# List of chancellors and vice-chancellors of Aligarh Muslim University

The chancellor of Aligarh Muslim University is the ceremonial head of the university. The vice-chancellor of Aligarh Muslim University is the executive head of the university.

## Chancellors of AMU

The chancellors of AMU are as follows.
| No | Name | Tenure |
| 1 | Sultan Jahan Begum Begum of Bhopal | December 1920 – May 1930 |
| 2 | Hamidullah Khan Nawab of Bhopal | September 1930 – April 1935 |
| 3 | Mir Osman Ali Khan Nizam of Hyderabad | August 1935 – November 1947 |
| 4 | Syed Raza Ali Khan Nawab of Rampur | November 1947 – January 1953 |
| 5 | Taher Saifuddin 51st Dā'ī al-Mutlaq of the Dawoodi Bohra | April 1953 – April 1965 |
| 6 | Hafiz Ahmad Saeed Khan Nawab of Chhatari | December 1965 – January 1982 |
| 7 | Akhlaqur Rahman Kidwai | Aug. 1984 – July 1992 |
| 8 | A. M. Khusro | July 1992 – August 1995 |
| 9 | Hakim Abdul Hameed | August 1996 – August 1999 |
| 10 | Mohammed Burhanuddin 52nd Dā'ī al-Mutlaq of the Dawoodi Bohra | August 1999 – October 2002 |
| 11 | Aziz Mushabber Ahmadi former Chief Justice of India | (September 2003 – 13 September 2006, January 2007 – January 2010) |
| 12 | Mufaddal Saifuddin 53rd Dā'ī al-Mutlaq of the Dawoodi Bohra | April 2015 – present |

## Vice-Chancellors of AMU

The vice-chancellors of AMU are as follows.
| No. | Name | Image | Term of office | Term of office | Refs |
| No. | Name | Image | Assumed office | Left office | Refs |
| 1 | Mohammad Ali Mohammad Khan | | 1 December 1920 | 28 February 1923 | |
| – | Nawab Mohammad Muzammilullah Khan Sherwani (acting) | | 12 March 1923 | 31 December 1923 | |
| 2 | Sahibzada Aftab Ahmad Khan | | 1 January 1924 | 31 December 1926 | |
| 3 | Nawab Mohammad Muzammilullah Khan Sherwani | | 1 January 1927 | 8 February 1929 | |
| – | Sir Shah Muhammad Sulaiman (acting) | | 9 February 1929 | 19 October 1929 | |
| 4 | Ross Masood | | 20 October 1929 | 30 April 1934 | |
| 5 | Ziauddin Ahmad | | 19 April 1935 | 29 April 1938 | |
| 6 | Sir Shah Mohammad Sulaiman | | 30 April 1938 | 13 March 1941 | |
| (5) | Ziauddin Ahmad | | 24 April 1941 | 26 December 1946 | |
| – | Khan Bahadur Obaidur Rahman Khan Sherwani (acting) | | 27 December 1946 | 19 April 1947 | |
| 7 | Zahid Husain | | 20 April 1947 | 7 August 1947 | |
| – | Khan Bahadur Obaidur Rahman Khan Sherwani (acting) | | 8 August 1947 | 16 October 1947 | |
| 8 | Nawab Mohammad Ismail Khan | | 17 October 1947 | 28 November 1948 | |
| 9 | Zakir Husain | | 30 November 1948 | 15 September 1956 | |
| 10 | Bashir Hussain Zaidi | | 7 October 1956 | 6 November 1962 | |
| 11 | Badruddin Tyabji | | 7 November 1962 | 28 February 1965 | |
| 12 | Ali Yavar Jung | | 1 March 1965 | 5 January 1968 | |
| 13 | Abdul Aleem | | 6 January 1968 | 3 January 1974 | |
| – | Khaliq Ahmad Nizami (acting) | | 3 January 1974 | 30 August 1974 | |
| – | Harbans Lal Sharma (acting) | | 30 August 1974 | 20 December 1974 | |
| 14 | A. M. Khusro | | 20 December 1974 | 14 December 1979 | |
| – | Mohammad Shafi (acting) | | 14 December 1979 | May 1980 | |
| – | Jagan Nath Prasad (acting) | | May 1980 | June 1980 | |
| – | Qamar-ul-Hasan Faruqi (acting) | | June 1980 | 12 June 1980 | |
| 15 | Saiyid Hamid | | 12 June 1980 | 26 March 1985 | |
| – | K. M. Bahauddin (acting) | | 26 March 1985 | 7 April 1985 | |
| 16 | Syed Hasim Ali | | 8 April 1985 | 4 October 1989 | |
| – | Wasi-ur-Rahman (acting) | | 4 October 1989 | 5 July 1990 | |
| – | Ashok Bal (acting) | | 6 July 1990 | 31 August 1990 | |
| – | Mohammad Zaheer (acting) | | 1 September 1990 | 3 September 1990 | |
| – | Zillur-Rehman (acting) | | 4 September 1990 | 15 October 1990 | |
| 17 | M. N. Faruqui | | 15 October 1990 | 14 December 1994 | |
| 18 | Mahmoodur Rahman | | May 1995 | 27 May 2000 | |
| 19 | Mohammad Hamid Ansari | | 28 May 2000 | 30 March 2002 | |
| – | Mohammad Saleemuddin (acting) | | 30 March 2002 | 30 April 2002 | |
| 20 | Naseem Ahmad | | May 2002 | April 2007 | |
| 21 | P. K. Abdul Aziz | | June 2007 | January 2012 | |
| 22 | Zameer Uddin Shah | | May 2012 | May 2017 | |
| 23 | Tariq Mansoor | | May 2017 | 2 April 2023 | |
| _ | Mohammad Gulrez(acting) | | 2 April 2023 | 23 April 2024 | |
| 24 | Naima Khatoon | | 24 April 2024 | Incumbent | |