List of chief ministers of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa

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Chief Minister of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
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Seal of the Government of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
18th Chief Minister of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Ali Amin Khan Gandapur.jpg
since 2 March 2024
Member of Provincial Assembly of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
Appointer Provincial Assembly of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
Term length Five years (maximum)
Inaugural holder Sahibzada Abdul Qayyum
Formation1 April 1937;87 years ago (1937-04-01)

The chief minister of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa is the head of the Government of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. It is elected by the Provincial Assembly of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa for a maximum of five years.

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Parties

List of chief ministers

NPortraitNameTook officeLeft officeDurationPartyAppointed by
(Governor)
1 Blank.JPG Sahibzada Abdul Qayyum 1 April 19377 September 19375 Months and 6 DaysUnited Muslims Nationalist Party [1] Lord Linlithgow
(Governor-General)
2 Blank.JPG Abdul Jabbar Khan [2] [3] (1st time) 7 September 1937 10 November 19392 Years, 2 Months and 3 Days Indian National Congress George Cunningham

Governor's Rule 10 November 1939 – 25 May 1943

3 Blank.JPG Sardar Aurang Zeb Khan Gandapur 25 May 194316 March 19451 Year, 10 Months and 21 Days All-India Muslim League George Cunningham
4 Blank.JPG Abdul Jabbar Khan [2] [3] (2nd time)16 March 194522 August 19472 Years, 5 Months and 6 Days Indian National Congress George Cunningham
Olaf Caroe
5 Blank.JPG Abdul Qayyum Khan Kashmiri [2] August 23, 1947April 23, 19535 years and 8 months Pakistan Muslim League George Cunningham
Ambrose Flux Dundas
Sahibzada Mohammad Khurshid
Justice K.B Mohammad Ibrahim Khan (acting)
Ibrahim Ismail Chundrigar
Khwaja Shahabuddin
6 Blank.JPG Abdur Rashid Khan [2] April 23, 1953July 18, 19552 years, 2 months and 25 days Pakistan Muslim League
Qurban Ali Khan
7 Blank.JPG Khan Bahadur Khan [2] July 19, 1955October 14, 19552 months and 25 days Pakistan Muslim League

Post Abolished October 14, 1955 – June 30, 1970

Martial Law July 1, 1970 – May 1, 1972

8 Mufti Mahmud & Sheikh Mujibur Rahman.jpg Mufti Mehmood [2] March 1, 1972February 15, 197311 months & 15 days Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam Arbab Sikandar Khan
9 SardarInnayatULLAHKhanGandapur.jpg Inayatullah Khan Gandapur [2] April 29, 1973February 16, 19751 years, 10 months and 17 days Pakistan Peoples Party Muhammad Aslam Khan Khattak
Syed Ghawas

Governor's Rule February 16, 1975 – May 3, 1975

10 Blank.JPG Nasrullah Khan Khattak [2] [4] May 3, 1975April 9, 19771 year, 11 months and 24 days Pakistan Peoples Party Syed Ghawas
Naseerullah Babar
11 Blank.JPG Muhammad Iqbal Jadoon [2] [5] April 9, 1977July 5, 19771 month and 26 days Pakistan Peoples Party

Martial Law July 5, 1977 – April 7, 1985

12 Blank.JPG Arbab Jehangir Khan [2] [6] April 7, 1985May 31, 19883 years, 1 month and 24 days Independent Fazle Haq
Abdul Ghafoor Khan
Syed Usman Ali Shah
Fida Mohammad Khan
13 Gen Fazle Haq.jpg Fazle Haq [2] May 31, 1988December 2, 19886 months and 2 days Caretaker
Amir Gulistan Janjua
14 Aftab Ahmad Sherpao.jpg Aftab Ahmad Sherpao [7] [2] (1st time)December 2, 1988August 7, 19901 year, 7 months & 25 days Pakistan Peoples Party
15 Blank.JPG Mir Afzal Khan [2] (acting till 8 Nov 1990)August 7, 1990July 19, 19932 years, 11 months and 17 days Islami Jamhoori Ittehad
Khurshid Ali Khan
16 Blank.JPG Mufti Muhammad Abbas [2] July 20, 1993October 20, 19933 months Caretaker
17 Blank.JPG Pir Sabir Shah [2] October 20, 1993February 25, 19944 months and 5 days Pakistan Muslim League (N)

Governor's Rule February 25, 1994 – April 24, 1994

18 Aftab Ahmad Sherpao.jpg Aftab Ahmad Sherpao [7] (2nd time)April 24, 1994November 12, 19962 years, 6 months and 18 days Pakistan Peoples Party Khurshid Ali Khan
Justice Said Ibne Ali (acting)
Arif Bangash
19 Raja Sikandar Zaman-1-.jpg Raja Sikander Zaman [2] November 12, 1996February 21, 19973 months and 9 days Caretaker
20 Sardar Mehtab Ahmed Khan.jpg Mehtab Ahmed Khan [8] [2] February 21, 1997October 12, 19992 years, 7 months, 21 days Pakistan Muslim League (N)
Miangul Aurangzeb [9]

Governor's Rule October 12, 1999 – November 30, 2002

21 Blank.JPG Akram Khan Durrani [10] [11] [12] November 30, 2002October 11, 20074 years, 315 days

(Full Term)

 Muttahida Majlis-e-Amal Iftikhar Hussain Shah [13] [14]
Khalilur Rehman [15]
Ali Jan Aurakzai [16] [17]
22 Blank.JPG Shamsul Mulk [18] [19] October 11, 2007March 31, 20085 months & 20 days Caretaker
Owais Ahmed Ghani [17]
23 Ameer Haider Khan Hoti (cropped).jpg Haider Khan Hoti [20] [21] [22] [23] March 31, 2008March 20, 20134 years, 354 days

(Full Term)

 Awami National Party
Syed Masood Kausar [24]
Shaukatullah Khan [25] [26]
24 Blank.JPG Tariq Pervez Khan [27] [28] March 20, 2013May 31, 20132 Months and 11 days Caretaker
25 Pervez Khattak.jpg Parvez Khan Khattak [29] [30] May 31, 2013June 6, 20185 years, 6 days

(Full Term)

 Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf
Mehtab Ahmed Khan [31] [32]
Iqbal Zafar Jhagra [33] [34]
26 Blank.JPG Dost Muhammad Khan [35] [36] [37] [38] June 6, 2018August 16, 20182 Months and 11 days Caretaker
27 CM KPK Mahmood Khan 1.jpg Mahmood Khan [39] [40] [41] August 17, 2018January 21, 20235 years, 60 days Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf
Shah Farman [42]
Haji Ghulam Ali
28 Blank.JPG Muhammad Azam Khan [43] January 21, 2023November 11, 2023294 days Caretaker
Blank.JPG Arshad Hussain Shah [44] November 12, 2023March 1, 2024110 days
29 18th Chief Minister of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Ali Amin Khan Gandapur.jpg Ali Amin Gandapur March 2, 2024228 days Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf Faisal Karim Kundi

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