Governor - general of Pakistan - wikipedia Governor - general of Pakistan Governor - General of Pakistan Standard of the Governor - General Muhammad Ali Jinnah Style His Excellency Residence Governor - General 's House Appointer Monarch of Pakistan Formation 14 August 1947 First holder Muhammad Ali Jinnah Final holder Iskander Mirza Abolished 23 March 1956 The Governor - General of Pakistan ( Urdu : گورنر جنرل پاکستان ‬ ‎ ), was the representative in Pakistan of the British monarch, from the country 's independence in 1947. When Pakistan was proclaimed a republic in 1956, the office of governor - general was abolished. Contents 1 Key 2 Governors - General of Pakistan 3 Timeline 4 See also 5 References Key Key for governors - general ' list Party Pakistan Muslim League Republican Party Independent Governors - General of Pakistan List of Governors - General of Pakistan No Portrait Name ( Birth -- Death ) Took office Left office Political party Muhammad Ali Jinnah ( 1876 -- 1948 ) 15 August 1947 11 September 1948 ( died in office ) Pakistan Muslim League Sir Khawaja Nazimuddin ( 1894 -- 1964 ) 14 September 1948 17 October 1951 ( became prime minister ) Pakistan Muslim League Sir Ghulam Muhammad ( 1895 -- 1956 ) 17 October 1951 7 August 1955 ( dismissed ) Independent Iskander Mirza ( 1899 -- 1969 ) 7 August 1955 23 March 1956 ( became president ) Republican Party Timeline See also Governor - General of India President of Pakistan List of Presidents of Pakistan References Governors - General of Pakistan Jinnah Nazimuddin Malik Mirza Representatives of the monarch in Commonwealth realms and Dominions National Counsellors of State United Kingdom Governors - general Antigua and Barbuda Australia Bahamas Barbados Belize Canada Grenada Jamaica New Zealand Papua New Guinea Saint Kitts and Nevis Saint Lucia Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Solomon Islands Tuvalu Sub-national Australia Governors New South Wales Queensland South Australia Tasmania Victoria Western Australia Administrator Northern Territory Norfolk Island ( former ) Canada Lieutenant governors Alberta British Columbia Manitoba New Brunswick Newfoundland Nova Scotia Ontario Prince Edward Island Quebec Saskatchewan Realm of New Zealand Governor - general Niue, New Zealand Queen 's Representative Cook Islands Administrator Tokelau United Kingdom Lords lieutenant England, Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland ( list Former Governors general Ceylon ( now Sri Lanka ) Fiji The Gambia Ghana Guyana India Irish Free State ( now Ireland ) Kenya Malawi Malta Mauritius Nigeria Pakistan Sierra Leone Union of South Africa Tanganyika Trinidad and Tobago Uganda Retrieved from `` https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Governor-General_of_Pakistan&oldid=849026903 '' Categories : Governors - General of Pakistan Lists of governors - general Pakistan - related lists Pakistan and the Commonwealth of Nations Hidden categories : Pages using Timeline Articles containing Urdu - language text Use dmy dates from June 2011 Talk Contents About Wikipedia বাংলা Čeština Esperanto Français 한국어 हिन्दी Bahasa Indonesia Italiano मराठी 日本 語 پنجابی Polski Русский Simple English Suomi اردو 8 more Edit links This page was last edited on 6 July 2018, at 00 : 26 ( UTC ). Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution - ShareAlike License ; additional terms may apply. By using this site, you agree to the Terms of Use and Privacy Policy. Wikipedia ® is a registered trademark of the Wikimedia Foundation, Inc., a non-profit organization. About Wikipedia

Question: who had the shortest tenure as governor general of pakistan
Answer: Iskander Mirza