Prime Minister of Azad Jammu and Kashmir, Pakistan وزیراعظم آزاد حکومت ریاست جموں کشمیر |
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Residence | Muzaffarabad |
Appointer | Azad Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly |
Term length | 5 years, till the dissolution of Azad Jammu & Kashmir Legislative Assembly |
Inaugural holder | Abdul Hamid Khan |
Formation | June 1975 |
Website | pmajk.gov.pk |
Prime Minister of Azad Kashmir is the Chief Executive of Azad Kashmir, the role is equivalent of Chief Minister's elsewhere in Pakistan, however due to the semi-autonomous nature of AJK the role is titled as Prime Minister hence symbolizing nominal independence. The prime minister heads the Council of Ministers, who are members of the Azad Jammu & Kashmir Legislative Assembly, the PM too is elected by the AJK Legislative Assembly which is directly elected by the people.
1. Abdul Hamid Khan June 1975 to August 1977
2. Sardar Sikandar Hayat Khan 17 June 1985 to 28 June 1990
3. Raja Mumtaz Hussain Rathore 29 June 1990 to 5 July 1991
4. Sardar Muhammad Abdul Qayyum Khan 29 July 1991 to 29 July 1996
5. Barrister Sultan Mehmood Chaudhry 30 July 1996 to 24 July 2001
6. Sardar Sikandar Hayat Khan 25 July 2001 to 23 July 2006
7. Sardar Attique Ahmed Khan 24 th July 2006 to 6 January 2009
8. Sardar Muhammad Yaqoob Khan 7 January 2009 to 22 October 2009
9. Farooq Haider Khan 23 October 2009 to 29 july 2010
10. Sardar Attique Ahmed Khan 29 July 2010 to 26 July 2011.
11. Chaudhry Abdul Majeed 26 July 2011 to 31 July 2016
12. Farooq Haider Khan 31 July 2016 to Present