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The Governor of Punjab is the appointed head of state of the provincial government in Punjab, Pakistan. The governor is designated by the Prime Minister and is normally regarded a ceremonial post. However, throughout the history of Pakistan, the powers of the provincial governors were vastly increased, when the provincial assemblies were dissolved and the administrative role came under direct control of the governors, as in the cases of martial laws of 1958-1972 and 1977-1985, and governor rules of 1999-2002. In the case of Punjab, there was direct governor rule in 1949-1951, when the provincial chief minister of that time was removed and assemblies dissolved.

The current Governor is Salmaan Taseer, a business tycoon who is the Chairman and CEO of the First Capital and Worldcall Group.

List of governors of Punjab

Following is the list of Punjab governors after independence of Pakistan from British Raj.

Name of Governor Entered Office Left Office
Sir Francis Mudie 15 August, 1947 2 August, 1949
Sardar Abdur Rab Nishtar 2 August, 1949 24 Nov 1951
Ibrahim Ismail Chundrigar 24 November, 1951 2 May, 1953
Mian Aminuddin 2 May, 1953 24 June, 1954
Habib Ibrahim Rahimtoola 26 September, 1954 26 November, 1954
Mushtaq Ahmed Gurmani 27 November, 1954 14 October, 1955
Part of West Pakistan province 14 October, 1955 1 July, 1970
Lt Gen Attiqur Rahman 1 July, 1970 December 1971
Ghulam Mustafa Khar (1st time) December 1971 February, 1973
Hanif Ramay February, 1973 March, 1974
Sadiq Hussain Qureshi March 1974 13 March, 1975
Ghulam Mustafa Khar (2nd time) 13 March, 1975 31 July, 1975
Mohammad Abbas Abbasi 31 July, 1975 September 1977
Aslam Riaz Hussain September 1977 September 1978
Lt Gen Sawar Khan September 1978 March 1980
Lt Gen (r) Ghulam Jilani Khan March 1980 December 1985
Makhdoom Sajjad Hussain Qureshi December 1985 December 1988
General (r) Tikka Khan December 1988 August 1990
Mian Mohammad Azhar August 1990 1992
Chaudhry Altaf Hussain 1992 21 May, 1995
Lt Gen (r) Raja Saroop Khan 19 June, 1995 5 November, 1996
Khawaja Tariq Rahim 5 November, 1996 10 March, 1997
Shahid Hamid 10 March, 1997 17 August, 1999
Zulfiqar Ali Khosa 17 August, 1999 21 October, 1999
Lt Gen (r) Muhammad Safdar 21 October, 1999 29 October, 2001
Lt Gen (r) Khalid Maqbool 29 October, 2001 16 May, 2008
Salmaan Taseer 17 May, 2008 Incumbent

See also