Post: | Minister of Foreign Affairs وزیرِ خارجہ |
Insignia: | State emblem of Pakistan.svg |
Insigniasize: | 100px |
Insigniacaption: | Emblem of Pakistan |
Department: | Ministry of Foreign Affairs |
Member Of: | Cabinet • National Security Council |
Incumbent: | Ishaq Dar |
Style: | Sir Minister |
Residence: | Islamabad, Pakistan |
Nominator: | Prime Minister of Pakistan |
Reports To: | Prime Minister of Pakistan |
Appointer: | President of Pakistan |
Termlength: | At the Prime Minister's pleasure |
Deputy: | Minister of State for Foreign Affairs |
Incumbentsince: | 11 March 2024 |
The Minister for Foreign Affairs (or simply the Foreign Minister) is the head of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Government of Pakistan. The minister oversees the federal government's foreign policy and International relations. Their responsibility includes representing Pakistan and its government in the international community. This position is one of the senior-most offices in the Cabinet of Pakistan. The office of the foreign minister was initially held by Liaquat Ali Khan, who also served as the country's first prime minister. Subsequently, several other prime ministers have held the additional charge of the office of the foreign minister.
The following is a list of all the previous foreign ministers of Pakistan to date, according to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
Portrait | Name | Tenure | Party | Government | Head of Government | ||||
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From | To | Length | |||||||
Federal Minister of Foreign Affairs | |||||||||
Liaquat Ali Khan (Prime Minister) | 15 August 1947 | 27 December 1947 | Muslim League | Liaquat | Liaquat Ali Khan | ||||
Sir Muhammad Zafarullah Khan | 27 December 1947 | 17 October 1951 | |||||||
17 October 1951 | 17 April 1953 | Nazimuddin | Sir Khawaja Nazimuddin | ||||||
17 April 1953 | 24 October 1954 | Bogra | Mohammad Ali Bogra | ||||||
Mohammad Ali Bogra (Prime Minister) | 24 October 1954 | 12 August 1955 | |||||||
Hamidul Huq Choudhury | 28 September 1955 | 12 September 1956 | Krishak Sramik Party | Mohammad Ali | Chaudhry Muhammad Ali | ||||
Sir Feroz Khan Noon (Prime Minister from 16 Dec 1957) | 12 September 1956 | 7 October 1958 | Republican Party | Suhrawardy | Huseyn Shaheed Suhrawardy | ||||
Chundrigar | I. I. Chundrigar | ||||||||
Noon | Self | ||||||||
Manzur Qadir | 29 October 1958 | 8 June 1962 | Muslim League | Ayub | Muhammad Ayub Khan | ||||
Mohammad Ali Bogra | 13 June 1962 | 23 January 1963 | |||||||
Zulfikar Ali Bhutto | 24 January 1963 | 30 June 1966 | Convention Muslim League | ||||||
Sharifuddin Pirzada | 31 August 1966 | 1 May 1968 | |||||||
Mian Arshad Hussain | 1 May 1968 | 25 March 1969 | |||||||
Yahya Khan (Chief Martial Law Administrator) | 25 March 1969 | 20 December 1971 | Pakistan Army | Yahya | Self | ||||
Zulfikar Ali Bhutto (President until 14 Aug 1973 Prime Minister from 14 Aug 1973) | 20 December 1971 | 28 March 1977 | Pakistan People's Party | Bhutto | Zulfikar Ali Bhutto | ||||
Aziz Ahmed | 30 March 1977 | 5 July 1977 | |||||||
Agha Shahi | 14 January 1978 | 9 March 1982 | Independent | Haq | Muhammad Zia-ul-Haq | ||||
Sahabzada Yaqub Khan | 21 March 1982 | 1 November 1987 | |||||||
Zain Noorani | 1 November 1987 | 9 June 1988 | |||||||
Sahabzada Yaqub Khan | 9 June 1988 | 17 August 1988 | |||||||
17 August 1988 | 2 December 1988 | Ishaq Khan | Ghulam Ishaq Khan | ||||||
4 December 1988 | 6 August 1990 | Pakistan People's Party | Bhutto I | Benazir Bhutto | |||||
Sahabzada Yaqub Khan | 6 November 1990 | 20 March 1991 | Muslim League | Nawaz I | Nawaz Sharif | ||||
Akram Zaki | April 1991 | 10 September 1991 | |||||||
Siddiq Khan Kanju (State Minister) | 10 September 1991 | 18 April 1993 | |||||||
Sharifuddin Pirzada | 18 April 1993 | 26 May 1993 | Independent | Mazari | Balakh Sher Mazari | ||||
Siddiq Khan Kanju (State Minister) | 26 May 1993 | 18 July 1993 | Muslim League | Nawaz I | Nawaz Sharif | ||||
Abdul Sattar | 23 July 1993 | 19 October 1993 | Independent | Qureshi | Moeenuddin Ahmad Qureshi | ||||
Farooq Leghari | 19 October 1993 | 14 November 1993 | Pakistan People's Party | Bhutto II | Benazir Bhutto | ||||
Aseff Ahmad Daula | 16 November 1993 | 4 November 1996 | |||||||
Sahabzada Yaqub Khan | 11 November 1996 | 17 February 1997 | Independent | Khalid | Malik Meraj Khalid | ||||
Gohar Ayub Khan | 25 February 1997 | 7 August 1998 | Pakistan Muslim League (N) | Nawaz II | Nawaz Sharif | ||||
Sartaj Aziz | 7 August 1998 | 12 October 1999 | |||||||
Abdul Sattar | 6 November 1999 | 14 June 2002 | Independent | Musharraf | Pervez Musharraf | ||||
Inam-ul-Haq (State Minister) | 21 June 2002 | 23 November 2002 | |||||||
Khurshid Mahmud Kasuri | 23 November 2002 | 15 November 2007 | Pakistan Muslim League (Q) | Jamali | Zafarullah Khan Jamali | ||||
Hussain | Shujaat Hussain | ||||||||
Aziz | Shaukat Aziz | ||||||||
Inam-ul-Haq | 15 November 2007 | 24 March 2008 | Independent | Soomro | Muhammad Mian Soomro | ||||
Shah Mahmood Qureshi | 31 March 2008 | 9 February 2011 | Pakistan People's Party | Gillani | Yousaf Raza Gillani | ||||
Hina Rabbani Khar | 11 February 2011 | 19 June 2012 | |||||||
22 June 2012 | 16 March 2013 | Ashraf | Raja Pervaiz Ashraf | ||||||
Mir Hazar Khan Khoso (Prime Minister) | 4 April 2013 | 4 June 2013 | Independent | Khoso | Self | ||||
Adviser to the Prime Minister on Foreign Affairs | |||||||||
Sartaj Aziz | 7 June 2013 | 28 July 2017 | Pakistan Muslim League (N) | Nawaz III | Nawaz Sharif | ||||
Federal Minister of Foreign Affairs | |||||||||
Khawaja Asif | 4 August 2017 | 26 April 2018 | Pakistan Muslim League (N) | Abbasi | Shahid Khaqan Abbasi | ||||
Khurram Dastgir | 11 May 2018 | 31 May 2018 | |||||||
Abdullah Hussain Haroon | 5 June 2018 | 18 August 2018 | Independent | Mulk | Nasirul Mulk | ||||
Shah Mahmood Qureshi | 20 August 2018 | 10 April 2022 | Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf | Imran | Imran Khan | ||||
Bilawal Bhutto Zardari | 27 April 2022 | 10 August 2023 | Pakistan People's Party | Shehbaz I | Shehbaz Sharif | ||||
Jalil Abbas Jilani | 17 August 2023 | 4 March 2024 | Independent | Kakar | Anwaar ul Haq Kakar | ||||
Ishaq Dar (Deputy Prime Minister) | 11 March 2024 | Incumbent | Pakistan Muslim League (N) | Shehbaz II | Shehbaz Sharif | ||||