List of chief ministers of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa explained

Post:Chief Minister
Body:Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
Insignia:KP logo.png
Insigniasize:110px
Insigniacaption:Seal of the Government of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
Flagsize:120px
Incumbent:Ali Amin Gandapur
Member Of:Provincial Assembly of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
Appointer:Provincial Assembly of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
Termlength:Five years (maximum)
Inaugural:Sahibzada Abdul Qayyum
Incumbentsince:2 March 2024

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.

Parties

List of chief ministers

NPortraitNameTook officeLeft officeDurationPartyAppointed by
1Sahibzada Abdul Qayyum1 April 19377 September 19375 Months and 6 DaysUnited Muslims Nationalist Party[1] Lord Linlithgow
2Abdul Jabbar Khan[2] [3] (1st time)7 September 193710 November 19392 Years, 2 Months and 3 DaysIndian National CongressGeorge Cunningham

Governor's Rule 10 November 1939 – 25 May 1943

3Sardar Aurang Zeb Khan Gandapur25 May 194316 March 19451 Year, 10 Months and 21 DaysAll-India Muslim LeagueGeorge Cunningham
4Abdul Jabbar Khan (2nd time)16 March 194522 August 19472 Years, 5 Months and 6 DaysIndian National CongressGeorge Cunningham
Olaf Caroe
5Abdul Qayyum Khan KashmiriAugust 23, 1947April 23, 19535 years and 8 monthsPakistan Muslim LeagueGeorge Cunningham
Ambrose Flux Dundas
Sahibzada Mohammad Khurshid
Justice K.B Mohammad Ibrahim Khan (acting)
Ibrahim Ismail Chundrigar
Khwaja Shahabuddin
6Abdur Rashid KhanApril 23, 1953July 18, 19552 years, 2 months and 25 daysPakistan Muslim League
Qurban Ali Khan
7Khan Bahadur KhanJuly 19, 1955October 14, 19552 months and 25 daysPakistan Muslim League

Post Abolished October 14, 1955 – June 30, 1970

Martial Law July 1, 1970 – May 1, 1972

8Mufti MehmoodMarch 1, 1972February 15, 197311 months & 15 daysArbab Sikandar Khan
9Inayatullah Khan GandapurApril 29, 1973February 16, 19751 years, 10 months and 17 daysPakistan Peoples PartyMuhammad Aslam Khan Khattak
Syed Ghawas

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

10Nasrullah Khan Khattak[4] May 3, 1975April 9, 19771 year, 11 months and 24 daysPakistan Peoples PartySyed Ghawas
Naseerullah Babar
11Muhammad Iqbal Jadoon[5] April 9, 1977July 5, 19771 month and 26 daysPakistan Peoples Party

Martial Law July 5, 1977 – April 7, 1985

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

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

18Aftab Ahmad Sherpao (2nd time)April 24, 1994November 12, 19962 years, 6 months and 18 daysPakistan Peoples PartyKhurshid Ali Khan
Justice Said Ibne Ali (acting)
Arif Bangash
19Raja Sikander ZamanNovember 12, 1996February 21, 19973 months and 9 daysCaretaker
20Mehtab Ahmed Khan[8] February 21, 1997October 12, 19992 years, 7 months, 21 daysPakistan Muslim League (N)
Miangul Aurangzeb[9]

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

21Akram Khan Durrani[10] [11] [12] November 30, 2002October 11, 2007(Full Term)Muttahida Majlis-e-AmalIftikhar Hussain Shah[13] [14]
Khalilur Rehman[15]
Ali Jan Aurakzai[16] [17]
22Shamsul Mulk[18] [19] October 11, 2007March 31, 20085 months & 20 daysCaretaker
Owais Ahmed Ghani
23Haider Khan Hoti[20] [21] [22] [23] March 31, 2008March 20, 2013(Full Term)Awami National Party
Syed Masood Kausar[24]
Shaukatullah Khan[25] [26]
24Tariq Pervez Khan[27] [28] March 20, 2013May 31, 20132 Months and 11 daysCaretaker
25Parvez Khan Khattak[29] [30] May 31, 2013June 6, 2018(Full Term)Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf
Mehtab Ahmed Khan[31] [32]
Iqbal Zafar Jhagra[33] [34]
26Dost Muhammad Khan[35] [36] [37] [38] June 6, 2018August 16, 20182 Months and 11 daysCaretaker
27Mahmood Khan[39] [40] [41] August 17, 2018January 21, 2023Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf
Shah Farman[42]
Haji Ghulam Ali
28Muhammad Azam Khan[43] January 21, 2023November 11, 2023Caretaker
Arshad Hussain Shah[44] November 12, 2023March 1, 2024110 days
29Ali Amin GandapurMarch 2, 2024Pakistan Tehreek-e-InsafFaisal Karim Kundi

See also

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