Governor of Punjab, Pakistan

Governor of Punjab
Incumbent Muhammad Baligh Ur Rehman since 30 May 2022
Style	The Honorable (formal)
Residence	Governor's House
Seat	Lahore
Appointer	At the pleasure of the President of Pakistan
Formation	15 August 1947
First holder	Sir Francis Mudie
Website	governorhouse.punjab.gov.pk

The Governor of Punjab is the appointed head of state of the provincial government in Punjab, Pakistan. Although the Governor is the head of the province on paper, it is largely a ceremonial position; and the main powers lie with the Chief Minister Punjab and Chief Secretary Punjab.

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.

List of governors

№	Name	Portrait	Term of office
West Punjab
1	Sir Francis Mudie		15 August 1947	2 August 1949	1 year, 352 days
2	Abdur Rab Nishtar		2 August 1949	24 November 1951	4 years, 114 days
3	I. I. Chundrigar		24 November 1951	May 1953	1 year, 182 days
4	Mian Aminuddin		2 May 1953	24 June 1954	1 year, 53 days
5	Habib Rahimtoola		24 June 1954	26 November 1954	155 days
6	Mushtaq Ahmed Gurmani		26 November 1954	14 October 1955	322 days
Part of West Pakistan province 14 October 1955 to 30 June 1970
Punjab Province
7	Attiqur Rahman		1 July 1970	23 December 1971	1 year, 175 days
8	Ghulam Mustafa Khar		23 December 1971	12 November 1973	1 year, 324 days
9	Sadiq Hussain Qureshi		12 November 1973	14 March 1975	1 year, 122 days
10	Ghulam Mustafa Khar		14 March 1975	31 July 1975	139 days
11	Mohammad Abbas Abbasi		31 July 1975	5 July 1977	1 year, 339 days
12	Aslam Riaz Hussain		5 July 1977	18 September 1978	1 year, 75 days
13	Sawar Khan		18 September 1978	1 May 1980	1 year, 226 days
14	Ghulam Jilani Khan		1 May 1980	30 December 1985	5 years, 243 days
15	Sajjad Hussain Qureshi		30 December 1985	9 December 1988	2 years, 345 days
16	Tikka Khan		9 December 1988	06 August 1990	1 year, 240 days
17	Mian Muhammad Azhar		6 August 1990	25 April 1993	2 years, 262 days
18	Chaudhary Altaf Hussain		25 April 1993	19 July 1993	85 days
19	Iqbal Khan		19 July 1993	26 March 1994	250 days
20	Chaudhary Altaf Hussain		26 March 1994	22 May 1995	1 year, 57 days
21	Muhammad Ilyas		22 May 1995	19 June 1995	28 days
22	Raja Saroop Khan		19 June 1995	6 November 1996	1 year, 140 days
23	Khalilur Rehman		6 November 1996	11 November 1996	5 days
24	Khawaja Tariq Rahim		11 November 1996	11 March 1997	120 days
25	Shahid Hamid		11 March 1997	18 August 1999	2 years, 160 days
26	Zulfiqar Ali Khosa		12 August 1999	25 October 1999	74 days
27	Muhammad Safdar		25 October 1999	29 October 2001	2 years, 4 days
28	Khalid Maqbool		29 October 2001	16 May 2008	6 years, 200 days
29	Salmaan Taseer*		17 May 2008	4 January 2011	2 years, 232 days
30	Rana Muhammad Iqbal		4 January 2011	13 January 2011	9 days
31	Latif Khosa		13 January 2011	2 January 2013	1 year, 344 days
32	Syed Ahmed Mahmud		3 January 2013	13 May 2013	139 days
33	Chaudhry Mohammad Sarwar		2 August 2013	29 January 2015	1 year, 180 days
34	Rana Muhammad Iqbal		29 January 2015	7 May 2015	98 days
35	Malik Muhammad Rafique Rajwana		7 May 2015	18 August 2018	3 years, 42 days
36	Chaudhry Pervaiz Elahi		18 August 2018	5 September 2018	18 days
37	Chaudhry Mohammad Sarwar		5 September 2018	3 April 2022	3 years, 210 days
38	Omar Sarfraz Cheema		3 April 2022	30 May 2022	56 Days
39	Baligh Ur Rehman		30 May 2022	Incumbent	1 day

See also

• Chief Minister of Punjab
• Senior Minister of Punjab (Pakistan)
• Leader of the Opposition Punjab
• Speaker of the Provincial Assembly of Punjab
• Government of Punjab
• Provincial Assembly of the Punjab
• List of Governors of Pakistan
• List of Chief Ministers in Pakistan