President of Azad Kashmir

President of Azad Jammu & Kashmir
President of Azad Jammu & Kashmir
صدر آزاد جموں و کشمیر
	Seal of the government
	State flag of the Azad Kashmir
	Incumbent; Sultan Mehmood Chaudhry; since 25 August 2021
	Government of Azad Kashmir
Style	Honourable President; (formal); His Excellency; (diplomatic); Mr President; (informal);
Type	Head of state
Abbreviation	Pres. AJK
Member of	Azad Kashmir Legislative Assembly
Residence	President House, Muzaffarabad
Seat	President Secretariat, Muzaffarabad
Appointer	Azad Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly
Term length	5 years; renewable
Constituting instrument	Interim Constitution of Azad Kashmir
Precursor	Monarch of the Princely State of Jammu and Kashmir
Inaugural holder	Sardar Ibrahim Khan; (1947–1950)
Formation	24 October 1947; (75 years ago)
Deputy	No fixed position; however held by Speaker of Legislative Assembly in President's absence
Website	www.presidentajk.gov.pk

The president of Azad Kashmir (Urdu: صدرِ آزاد کشمیر, romanized: s̤adr-i Azād Kaṣhmīr lit. 'President of Azad Kashmir', Urdu pronunciation: [s̤ə'dr-e: a:'za:d kə'ʂmi:r]), Officially the president of the State of Azad Jammu and Kashmir is the constitutional and ceremonial head of state of Azad Kashmir.

The president is elected by the Azad Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly for term of 5 years under the provisions of Azad Jammu & Kashmir (Interim Constitution) Act, 1974.^[1]

List of presidents[edit]

The following individuals have served as president of Azad Kashmir.^[2]^[3]

#	Name	Took office	Left office	Party
1	Sardar Ibrahim Khan	24 October 1947	12 May 1950	All Jammu and Kashmir Muslim Conference
2	Ali Ahmed Shah	13 May 1950	4 Dec 1951	Military
3	Mirwaiz Yusuf Shah	5 Dec 1951	20 May 1952	All Jammu and Kashmir Muslim Conference
[A]	Raja Haydar Khan (interim)	18 May 1952	21 Jun 1952	-
4	Sher Ahmed Khan	21 Jun 1952	30 May 1956	Military
5	Mirwaiz Yusuf Shah (2)	30 May 1956	8 Sep 1956	All Jammu and Kashmir Muslim Conference
6	Sardar Abdul Qayyum	8 Sep 1956	13 Apr 1957	All Jammu and Kashmir Muslim Conference
7	Sardar Ibrahim Khan (2)	13 Apr 1957	30 Apr 1959	All Jammu and Kashmir Muslim Conference
8	Khurshid Hasan Khurshid	1 May 1959	7 Aug 1964	Jammu and Kashmir Liberation League
9	Abdul Hamid Khan	7 Aug 1964	7 Oct 1969	-
[A]	Abdul Rahman Khan (interim)	7 Oct 1969	30 Oct 1970	Military
10	Sardar Abdul Qayyum (2)	30 Oct 1970	16 Apr 1975	All Jammu and Kashmir Muslim Conference
[A]	Sheikh Manzar Masaud (interim)	16 Apr 1975	5 Jun 1975
11	Sardar Ibrahim Khan (3)	5 Jun 1975	30 Oct 1978	Azad Muslim Conference
12	Muhammad Hayat Khan	30 Oct 1978	1 Feb 1983	Military
13	Abdul Rahman Khan	1 Feb 1983	1 Oct 1985	Military
14	Sardar Abdul Qayyum (3)	1 Oct 1985	20 Jul 1991	All Jammu and Kashmir Muslim Conference
15	Muhammad Ishaq Zaffar	20 Jul 1991	29 Jul 1991	Pakistan Peoples Party
[A]	Abdul Rashid Abbasi (interim)	29 Jul 1991	12 Aug 1991	-
16	Sardar Sikandar Hayat	12 Aug 1991	12 May 1996	All Jammu and Kashmir Muslim Conference
[A]	Abdul Rashid Abbasi (interim)	12 May 1996	22 May 1996	-
17	Sardar Sikandar Hayat (2)	23 May 1996	11 Aug 1996	All Jammu and Kashmir Muslim Conference
[A]	Abdul Rashid Abbasi (interim)	11 Aug 1996	25 Aug 1996	-
18	Sardar Ibrahim Khan (4)	25 Aug 1996	25 Aug 2001	Jammu Kashmir Peoples Party
19	Sardar Anwar Khan	25 Aug 2001	25 Aug 2006	All Jammu and Kashmir Muslim Conference
20	Raja Zulqarnain Khan	25 Aug 2006	25 Aug 2011	All Jammu and Kashmir Muslim Conference
21	Sardar Yaqoob Khan	25 Aug 2011	25 Aug 2016	Pakistan Peoples Party
22	Masood Khan	25 Aug 2016	25 Aug 2021	Pakistan Muslim League (N)
23	Sultan Mehmood Chaudhry	25 Aug 2021^[4]	Present	Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf

Notes[edit]

^ http://ajk.gov.pk/president.php^{[dead link]}
^ World Statesmen: Azad Kashmir
^ "Official Website of the Planning and Development Department of the Government of Azad Jammu and Kashmir". Archived from the original on 5 April 2017. Retrieved 24 May 2010.
^ "PTI's Barrister Sultan Mahmood elected AJK president". Dawn (newspaper). 25 August 2021.

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External links[edit]

Website

[1] ttp://ajk.gov.pk/president.php^{[dead link]}

[2] World Statesmen: Azad Kashmir

[3] "Official Website of the Planning and Development Department of the Government of Azad Jammu and Kashmir". Archived from the original on 5 April 2017. Retrieved 24 May 2010.

[4] "PTI's Barrister Sultan Mahmood elected AJK president". Dawn (newspaper). 25 August 2021.

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