Minister of Foreign Affairs (Pakistan)
| Minister of Foreign Affairs وزیرِ خارجہ | |
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 Shah Mehmood Qureshi since 20 August 2018 | |
| Ministry of Foreign Affairs | |
| Style | Sir Minister |
| Member of | Cabinet National Security Council |
| Reports to | Prime Minister of Pakistan |
| Residence | Islamabad, Pakistan |
| Nominator | Prime Minister of Pakistan |
| Appointer | President of Pakistan |
| Term length | At the Prime Minister's pleasure |
| Formation | 14 Aug 1947 |
| Deputy | Minister of State for Foreign Affairs |
| Website | www |
The minister of foreign affairs (or simply foreign minister) is the head of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Government of Pakistan. The minister is responsible for overseeing the federal government's foreign policy and International relations. The responsibility of the foreign minister is to represent Pakistan and its government in the international community. The minister holds one of the senior-most offices in the Cabinet of Pakistan. The office of the foreign minister was first held by Liaquat Ali Khan, who also served as the country's first prime minister. Several other prime ministers have held the additional charge of the office of the foreign minister. The current minister of foreign affairs is Shah Mehmood Qureshi who assumed office on 20 August 2018.
List of foreign ministers of Pakistan[]
The following is the list of all the previous foreign ministers of Pakistan to date, according to Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
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| No. | Portrait | Name | Entered office | Left office | Political party |
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Liaqat Ali Khan | August 15, 1947 | December 27, 1947 | Pakistan Muslim League |
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Muhammad Zafarullah Khan | December 27, 1947 | October 24, 1954 | |
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Muhammad Ali Bogra | October 24, 1954 | August 11, 1955 | |
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Hamidul Huq Choudhury | September 28, 1955 | September 12, 1956 | Krishak Sramik Party |
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Feroz Khan Noon | September 14, 1956 | October 7, 1958 | Republican Party |
| 6 | Manzur Qadir | October 29, 1958 | June 8, 1962 | Pakistan Muslim League | |
| 7 |
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Muhammad Ali Bogra | June 13, 1962 | January 23, 1963 | |
| 8 | 
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Zulfikar Ali Bhutto | January 24, 1963 | June 30, 1966 | |
| 9 | 
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Syed Sharifuddin Pirzada | July 20, 1966 | April 25, 1968 | |
| 10 | Mian Arshad Hussain | April 25, 1968 | April 4, 1969 | ||
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Yahya Khan | April 5, 1969 | December 20, 1971 | |
| 12 |
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Zulfikar Ali Bhutto | December 20, 1971 | March 28, 1977 | Pakistan Peoples Party |
| 13 | 
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Aziz Ahmed | March 30, 1977 | July 5, 1977 | |
| 14 | 
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Agha Shahi | January 14, 1978 | March 9, 1982 | |
| 15 | 
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Sahabzada Yaqub Khan | March 21, 1982 | November 1, 1987 | |
| 16 | Zain Noorani | November 1, 1987 | June 9, 1988 | ||
| 17 |
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Sahabzada Yaqub Khan | June 9, 1988 | March 20, 1991 | Pakistan Peoples Party |
| 18 | 
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Akram Zaki | April 1991 | 10 September 1991 | Pakistan Muslim League (N) |
| 19 | Siddiq Khan Kanju | 10 September 1991 | 18 July 1993 | ||
| 20 | 
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Abdul Sattar | July 23, 1993 | October 19, 1993 | |
| 21 | 
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Farooq Leghari | October 19, 1993 | November 14, 1993 | Pakistan Peoples Party |
| 22 | Asif Ahmad Ali | November 16, 1993 | November 4, 1996 | ||
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Sahabzada Yaqub Khan (Caretaker) | November 11, 1996 | February 24, 1997 | |
| 23 | Gohar Ayub Khan | February 25, 1997 | August 7, 1998 | Pakistan Muslim League (N) | |
| 24 | 
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Sartaj Aziz | August 7, 1998 | October 12, 1999 | |
| 25 |
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Abdul Sattar | November 6, 1999 | June 14, 2002 | |
| 26 | Inam-ul-Haq | June 21, 2002 | November 23, 2002 | ||
| 27 | 
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Khurshid Mahmud Kasuri | November 23, 2002 | November 15, 2007 | Pakistan Muslim League (Q) |
| 28 | Inam-ul-Haq | November 15, 2007 | March 24, 2008 | ||
| 29 | 
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Shah Mehmood Qureshi | March 31, 2008 | February 9, 2011 | Pakistan Peoples Party |
| 30 | 
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Hina Rabbani Khar | February 11, 2011 | 16 March 2013 | |
| 31 | 
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Mir Hazar Khan Khoso | 4 April 2013 | 4 June 2013 | |
| 32 |
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Sartaj Aziz | 7 June 2013 | 28 July 2017 | Pakistan Muslim League (N) |
| 33 | 
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Khawaja Muhammad Asif | 4 August 2017 | 26 April 2018 | |
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Khurram Dastgir Khan | 4 May 2018 | 5 June 2018 | |
| 35 | 
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Hussain Haroon | 5 June 2018 | 18 August 2018 | |
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Shah Mahmood Qureshi | 20 August 2018 | Present | Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf |
See also[]
- Constitution of Pakistan
- President of Pakistan
- Prime Minister of Pakistan
- Finance Minister of Pakistan
- Interior Minister of Pakistan
- Defense Minister of Pakistan
External links[]
- Foreign Ministers of Pakistan
- Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Pakistan)