1971	13 Days,	1970	Pakistan Muslim League	After the general elections in 1971, Amin was invited to be appointed as Prime Minister under Yahya administration; yet he was also the first and the only Vice President of Pakistan from 1970 to 1972, leading Pakistan in the Indo-Pakistani War of 1971.

20 December 1971 – 14 August 1973

9	A man during a conversation.	Zulfikar Ali Bhutto	14 August 1973	5 July 1977	3 Years, 10 Months, 21 Days,	1977	Pakistan Peoples Party	Bhutto resigned as president to become the empowered Prime Minister after the Constitution was repromulgated, which established a parliamentary system of government.

5 July 1977 – 24 March 1985

10	-	Muhammad Khan Junejo	24 March 1985	29 May 1988	3 Years, 2 Months, 5 Days,	1985	Pakistan Muslim League (Independent)	Junejo was elected as the tenth Prime Minister of Pakistan in non-party based elections in 1985, therefore he was elected on an Independent ticket but he served the Pakistan Muslim League while before entering in office and during office.

29 May 1988 – 2 December 1988

11	A head and shoulder shot of a woman in traditional Pakistani dress.	Benazir Bhutto	2 December 1988	6 August 1990	1 Year, 8 Months, 4 Days,	1988	Pakistan Peoples Party	Bhutto became the first woman in Pakistan to head a major political party, in 1982. Six years later, she became the first woman elected to lead a Muslim state.

12	A head and shoulder shot of a man from the left.	Nawaz Sharif	6 November 1990	18 July 1993	2 Years, 7 Months, 4 Days,	1990	Pakistan Muslim League (N)	Sharif was elected as the 12th Prime Minister of Pakistan on 1 November 1990. President Ghulam Ishaq Khan dissolved his government in April 1993, which was later on reinstated by the Supreme Court of Pakistan.

13	A head and shoulder shot of a woman in traditional Pakistani dress.	Benazir Bhutto	19 October 1993	5 November 1996	3 Years, 17 Days,	1993	Pakistan Peoples Party	Bhutto was re-elected for a second term, in 1993. She survived an attempted coup d'état in 1995.

14	A head and shoulder shot of a man from the left.	Nawaz Sharif	17 February 1997	12 October 1999	2 Years, 7 Months, 25 Days.	1997	Pakistan Muslim League (N)	Sharif was re-elected as Prime Minister with an exclusive mandate from all over Pakistan for a non-consecutive second term, in February 1997.

12 October 1999 – 23 November 2002

15	A bearded man sitting in an office.	Mir Zafarullah Khan Jamali	23 November 2002	26 June 2004	1 Year, 7 Months, 3 Days,	2002	Pakistan Muslim League (Q)	Jamali was elected as the Prime Minister of Pakistan in November 2002. He continued the foreign and economic policies of Pervez Musharraf but could not complete his term and resigned from the post in June 2004.

26 June 2004 – 30 June 2004

16	A side shot of a man looking at the camera.	Chaudhry Shujaat Hussain	30 June 2004	26 August 2004	1 Month, 27 Days,	—	Pakistan Muslim League (Q)	Parliament elected Chaudhry Shujaat Hussain as the Prime Minister and to serve a 50-day period before the Shaukat Aziz, permanently replaces him.

26 August 2004 – 28 August 2004

17	A head and shoulder shot of a man wearing a coat and tie.	Shaukat Aziz	28 August 2004	15 November 2007	3 Years, 2 Months, 18 Days,	—	Pakistan Muslim League (Q)	Aziz took the office of Prime Minister of Pakistan in August 2004. He left the office at the end of the parliamentary term, in November 2007, and became the first Prime Minister of Pakistan who left the seat after completion of parliamentary term.

18	A shot of a man during a meeting.	Yousaf Raza Gillani	25 March 2008	19 June 2012	4 Years, 2 Months, 25 Days.	2008	Pakistan Peoples Party	Gillani was elected as prime minister in March 2008. He was disqualified from his seat in the parliament in April 2012 by the Supreme Court for contempt of court.

19	Raja Pervaiz Ashraf	22 June 2012	24 March 2013	9 Months, 2 Days,	—	Pakistan Peoples Party	Ashraf assumed the post of Prime Minister in June 2012, after Yousaf Raza Gillani was disqualified over contempt of court charges.

20	A head and shoulder shot of a man from the left.	Nawaz Sharif	5 June 2013	28 July 2017	4 Years, 1 Month, 23 Days,	2013	Pakistan Muslim League (N)	On 5 June 2013, Sharif took office for a third non-consecutive term. He was disqualified on 28 July 2017 by the Supreme Court of Pakistan as a result of the Panama Papers case.

29 July 2017 – 1 August 2017

21	-	Shahid Khaqan Abbasi	1 August 2017	31 May 2018	10 months	—	Pakistan Muslim League (N)	Parliament elected Shahid Khaqan Abbasi as the Prime Minister after the impeachment of Nawaz Sharif. His term expired on May 31, 2018 alongside the dissolution of the National Assembly to facilitate a caretaker government in place until the 25 July general election.

22	-	Imran Khan	18 August 2018	Incumbent	251 days	2018	Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf	General elections were held on the 25th July 2018, which resulted in the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf won in a landslide victory. On August 18, 2018, Imran Khan was sworn in as Prime Minister.

Sentence(s)

Yousaf Raza Gillani, is a Pakistani politician who served as 18th Prime Minister of Pakistan from 25 March 2008, until his disqualification by the Supreme Court of Pakistan in April 2012.
Syed Yousaf Raza Gillani is a Pakistani politician who served as 18th Prime Minister of Pakistan, from 25 March 2008, until his retroactive disqualification and ouster by the Supreme Court of Pakistan, in April 2012.
Yousaf Raza Gillani served as 18th Prime Minister of Pakistan from 25 March 2008 to April 2012.

final_sentence: Yousaf Raza Gillani, is a Pakistani politician who served as 18th Prime Minister of Pakistan from 25 March 2008, until his disqualification by the Supreme Court of Pakistan in April 2012.
final_sentence: Syed Yousaf Raza Gillani is a Pakistani politician who served as 18th Prime Minister of Pakistan, from 25 March 2008, until his retroactive disqualification and ouster by the Supreme Court of Pakistan, in April 2012.
final_sentence: Yousaf Raza Gillani served as 18th Prime Minister of Pakistan from 25 March 2008 to April 2012.