Top 5 Famous Pakistani Political leaders of all time

Top 5 Famous Pakistani Political leaders of all time

Famous Political leaders of Pakistan

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1) Muhammad Ali Jinnah

Quaid e Azam Muhammad Ali Jinnah

Muhammad Ali Jinnah is well known as the Father of the Nation. He played a pivotal role in the emancipation of Pakistan. Quaid-e-Azam became first Governor General of the nascent state of Pakistan on August 15, 1947. The new responsibility was like bed of thrones for him. 

Political Era:

Jinnah served as the leader of the All-India Muslim League from 1913 until the inception of Pakistan on 15 August 1947, and then as the Dominion of Pakistan's first governor-general until his death September 11- 1948.

2) Ayub Khan: 

Ayub Khan

Field Marshal Muhammad Ayub Khan, was the second president of Pakistan. He was an army general who seized the presidency from Iskander Mirza in a coup in 1958, the first successful coup d'état in the country.

In 1965, Ayub Khan entered the presidential race as the Pakistan Muslim League (PML) candidate to counter the popular and famed non-partisan Fatima Jinnah and was controversially reelected for a second term.

Political Era:

27 October 1958 – 25 March 1969

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3) Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto:

Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto famous political leader

Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto was a Pakistani barrister and politician who served as the ninth prime minister of Pakistan and prior to that as the fourth president of Pakistan from 1971 to 1973. He was also the founder of the Pakistan People's Party (PPP) and served as its chairman until his execution in 1979.

He was very famous among West Pakistani  dwellers. He won all 138 seats from west Pakistan in General elections held on 1970. 

4) Benazir Bhutto 

Benazir Bhutto - First P.M of Pakistan 

Former Prime Minister of Pakistan and the first Female Prime Minister of the Pakistan and Islamic World. She served as the 11th and 13th prime minister of Pakistan from 1988 to 1990 and from 1993 to 1996.

Ideologically a liberal and a secularist, she chaired or co-chaired the Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) from the early 1980s until her assassination in 2007.

She gain popularity as she started her political journey soon after the death of Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto. 

5) Mian Muhammad Nawaz Sharif:

Mian Muhammad Nawaz Sharif

Mian Muhammad Nawaz Sharif is a Pakistani billionaire businessman and politician who served as the prime minister of Pakistan for three non-consecutive terms. Undoubtedly, the most famous political leader in the history of Pakistan. Nawaz is the longest-serving prime minister of Pakistan, has served a total of more than 9 years. 

Political Era:

12th, 14th, and 20th Prime Minister of Pakistan

In office

First term as prime minister (1990–1993)

Second term as prime minister (1997–1999)

Third term as prime minister (2013–2017)