List of Chief Ministers of Punjab (Pakistan)

The Chief Minister of Punjab (Urdu: وزیر اعلیٰ پنجاب‎) is elected by the Provincial Assembly of the Punjab and serves as the head of the provincial government in Punjab, Pakistan. The current Chief Minister is Sardar Usman Buzdar, who won the chief minister elections after being nominated by the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI).

Chief Minister of Punjab
Seal of Punjab
Incumbent
Sardar Usman Buzdar
since 20 August 2018
StyleHis Excellency
Member ofProvincial Assembly of Punjab
Cabinet of Punjab, Pakistan
ResidenceChief Minister House
SeatLahore
AppointerProvincial Assembly of Punjab
Term lengthFive years
Constituting instrumentConstitution of Pakistan
Inaugural holderNawab Iftikhar Hussain Khan Mamdot
Formation5 April 1937
Websitecm.punjab.gov.pk

Key

  Unionist Party
  Pakistan Muslim League
  Pakistan Peoples Party
  Islami Jamhoori Ittehad
  Pakistan Muslim League (J)
  Pakistan Muslim League (N)
  Pakistan Muslim League (Q)
  Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf

Prime Ministers of the Punjab (1937-1947)
Map of Punjab during British India
NoName
(constituency)		Birth - DeathImageTook OfficeLeft OfficeTermParty
(Coalition with)		Election (Assembly)Appointed by
1 Sikandar Hayat Khan
(west punjab, landlord)		5 June 1892 - 26 December 19425 April 193726 December 1942 [d]5 years, 265 days Unionist Party1937 (1)Herbert William Emerson
2 Malik Khizar Hayat Tiwana
(khushab)		 7 August 1900 - 20 January 197230 December 19425 February 19463 years, 37 days- (1)Bertrand Glancy
(i)Governor Rule (Bertrand Glancy)5 February 194621 March 194644 days--Viscount Wavell
(2) Malik Khizar Hayat Tiwana
(khushab)		 7 August 1900 - 20 January 1972 21 March 19462 March 1947 [RES]346 daysUnionist Party
(INC and SAD)		1946 (2)Bertrand Glancy
(ii)Governor Rule (Evan Meredith Jenkins)2 March 194715 August 1947[pd]166 days --Earl Mountbatten

List of Chief Ministers of Punjab (since 1947)
№ Name
(birth–death)		 Portrait Party[lower-alpha 1] Term of office
1 Nawab Iftikhar Hussain Khan Mamdot[1]
(1906–1969)		 Muslim League 15 August
1947		 25 January
1949		 1 year, 163 days
Governor's rule
25 January 1949 to 5 April 1951
2 Mian Mumtaz Daultana[1]
(1916–1995)		 Muslim League 15 April
1951		 3 April
1953		 1 year, 353 days
3 Sir Feroz Khan Noon[1][2]
(1893–1970)		 Muslim League 3 April
1953		 21 May
1955		 2 years, 48 days
4 Abdul Hamid Khan Dasti[1]
(1895–)		 Muslim League 21 May
1955		 14 October
1955		 146 days
Post Abolished: October 14, 1955 - June 30, 1970
Martial Law
1 July 1970 to 2 May 1972
5 Malik Meraj Khalid[1]
(1915–2003)		 Pakistan Peoples Party 2 May
1972		 12 November
1973		 1 year, 194 days
6 Ghulam Mustafa Khar[1]
(1937-)		 - Pakistan Peoples Party 12 November
1973		 15 March
1974		 123 days
7 Hanif Ramay[1]
(1930–2006)		 - Pakistan Peoples Party 15 March
1974		 15 July
1975		 1 year, 122 days
8 Sadiq Hussain Qureshi[1]
(1927–2000)		 - Pakistan Peoples Party 15 July
1975		 5 July
1977		 1 year, 355 days
Martial law
5 July 1977 to 9 April 1985
9 Mian Nawaz Sharif[1]
(1949-)		 Islami Jamhoori Ittehad 9 April
1985		 6 August
1990		 5 years, 119 days
10 Ghulam Haider Wyne[1][3][4][5]
(1940-)		 Islami Jamhoori Ittehad 6 August
1990		 25 April
1993		 2 years, 262 days
11 Mian Manzoor Ahmad Wattoo[1][3][6][7] Pakistan Muslim League (J) 25 April
1993		 18 July
1993		 84 days
- Sheikh Manzoor Ilahi[1] (caretaker) - 18 July
1993		 20 October
1993		 94 days
11 Mian Manzoor Ahmad Wattoo[1][3][6][7] Pakistan Muslim League (J) 20 October
1993		 13 September
1995		 1 year, 328 days
11 Sardar Muhammad Arif Nakai[1]
(died 2000)		 - Pakistan Muslim League (J) 13 September
1995		 3 November
1996		 1 year, 51 days
13 Mian Manzoor Ahmad Wattoo[1][3][6][7] Pakistan Muslim League (J) 3 November
1996		 16 November
1996		 13 days
- Mian Muhammad Afzal Hayat[1] (caretaker, died 2020) - 16 November
1996		 20 February
1997		 96 days
14 Mian Muhammad Shahbaz Sharif[1][8]
(1951-)		 Pakistan Muslim League (N) 20 February
1997		 12 October
1999		 2 years, 234 days
Governor's rule
12 October 1999 to 23 November 2002
15 Chaudhry Pervaiz Elahi[1][9][10]
(1945-)		 Pakistan Muslim League (Q) 29 November
2002		 18 November
2007		 4 years, 354 days
- Sheikh Ejaz Nisar[11][12] (caretaker) - 18 November
2007		 11 April
2008		 145 days
Interim Dost Muhammad Khosa[1][13][14]
(1973-)		 Pakistan Muslim League (N) 11 April
2008		 8 June
2008		 58 days
16 Mian Muhammad Shahbaz Sharif[8]
(1951-)		 Pakistan Muslim League (N) 8 June
2008		 25 February
2009		 262 days
Governor's rule
25 February 2009 to 30 March 2009
16 Mian Muhammad Shahbaz Sharif[8]
(1951-)		 Pakistan Muslim League (N) 30 March
2009		 26 March
2013		 3 years, 361 days
- Najam Sethi[15][16] (Caretaker) 26 March
2013		 7 June
2013		 73 days
16 Mian Muhammad Shahbaz Sharif[17][18]
(1951-)		 Pakistan Muslim League (N) 23 June
2013		 7 June
2018		 4 years, 349 days
- Hasan Askari Rizvi[19][20][21]

(caretaker)

 - 8 June
2018		 19 August
2018		 73 days
17 Sardar Usman Buzdar[22] Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf 20 August
2018		 Incumbent 2 years, 169 days

See also

Notes
  1. This column only names the chief minister's party

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