Minister of Foreign Affairs (Pakistan)


The Minister of Foreign Affairs 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.
No.PortraitName of Foreign MinisterEntered OfficeLeft OfficePolitical Party
1Liaqat Ali KhanAugust 15, 1947December 27, 1947Pakistan Muslim League
2Muhammad Zafarullah KhanDecember 27, 1947October 24, 1954Pakistan Muslim League
3Muhammad Ali BograOctober 24, 1954August 11, 1955Pakistan Muslim League
4Hamidul Huq ChoudhurySeptember 28, 1955September 12, 1956Krishak Sramik Party
5Feroz Khan NoonSeptember 14, 1956October 7, 1958Republican Party
6Manzur QadirOctober 29, 1958June 8, 1962Pakistan Muslim League
7Muhammad Ali BograJune 13, 1962January 23, 1963Pakistan Muslim League
8Zulfikar Ali BhuttoJanuary 24, 1963June 30, 1966Military Government
9Syed Sharifuddin PirzadaJuly 20, 1966April 25, 1968Military Government
10Mian Arshad HussainApril 25, 1968April 4, 1969Military Government
11Yahya KhanApril 5, 1969December 20, 1971Military Government
12Zulfikar Ali BhuttoDecember 20, 1971March 28, 1977Pakistan Peoples Party
13Aziz AhmedMarch 30, 1977July 5, 1977Pakistan Peoples Party
14Agha ShahiJanuary 14, 1978March 9, 1982Military Government
15Sahabzada Yaqub KhanMarch 21, 1982November 1, 1987Military Government
16Zain NooraniNovember 1, 1987June 9, 1988Military Government
17Sahabzada Yaqub KhanJune 9, 1988March 20, 1991Pakistan Peoples Party
Akram Zaki April 199110 September 1991Pakistan Muslim League
18Siddiq Khan Kanju10 September 199118 July 1993Pakistan Muslim League
Abdul Sattar July 23, 1993October 19, 1993Caretaker government
19Farooq LeghariOctober 19, 1993November 14, 1993Pakistan Peoples Party
20Asif Ahmad AliNovember 16, 1993November 4, 1996Pakistan Peoples Party
Sahabzada Yaqub Khan November 11, 1996February 24, 1997Caretaker government
21Gohar Ayub KhanFebruary 25, 1997August 7, 1998Pakistan Muslim League
22Sartaj AzizAugust 7, 1998October 12, 1999Pakistan Muslim League
23Abdul SattarNovember 6, 1999June 14, 2002Military government
24Inam-ul-HaqJune 21, 2002November 23, 2002Military government
25Khurshid Mahmud KasuriNovember 23, 2002November 15, 2007Pakistan Muslim League
Inam-ul-Haq November 15, 2007March 24, 2008Caretaker government
26Shah Mehmood QureshiMarch 31, 2008February 9, 2011Pakistan Peoples Party
27Hina Rabbani KharFebruary 11, 201116 March 2013Pakistan Peoples Party
Mir Hazar Khan Khoso 4 April 20134 June 2013Caretaker government
28Sartaj Aziz 7 June 201328 July 2017Pakistan Muslim League
29Khawaja Muhammad Asif4 August 201726 April 2018Pakistan Muslim League
30Khurram Dastgir Khan4 May 20185 June 2018Pakistan Muslim League
Hussain Haroon 5 June 201818 August 2018Caretaker government
31Shah Mahmood Qureshi20 August 2018PresentPakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf