List of governors of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
Below is a list of governors of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (formerly known as the North-West Frontier Province , or NWFP). The office of the governor was first established in 1932 during the British colonial period, and has continued through the independence of Pakistan in 1947 to the present day.
Following Pakistan's independence in 1947, the NWFP became a province of Pakistan. It was dissolved to form a unified province of West Pakistan in 1955 upon promulgation of One Unit Scheme and was reestablished in 1970 . In 2010, the NWFP was renamed to Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.
No.
Name
Took office
Left office
Affiliation
Term Length
1
Sir George Cunningham 15 August 1947
9 April 1948
Indian Civil Service
7 months, 25 days
2
Sir Ambrose Dundas Flux Dundas 19 April 1948
16 July 1949
Indian Civil Service
1 year, 2 months, 27 days
3
Sahibzada Mohammad Khurshid 16 July 1949
14 January 1950
Independent
5 months, 29 days
4
Mohammad Ibrahim Khan Jhagra 14 January 1950
17 February 1950
Judiciary
1 month, 3 days
5
Ismail Ibrahim Chundrigar 17 February 1950
23 November 1951
Muslim League
1 year, 9 months, 6 days
6
Khwaja Shahabuddin 24 November 1951
17 November 1954
Muslim League
2 years, 11 months, 24 days
7
Qurban Ali Shah 17 November 1954
14 October 1955
Independent
10 months, 27 days
Provinces merged to form West Pakistan (14 October 1955 – 1 July 1970)
8
Lt Gen K. M. Azhar 1 July 1970
25 December 1971
Martial Law
1 year, 5 months, 24 days
9
Hayat Sherpao 25 December 1971
30 April 1972
Pakistan Peoples Party
4 months, 5 days
10
Arbab Sikandar Khan 29 April 1972
15 February 1973
National Awami Party
9 months, 17 days
11
Aslam Khattak 15 February 1973
24 May 1974
National Awami Party
1 year, 3 months, 9 days
12
Syed Ghawas 24 May 1974
1 March 1976
Pakistan Peoples Party
1 year, 9 months, 5 days
13
Naseerullah Babar 1 March 1976
6 July 1977
Pakistan Peoples Party
1 year, 4 months, 5 days
14
Abdul Hakeem Khan 6 July 1977
17 September 1978
Civil Administration
1 year, 2 months, 11 days
15
Lt Gen Fazle Haq 11 October 1978
12 December 1985
Martial Law
7 years, 2 months, 1 day
16
Nawabzada Abdul Ghafoor Khan Hoti 30 December 1985
18 April 1986
Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam
3 months, 19 days
17
Syed Usman Ali Shah 18 April 1986
27 August 1986
Civil Administration
4 months, 9 days
18
Fida Mohammad Khan 27 August 1986
16 June 1988
Pakistan Muslim League (N)
1 year, 9 months, 20 days
19
Amir Gulistan Janjua 16 June 1988
19 July 1993
Independent
5 years, 1 month, 3 days
20
Khurshid Ali Khan 19 July 1993
5 November 1996
Pakistan Peoples Party
3 years, 3 months, 17 days
21
Arif Bangash 11 November 1996
17 August 1999
Independent
2 years, 9 months, 6 days
22
Miangul Aurangzeb 18 August 1999
21 October 1999
Pakistan Muslim League (N)
2 months, 3 days
23
Lt Gen Mohammad Shafiq 21 October 1999
14 August 2000
Martial Law
9 months, 24 days
24
Lt Gen Iftikhar Hussain Shah 14 August 2000
15 March 2005
Martial Law
4 years, 7 months, 1 day
25
Khalilur Rehman 15 March 2005
23 May 2006
Pakistan Muslim League (Q)
1 year, 2 months, 8 days
26
Lt Gen Ali Jan Orakzai 24 May 2006
7 January 2008
Martial Law
1 year, 7 months, 14 days
27
Owais Ahmed Ghani 7 January 2008
9 February 2011
Independent
3 years, 1 month, 2 days
28
Syed Masood Kausar 10 February 2011
10 February 2013
Pakistan Peoples Party
2 years
29
Shaukatullah Khan 10 February 2013
14 April 2014
Pakistan Peoples Party
1 year, 2 months, 4 days
30
Mehtab Ahmed Khan Abbasi 15 April 2014
8 February 2016
Pakistan Muslim League (N)
1 year, 9 months, 24 days
31
Iqbal Zafar Jhagra 25 February 2016
20 August 2018
Pakistan Muslim League (N)
2 years, 5 months, 25 days
32
Shah Farman 5 September 2018
11 April 2022
Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf
3 years, 7 months, 6 days
33
Haji Ghulam Ali 23 November 2022
4 May 2024
Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam (F)
1 year, 5 months, 11 days
34
Faisal Karim Kundi 5 May 2024
Incumbent
Pakistan Peoples Party
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