Monarchy of Pakistan

The Monarchy of Pakistan was the form of government of the Dominion of Pakistan from 1947 to 1956. Under this system, Pakistan was an independent Commonwealth realm with a hereditary, constitutional monarch as the head of state.Pakistan, Britannica Online Encyclopedia The monarch was the monarch of the United Kingdom, and was also shared with a number of other countries. The role of the monarch was defined under the Constitution. Most of the monarch's duties were carried out by the Governor-General of Pakistan.

The monarchy of Pakistan was created by the Indian Independence Act of 1947. This act, made by the Parliament of the United Kingdom, divided its British India into two new countries: India and Pakistan, each of which became an independent constitutional monarchy. Succession to the throne of Pakistan was, like that of the United Kingdom, governed by the Act of Settlement 1701.

Pakistan Adopted a New constitution on the 23rd of March in 1956. This constitution abolished the monarchy, making Pakistan a Republic in the Commonwealth of Nations. Pakistan left the Commonwealth on the 30th of January in 1972 over the Rebellious issue of the former East Pakistan province becoming a separate Independent Bangladesh. It re-joined on the 1st of October in 1989, then was Suspended from the Commonwealth twice: firstly from the 18th of October in 1999 to the 22nd of May in 2004 and secondly from the 22nd of November in 2007 to the 22nd of May in 2008-present.

List of Pakistani monarchs
 Portrait Name Birth Death Monarch From Monarch Until Relationship with predecessor80pxKing George VI14 December 18956 February 195214 August 19476 February 1952None (position created by law)80pxQueen Elizabeth II21 April 19268 September 20226 February 195223 March 1956Daughter of George VI

List of Pakistani consorts
 Portrait Name Birth Death Consort From Consort Until Relationship with monarch80pxQueen Elizabeth4 August 190030 March 200214 August 19476 February 1952lllll80pxPrince Philip,Duke of Edinburgh10 June 19219 April 20216 February 1952  23 March 1956Husband of Queen Elizabeth II

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