# Chief Minister of Punjab (Pakistan)

The chief minister of Punjab (Urdu: وزیر اعلیٰ پنجاب; Wazīr-e Aʿlá Panjāb) is the head of government of the Pakistani province of Punjab. The chief minister leads the legislative branch of the provincial government, and is elected by the provincial assembly for Provincial Assembly. Given that they have the confidence of the assembly, the chief minister's term is for five years and is subject to no term limits. Maryam Nawaz Sharif is the current elected chief minister of Punjab who won her seat in the 2024 general elections.
The office of Chief Minister is located in Lahore, the capital of the Punjab province and is known as the CM Secretariat.

## List of chief ministers of Punjab

Muslim League
 Pakistan Peoples Party
 Pakistan Muslim League (N)/Islami Jamhoori Ittehad  Pakistan Muslim League (J)  Pakistan Muslim League (Q)  Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf  Caretaker
| N | Name | Portrait | Party | Party | Term of office | Term of office | Term of office |
| 1 | Iftikhar Hussain Khan | | MLP | | 15 August 1947 | 25 January 1949 | 1 year, 163 days |
| Governor's rule 25 January 1949 — 5 April 1951 |||||||||
| 2 | Mumtaz Daultana | | MLP | | 15 April 1951 | 3 April 1953 | 1 year, 353 days |
| 3 | Feroz Khan Noon | | MLP | | 3 April 1953 | 21 May 1955 | 2 years, 48 days |
| 4 | Abdul Hamid Khan Dasti | | MLP | | 21 May 1955 | 14 October 1955 | 146 days |
| Post Abolished(14 October 1955 — 30 June 1970) |||||||||
| Martial Law 1 July 1970 — 2 May 1972 |||||||||
| 5 | Malik Meraj Khalid | | PPP | | 2 May 1972 | 12 November 1973 | 1 year, 194 days |
| 6 | Ghulam Mustafa Khar | | PPP | | 12 November 1973 | 15 March 1974 | 123 days |
| 7 | Muhammad Hanif Ramay | | PPP | | 15 March 1974 | 15 July 1975 | 1 year, 122 days |
| 8 | Sadiq Hussain Qureshi | | PPP | | 15 July 1975 | 5 July 1977 | 1 year, 355 days |
| Martial law 5 July 1977 — 9 April 1985 |||||||||
| 9 | Nawaz Sharif | | IJI | | 9 April 1985 | 6 August 1990 | 5 years, 119 days |
| 10 | Ghulam Haider Wyne | | IJI | | 6 August 1990 | 25 April 1993 | 2 years, 262 days |
| 11 | Manzoor Ahmad Wattoo | | PML(J) | | 25 April 1993 | 18 July 1993 | 84 days |
| | Office vacant: Sheikh Manzoor Elahi served as caretaker Chief Minister during the interim period | Office vacant: Sheikh Manzoor Elahi served as caretaker Chief Minister during the interim period | Office vacant: Sheikh Manzoor Elahi served as caretaker Chief Minister during the interim period | Office vacant: Sheikh Manzoor Elahi served as caretaker Chief Minister during the interim period | Office vacant: Sheikh Manzoor Elahi served as caretaker Chief Minister during the interim period | Office vacant: Sheikh Manzoor Elahi served as caretaker Chief Minister during the interim period | Office vacant: Sheikh Manzoor Elahi served as caretaker Chief Minister during the interim period |
| (11) | Manzoor Ahmad Wattoo | | PML(J) | | 20 October 1993 | 13 September 1995 | 1 year, 328 days |
| 12 | Muhammad Arif Nakai | | PML(J) | | 13 September 1995 | 3 November 1996 | 1 year, 51 days |
| | Office vacant: Mian Muhammad Afzal Hayat served as caretaker Chief Minister during the interim period | Office vacant: Mian Muhammad Afzal Hayat served as caretaker Chief Minister during the interim period | Office vacant: Mian Muhammad Afzal Hayat served as caretaker Chief Minister during the interim period | Office vacant: Mian Muhammad Afzal Hayat served as caretaker Chief Minister during the interim period | Office vacant: Mian Muhammad Afzal Hayat served as caretaker Chief Minister during the interim period | Office vacant: Mian Muhammad Afzal Hayat served as caretaker Chief Minister during the interim period | Office vacant: Mian Muhammad Afzal Hayat served as caretaker Chief Minister during the interim period |
| 13 | Shehbaz Sharif | | PMLN | | 20 February 1997 | 12 October 1999 | 2 years, 234 days |
| Governor's rule 12 October 1999 — 23 November 2002 |||||||||
| 14 | Parvez Elahi | | PML(Q) | | 29 November 2002 | 18 November 2007 | 4 years, 354 days |
| | Office vacant: Sheikh Ijaz Nisar served as caretaker Chief Minister during the interim period | Office vacant: Sheikh Ijaz Nisar served as caretaker Chief Minister during the interim period | Office vacant: Sheikh Ijaz Nisar served as caretaker Chief Minister during the interim period | Office vacant: Sheikh Ijaz Nisar served as caretaker Chief Minister during the interim period | Office vacant: Sheikh Ijaz Nisar served as caretaker Chief Minister during the interim period | Office vacant: Sheikh Ijaz Nisar served as caretaker Chief Minister during the interim period | Office vacant: Sheikh Ijaz Nisar served as caretaker Chief Minister during the interim period |
| 15 | Dost Muhammad Khosa | | PMLN | | 11 April 2008 | 8 June 2008 | 58 days |
| 16 | Shehbaz Sharif | | PMLN | | 8 June 2008 | 25 February 2009 | 262 days |
| Governor's rule 25 February 2009 — 30 March 2009 |||||||||
| (16) | Shehbaz Sharif | | PMLN | | 30 March 2009 | 26 March 2013 | 3 years, 361 days |
| | Office vacant: Najam Sethi served as caretaker Chief Minister during the interim period | Office vacant: Najam Sethi served as caretaker Chief Minister during the interim period | Office vacant: Najam Sethi served as caretaker Chief Minister during the interim period | Office vacant: Najam Sethi served as caretaker Chief Minister during the interim period | Office vacant: Najam Sethi served as caretaker Chief Minister during the interim period | Office vacant: Najam Sethi served as caretaker Chief Minister during the interim period | Office vacant: Najam Sethi served as caretaker Chief Minister during the interim period |
| (16) | Shehbaz Sharif | | PMLN | | 7 June 2013 | 7 June 2018 | 5 years, 0 days |
| | Office vacant: Hasan Askari Rizvi served as caretaker Chief Minister during the interim period | Office vacant: Hasan Askari Rizvi served as caretaker Chief Minister during the interim period | Office vacant: Hasan Askari Rizvi served as caretaker Chief Minister during the interim period | Office vacant: Hasan Askari Rizvi served as caretaker Chief Minister during the interim period | Office vacant: Hasan Askari Rizvi served as caretaker Chief Minister during the interim period | Office vacant: Hasan Askari Rizvi served as caretaker Chief Minister during the interim period | Office vacant: Hasan Askari Rizvi served as caretaker Chief Minister during the interim period |
| 17 | Usman Buzdar | | PTI | | 20 August 2018 | 30 April 2022 | 3 years, 253 days |
| | The Supreme Court appointed Hamza Shahbaz as the Trustee Chief Minister and ordered a re-election for the position | The Supreme Court appointed Hamza Shahbaz as the Trustee Chief Minister and ordered a re-election for the position | The Supreme Court appointed Hamza Shahbaz as the Trustee Chief Minister and ordered a re-election for the position | The Supreme Court appointed Hamza Shahbaz as the Trustee Chief Minister and ordered a re-election for the position | The Supreme Court appointed Hamza Shahbaz as the Trustee Chief Minister and ordered a re-election for the position | The Supreme Court appointed Hamza Shahbaz as the Trustee Chief Minister and ordered a re-election for the position | The Supreme Court appointed Hamza Shahbaz as the Trustee Chief Minister and ordered a re-election for the position |
| 18 | Parvez Elahi | | PML(Q) | | 27 July 2022 | 22 January 2023 | 179 days |
| | Office vacant: Mohsin Naqvi served as caretaker Chief Minister during the interim period | Office vacant: Mohsin Naqvi served as caretaker Chief Minister during the interim period | Office vacant: Mohsin Naqvi served as caretaker Chief Minister during the interim period | Office vacant: Mohsin Naqvi served as caretaker Chief Minister during the interim period | Office vacant: Mohsin Naqvi served as caretaker Chief Minister during the interim period | Office vacant: Mohsin Naqvi served as caretaker Chief Minister during the interim period | Office vacant: Mohsin Naqvi served as caretaker Chief Minister during the interim period |
| 19 | Maryam Nawaz | | PMLN | | 26 February 2024 | Incumbent | 1 year, 21 days |