Defense Minister | MCQs

Explanation

No.	Portrait	Minister	Term
			Took office	Left office	Duration
1		Liaquat Ali Khan	15 August 1947	16 October 1951	4 years, 62 days
2		Khawaja Nazimuddin	24 October 1951	17 April 1953	1 year, 183 days
3		Muhammad Ali Bogra	18 April 1953	24 October 1954	1 year, 190 days
4		General Ayub Khan	25 October 1954	11 August 1955	290 days
5		Chaudhry Muhammad Ali	12 August 1955	12 September 1956	1 year, 31 days
6		Huseyn Shaheed Suhrawardy	13 September 1956	18 October 1957	1 year, 35 days
7		Mumtaz Daultana	19 October 1957	18 December 1957	60 days
8		Feroz Khan Noon	19 December 1957	8 April 1958	110 days
9			9 April 1958	7 October 1958	181 days
(4)		Ayub Khan	28 October 1958	21 October 1966	7 years, 358 days
10		Vice Admiral Afzal Rahman Khan	22 October 1966	5 April 1969	2 years, 165 days
11		Yahya Khan	6 April 1969	20 December 1971	2 years, 259 days
12		Zulfikar Ali Bhutto	21 December 1971	5 July 1977	5 years, 193 days
13		Muhammad Zia-ul-Haq	14 January 1978	27 August 1978	225 days
14		Mir Ali Ahmed Khan Talpur	28 August 1978	26 February 1985	6 years, 182 days
(13)		Muhammad Zia-ul-Haq	27 February 1985	24 March 1985	25 days
15		Muhammad Khan Junejo	25 March 1985	29 May 1988	3 years, 65 days
16		Mahmoud Haroon (Caretaker)	9 June 1988	1 December 1988	175 days
17		Benazir Bhutto	4 December 1988	6 August 1990	1 year, 245 days
18		Ghous Ali Shah	10 September 1991	17 July 1993	1 year, 310 days
19		Aftab Shaban Mirani	19 October 1993	5 November 1996	3 years, 17 days
20		Shahid Hamid (Caretaker)	6 November 1996	17 February 1997	103 days
21		Nawaz Sharif	17 February 1997	12 October 1999	2 years, 237 days
22		Pervez Musharraf	12 October 1999	23 November 2002	3 years, 42 days
23		Rao Sikandar Iqbal	23 November 2002	15 November 2007	4 years, 357 days
24		Salim Abbas Jilani (Caretaker)	16 November 2007	25 March 2008	130 days
25		Ahmad Mukhtar	31 March 2008	3 June 2012	4 years, 64 days
26		Naveed Qamar	4 June 2012	15 March 2013	284 days
27		Mir Hazar Khan Khoso	5 April 2013	4 June 2013

Explanation

• General Ayub Khan also served as the Defense Minister of the Cabinet while being the Commander-in-Chief of the Pakistan Army.
• He served as the Commander-in-Chief from January 23, 1951, to October 26, 1958.
• He served as the Defense Minister from October 28, 1958, to October 21, 1966.