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;88 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.

Contents

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 Khan 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 25 May 194316 March 19451 Year, 10 Months and 21 Days All-India Muslim League George Cunningham
4 Blank.JPG Khan 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 Sardar Abdur Rashid Khan [2] April 23, 1953July 18, 19552 years, 2 months and 25 days Pakistan Muslim League
Qurban Ali Khan
7 Blank.JPG Sardar 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 Mahmud [2] March 1, 1972February 15, 197311 months & 15 days Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam Arbab Sikandar Khan
9 SardarInnayatULLAHKhanGandapur.jpg Sardar Inayatullah Khan Gandapur [2] April 29, 1973February 16, 19751 years, 10 months and 17 days PPP 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 PPP Syed Ghawas
Naseerullah Babar
11 Blank.JPG Muhammad Iqbal Khan Jadoon [2] [5] April 9, 1977July 5, 19771 month and 26 days PPP

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 IND 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 PPP
15 Blank.JPG Mir Afzal Khan [2] (acting till 8 Nov 1990)August 7, 1990July 19, 19932 years, 11 months and 17 days IJI
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 PMLN

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 PPP 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 PMLN
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)

JUI (F) 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)

ANP
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 Pervez Khattak [29] [30] May 31, 2013June 6, 20185 years, 6 days

(Full Term)

PTI
Mehtab Ahmed Khan [31] [32]
Iqbal Zafar Jhagra [33] [34]
26 Blank.JPG Dost Muhammad Khan (Justice) [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, 20234 years 158 days PTI
Shah Farman [42]
Haji Ghulam Ali
28 Blank.JPG Muhammad Azam Khan (civil servant) [43] January 21, 2023November 11, 20239 months, 21 days Caretaker
Blank.JPG Arshad Hussain Shah [44] November 12, 2023March 1, 20243 months, 20 days
29 18th Chief Minister of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Ali Amin Khan Gandapur.jpg Ali Amin Gandapur March 2, 20241 year, 185 days PTI Faisal Karim Kundi

See also

Notes

    References

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