Minister of Defence (Pakistan)
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Minister of Defense | |
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Ministry of Defense | |
Member of | Cabinet |
Reports to | |
Seat | Calcutta House, Murree Road Rawalpindi, Punjab, Pakistan. 46000 |
Nominator | Prime Minister of Pakistan |
Appointer | President of Pakistan |
First holder | Liaquat Ali Khan |
Website | mod |
Pakistan portal |
The Minister of Defence (Urdu: 'وزیرِ دفاع') heads the Ministry of Defence. The minister serves in the cabinet of the Prime Minister and is required to be a member of Parliament.
In the history of the country, the defence portfolio has usually been headed by the head of the government, be that the President or Prime Minister of the country. The first defence minister was Liaquat Ali Khan.
List of Defence Ministers
No. | Portrait | Minister (Born-Died) |
Term | Political Party | ||
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Took office | Left office | Duration | ||||
1 | Liaquat Ali Khan (1895–1951) | 15 August 1947 | 16 October 1951 | 4 years, 62 days | PML | |
2 | Khawaja Nazimuddin (1894–1964) | 24 October 1951 | 17 April 1953 | 1 year, 183 days | PML | |
3 | 18 April 1953 | 24 October 1954 | 1 year, 190 days | PML | ||
4 | 25 October 1954 | 11 August 1955 | 290 days | PML | ||
5 | Chaudhry Muhammad Ali (1905–1982) | 12 August 1955 | 12 September 1956 | 1 year, 31 days | PML | |
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7 | Mumtaz Daultana (1916–1995) | 19 October 1957 | 18 December 1957 | 60 days | PML | |
8 | Feroz Khan Noon (1893–1970) [a] | 19 December 1957 | 8 April 1958 | 110 days | Republican Party | |
9 | Muhammad Ayub Khuhro (1901–1980) | 9 April 1958 | 7 October 1958 | 181 days | PML | |
(4) | 28 October 1958 | 21 October 1966 | 7 years, 358 days | PML | ||
10 | 22 October 1966 | 5 April 1969 | 2 years, 165 days | Independent | ||
11 | Yahya Khan (1917–1980) | 6 April 1969 | 20 December 1971 | 2 years, 259 days | Independent | |
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13 | Muhammad Zia-ul-Haq (1924–1988) | 14 January 1978 | 27 August 1978 | 225 days | Independent | |
14 | Mir Ali Ahmed Khan Talpur (1915–1987) | 28 August 1978 | 26 February 1985 | 6 years, 182 days | Independent | |
(13) | Muhammad Zia-ul-Haq (1924–1988) | 27 February 1985 | 24 March 1985 | 25 days | Independent | |
15 | 25 March 1985 | 29 May 1988 | 3 years, 65 days | PML | ||
16 | Mahmoud Haroon (1920–2008) (Caretaker) | 9 June 1988 | 1 December 1988 | 175 days | Independent | |
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18 | Ghous Ali Shah (born 1934) | 10 September 1991 | 17 July 1993 | 1 year, 310 days | PML(N) | |
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20 | Shahid Hamid (Caretaker) | 6 November 1996 | 17 February 1997 | 103 days | Independent | |
21 | Nawaz Sharif (born 1949) | 17 February 1997 | 12 October 1999 | 2 years, 237 days | PML(N) | |
22 | Pervez Musharraf (1943–2023) | 12 October 1999 | 23 November 2002 | 3 years, 42 days | Independent | |
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24 | Salim Abbas Jilani (Caretaker) | 16 November 2007 | 25 March 2008 | 130 days | Independent | |
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27 | Mir Hazar Khan Khoso (1929–2021) | 5 April 2013 | 4 June 2013 | 60 days | Independent | |
(21) | Nawaz Sharif (born 1949) | 7 June 2013 | 26 November 2013 | 172 days | PML(N) | |
28 | 27 November 2013 | 28 July 2017 | 3 years, 243 days | PML(N) | ||
29 | 4 August 2017 | 31 May 2018 | 300 days | PML(N) | ||
30 | 5 June 2018 | 18 August 2018 | 74 days | Independent | ||
31 | Pervez Khattak (born 1950) | 30 August 2018 | 10 April 2022 | 3 years, 223 days | PTI | |
28 | 19 April 2022 | 10 August 2023 | 1 year, 113 days | PML(N) | ||
32 | Anwar Ali Haider (Caretaker) | 17 August 2023 | 11 March 2024 | 207 days | Independent | |
28 | 11 March 2024 | 45 days | PML(N) |
See also
- Constitution of Pakistan
- President of Pakistan
- Prime Minister of Pakistan
- Ministry of Defence Pakistan
- Foreign Minister of Pakistan
- Finance Minister of Pakistan
- Interior Minister of Pakistan
- Ministry of Defense Production
Notes
- ^ Noon was PM while Akbar Bugti was minister of state for defence in his cabinet.[1]
References
- ^ "Nawab Bugti: maligned, but widely respected". DAWN.COM. 2006-08-28. Retrieved 2017-08-28.