The Governor-General of Pakistan was the resident representative of the British monarch (as "King/Queen of Pakistan") in Pakistan from 1947 to 1956, when Pakistan was proclaimed a republic.
When Pakistan became an independent, self-governing nation in 1947, it, like post-independent India, provisionally continued to use the Government of India Act 1935, as its written constitution until a post-independence constitution could be drafted; by default this contemplated the continuation of the constitutional monarchy as a Commonwealth realm dominion.
The monarch appointed a Governor-General, upon the advice of the Prime Minister of Pakistan to represent the monarch in Pakistan and carry out the day-to-day duties of the monarch. [1]
Muhammad Ali Jinnah, considered Quaid-e-Azam ("great leader"), informed Lord Mountbatten: "when I am Governor-General the Prime Minister will do what I tell him to". After Pakistan's independence, Jinnah continued to dominate government until his death.
After Jinnah's death the Governor-General of Pakistan continued to serve a larger role than the India Act prescribed, dismissing multiple Prime Ministers and consolidating power (Ghulam Muhammad to be precise).
The office of Governor-General was replaced by the office of President of Pakistan when Pakistan became a republic in 1956. The then Governor-General, Iskander Mirza, became Pakistan's first president.
| Name | Portrait | Start of term | End of term | Life span | Political party | |
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| 1 | Muhammad Ali Jinnah |  |
15 August 1947 | 11 September 1948 | 25 December 1876 – 11 September 1948 | Muslim League |
| 2 | Sir Khawaja Nazimuddin |  |
14 September 1948 | 17 October 1951 | 19 July 1894 - 22 October 1964 | Muslim League |
| 3 | Ghulam Mohammad |  |
17 October 1951 | 6 October 1955 | 20 April 1895 - 12 September 1956 | none |
| 4 | Iskander Mirza |  |
6 October 1955 | 23 March 1956 | 13 November 1899 - 12 November 1969 | Republican Party |
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