Minister of Foreign Affairs وزیرِ خارجہ | |
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Ministry of Foreign Affairs | |
Style | Sir Minister |
Member of | Cabinet • National Security Council |
Reports to | Prime Minister of Pakistan |
Residence | Islamabad, Pakistan |
Nominator | Prime Minister of Pakistan |
Appointer | President of Pakistan |
Term length | At the Prime Minister's pleasure |
Formation | 14 Aug 1947 |
Deputy | Minister of State for Foreign Affairs |
Website | www |
Pakistanportal |
The Minister for Foreign Affairs (or simply the Foreign Minister) is the head of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Government of Pakistan. The minister oversees the federal government's foreign policy and International relations. Their responsibility includes representing Pakistan and its government in the international community. This position is one of the senior-most offices in the Cabinet of Pakistan. The office of the foreign minister was initially held by Liaquat Ali Khan, who also served as the country's first prime minister. Subsequently, several other prime ministers have held the additional charge of the office of the foreign minister.
The following is a list of all the previous foreign ministers of Pakistan to date, according to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
Portrait | Name (Born–Died) | Tenure | Party | Government | Head of Government | ||||
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From | To | Length | |||||||
Federal Minister of Foreign Affairs | |||||||||
Liaquat Ali Khan (1947–1951) MCA for East Bengal (Prime Minister) | 15 August 1947 | 27 December 1947 | 134 days | Muslim League | Liaquat | Liaquat Ali Khan | |||
Sir Muhammad Zafarullah Khan (1893–1985) MCA for West Punjab | 27 December 1947 | 17 October 1951 | 6 years, 301 days | ||||||
17 October 1951 | 17 April 1953 | Nazimuddin | Sir Khawaja Nazimuddin | ||||||
17 April 1953 | 24 October 1954 | Bogra | Mohammad Ali Bogra | ||||||
Mohammad Ali Bogra (1909–1963) MCA for East Bengal (Prime Minister) | 24 October 1954 | 12 August 1955 | 292 days | ||||||
Hamidul Huq Choudhury (1901–1992) MCA for East Bengal | 28 September 1955 | 12 September 1956 | 350 days | Krishak Sramik Party | Mohammad Ali | Chaudhry Muhammad Ali | |||
Sir Feroz Khan Noon (1893–1970) MCA for Punjab (Prime Minister from 16 Dec 1957) | 12 September 1956 | 7 October 1958 | 2 years, 25 days | Republican Party | Suhrawardy | Huseyn Shaheed Suhrawardy | |||
Chundrigar | I. I. Chundrigar | ||||||||
Noon | Self | ||||||||
Manzur Qadir (1913–1973) | 29 October 1958 | 8 June 1962 | 3 years, 222 days | Muslim League | Ayub | Muhammad Ayub Khan (President) | |||
Mohammad Ali Bogra (1909–1963) | 13 June 1962 | 23 January 1963 [†] | 224 days | ||||||
Zulfikar Ali Bhutto (1928–1979) | 24 January 1963 | 30 June 1966 | 3 years, 157 days | Convention Muslim League | |||||
Sharifuddin Pirzada (1923–2017) | 31 August 1966 | 1 May 1968 | 1 year, 244 days | ||||||
Mian Arshad Hussain (1910–1987) | 1 May 1968 | 25 March 1969 | 328 days | ||||||
General Yahya Khan (1917–1980) (Chief Martial Law Administrator) | 25 March 1969 | 20 December 1971 | 2 years, 270 days | Pakistan Army (Non-partisan) | Yahya | Self (President) | |||
Zulfikar Ali Bhutto (1928–1979) MNA for 116 Larkana-I (President until 14 Aug 1973 Prime Minister from 14 Aug 1973) | 20 December 1971 | 28 March 1977 | 5 years, 98 days | Pakistan People's Party | Bhutto | Zulfikar Ali Bhutto | |||
Aziz Ahmed (1906–1982) | 30 March 1977 | 5 July 1977 | 97 days | ||||||
Position vacant during this interval | |||||||||
Agha Shahi (1920–2006) | 14 January 1978 | 9 March 1982 | 4 years, 54 days | Independent | Haq | Muhammad Zia-ul-Haq (President) | |||
Lieutenant General (Retd) Sahabzada Yaqub Khan (1920–2016) | 21 March 1982 | 1 November 1987 | 5 years, 225 days | ||||||
Zain Noorani (1927–1992) | 1 November 1987 | 9 June 1988 | 221 days | ||||||
Lieutenant General (Retd) Sahabzada Yaqub Khan (1920–2016) | 9 June 1988 | 17 August 1988 | 2 years, 58 days | ||||||
17 August 1988 | 2 December 1988 | Ishaq Khan | Ghulam Ishaq Khan (Acting President) | ||||||
4 December 1988 | 6 August 1990 | Pakistan People's Party | Bhutto I | Benazir Bhutto | |||||
Caretaker ministry served during this interval | |||||||||
Lieutenant General (Retd) Sahabzada Yaqub Khan (1920–2016) | 6 November 1990 | 20 March 1991 | 134 days | Muslim League (IJI) | Nawaz I | Nawaz Sharif | |||
Akram Zaki (1931–2017) (Acting) | April 1991 | 10 September 1991 | – | ||||||
Siddiq Khan Kanju (1951–2001) (State Minister) [lower-alpha 1] | 10 September 1991 | 18 April 1993 | 1 year, 220 days | ||||||
Sharifuddin Pirzada (1923–2017) (Caretaker) | 18 April 1993 | 26 May 1993 | 38 days | Independent (Caretaker) | Mazari | Balakh Sher Mazari (Caretaker) | |||
Siddiq Khan Kanju (1951–2001) (State Minister) [lower-alpha 1] | 26 May 1993 | 18 July 1993 | 53 days | Muslim League (IJI) | Nawaz I | Nawaz Sharif | |||
Abdul Sattar (1931–2019) (Caretaker) | 23 July 1993 | 19 October 1993 | 88 days | Independent (Caretaker) | Qureshi | Moeenuddin Ahmad Qureshi (Caretaker) | |||
Farooq Leghari (1940–2010) | 19 October 1993 | 14 November 1993 | 26 days | Pakistan People's Party | Bhutto II | Benazir Bhutto | |||
Aseff Ahmad Daula (1940–2022) | 16 November 1993 | 4 November 1996 | 2 years, 354 days | ||||||
Lieutenant General (Retd) Sahabzada Yaqub Khan (1920–2016) (Caretaker) | 11 November 1996 | 17 February 1997 | 98 days | Independent (Caretaker) | Khalid | Malik Meraj Khalid (Caretaker) | |||
Gohar Ayub Khan (1937–2023) MNA for 13 Abbottabad-III | 25 February 1997 | 7 August 1998 | 1 year, 163 days | Pakistan Muslim League (N) | Nawaz II | Nawaz Sharif | |||
Sartaj Aziz (1929–2024) Senator for Islamabad Capital Territory | 7 August 1998 | 12 October 1999 | 1 year, 66 days | ||||||
Abdul Sattar (1931–2019) | 6 November 1999 | 14 June 2002 | 2 years, 220 days | Independent | Musharraf | Pervez Musharraf (Chief Executive) | |||
Inam-ul-Haq (born 1940) (State Minister) | 21 June 2002 | 23 November 2002 | 155 days | ||||||
Khurshid Mahmud Kasuri (born 1941) MNA for 106 Kasur-I | 23 November 2002 | 15 November 2007 | 4 years, 357 days | Pakistan Muslim League (Q) | Jamali | Zafarullah Khan Jamali | |||
Hussain | Shujaat Hussain | ||||||||
Aziz | Shaukat Aziz | ||||||||
Inam-ul-Haq (born 1940) (Caretaker) | 15 November 2007 | 24 March 2008 | 130 days | Independent (Caretaker) | Soomro | Muhammad Mian Soomro (Caretaker) | |||
Shah Mahmood Qureshi (born 1956) MNA for 148 Multan-I | 31 March 2008 | 9 February 2011 | 2 years, 315 days | Pakistan People's Party | Gillani | Yousaf Raza Gillani | |||
Hina Rabbani Khar (born 1977) MNA for 177 Muzaffargarh-II | 11 February 2011 | 19 June 2012 | 2 years, 33 days | ||||||
22 June 2012 | 16 March 2013 | Ashraf | Raja Pervaiz Ashraf | ||||||
Mir Hazar Khan Khoso (1929–2021) (Prime Minister) (Caretaker) | 4 April 2013 | 4 June 2013 | 61 days | Independent (Caretaker) | Khoso | Self (Caretaker) | |||
Adviser to the Prime Minister on Foreign Affairs | |||||||||
Sartaj Aziz (1929–2024) | 7 June 2013 | 28 July 2017 | 4 years, 51 days | Pakistan Muslim League (N) | Nawaz III | Nawaz Sharif | |||
Federal Minister of Foreign Affairs | |||||||||
Khawaja Asif (born 1949) MNA for 71 Sialkot | 4 August 2017 | 26 April 2018 | 265 days | Pakistan Muslim League (N) | Abbasi | Shahid Khaqan Abbasi | |||
Khurram Dastgir (born 1970) MNA for 96 Gujranwala-II | 11 May 2018 | 31 May 2018 | 20 days | ||||||
Abdullah Hussain Haroon (born 1950) (Caretaker) | 5 June 2018 | 18 August 2018 | 74 days | Independent (Caretaker) | Mulk | Nasirul Mulk (Caretaker) | |||
Shah Mahmood Qureshi (born 1956) MNA for 156 Multan-III | 20 August 2018 | 10 April 2022 | 3 years, 233 days | Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf | Imran | Imran Khan | |||
Bilawal Bhutto Zardari (born 1988) MNA for 200 Larkana | 27 April 2022 | 10 August 2023 | 1 year, 105 days | Pakistan People's Party | Shehbaz I | Shehbaz Sharif | |||
Jalil Abbas Jilani (born 1955) (Caretaker) | 17 August 2023 | 4 March 2024 | 200 days | Independent (Caretaker) | Kakar | Anwaar ul Haq Kakar (Caretaker) | |||
Ishaq Dar (born 1950) Senator for Punjab (Deputy Prime Minister) | 11 March 2024 | Incumbent | 226 days | Pakistan Muslim League (N) | Shehbaz II | Shehbaz Sharif | |||
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