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Former Heads of State
 
Former Governors General
 
Quaid-i-Azam Mohammed Ali Jinnah
14 August 1947 - 11 September 1948
Mr. Khawaja Nazimuddin
Nishan-e-Pakistan
14 September 1948 - 11 November 1948
(Acting Governor General)
12 November 1948 - 19 October 1951
(Governor General)
Mr. Ghulam Mohammed
19 October 1951 - 07 August 1955
Maj. Gen. Iskandar Mirza,
Nishan-e-Pakistan
07 August 1955 - 06 October 1955
(Acting Governor General)
06 October 1955 - 23 March 1956
(Governor General)
   

Former Presidents
   
Maj. Gen. Iskandar Mirza
Nishan-e-Pakistan
23 March 1956 - 27 October 1958
Field Marshal Mohammad Ayub Khan,
Nishan-e-Pakistan, Hilal-e-Pakistan,
Hilal-e-Jurrat
27 October 1958 - 25 March 1969
Gen. Agha Mohammad Yahya Khan
Hilal-e-Pakistan, Hilal-e-Jurrat
25 March 1969 - 20 December 1971
Mr. Zulfikar Ali Bhutto
Hilal-e-Pakistan
20 December 1971 - 14 August 1973
Mr. Fazal Elahi Chaudhry
14 August 1973 - 16 September 1978
General Muhammad Zia-Ul-Haq
16 September 1978 - 17 August 1988
Mr. Ghulam Ishaq Khan
17 August 1988 - 13 December 1988
(Acting President)
13 December 1988 - 18 July 1993
(President)
Mr. Wasim Sajjad
18 July 1993 - 14 November 1993
(Acting President)
2 December 1997 - 1 January 1998
(Acting President)
Mr. Farooq Ahmad Khan Leghari
14 November 1993 - 2 December 1997
Mr. Muhammad Rafiq Tarar
1 January 1998 - 20 June 2001
   
Source: Cabinet Division (Government of Pakistan)