<Table> List of Presidents of Pakistan <Tr> <Th> No . </Th> <Th> Portrait </Th> <Th> Name ( Birth -- death ) </Th> <Th> Took office </Th> <Th> Left office </Th> <Th> Elections </Th> <Th colspan="2"> Political party </Th> <Th> Note ( s ) </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> </Td> <Th> Iskander Mirza ( 1899 -- 1969 ) </Th> <Td> 23 March 1956 </Td> <Td> 27 October 1958 </Td> <Td> -- </Td> <Td> Republican Party </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Mirza served as the last Governor - General of Pakistan and became its first president after the 1956 Constitution was promulgated , which established a republic . He was deposed in a 1958 coup d'état by General Ayub Khan , whom Mirza had appointed as the Chief Martial Law Administrator in 1957 . </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> </Td> <Th> Ayub Khan ( 1907 -- 1974 ) </Th> <Td> 27 October 1958 </Td> <Td> 8 June 1962 </Td> <Td> -- </Td> <Td> -- </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Ayub took control over the country after the 1958 coup d'état . He led Pakistan into the 1965 war against India . In 1969 , Ayub resigned under pressure from opposition and handed over power to General Yahya Khan . </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 8 June 1962 </Td> <Td> 25 March 1969 </Td> <Td> 2 January 1965 </Td> <Td> Pakistan Muslim League ( C ) </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> </Td> <Th> Yahya Khan ( 1917 -- 1980 ) </Th> <Td> 25 March 1969 </Td> <Td> 20 December 1971 </Td> <Td> -- </Td> <Td> -- </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Yahya took office after the resignation of Ayub Khan in 1969 . He resigned after Pakistan 's defeat to India in the 1971 war . </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> </Td> <Th> Zulfikar Ali Bhutto ( 1928 -- 1979 ) </Th> <Td> 20 December 1971 </Td> <Td> 13 August 1973 </Td> <Td> 20 December 1971 </Td> <Td> Pakistan People 's Party </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Bhutto resigned as president to become the Prime Minister after the 1973 Constitution was promulgated , which established a parliamentary system of government . </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 5 </Td> <Td> Muhammad Ali Khan </Td> <Th> Fazal Ilahi Chaudhry ( 1904 -- 1982 ) </Th> <Td> 14 August 1973 </Td> <Td> 16 September 1978 </Td> <Td> 14 August 1973 </Td> <Td> Pakistan People 's Party </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Chaudhry was the constitutional president , whose authority was exercised by Prime Minister Zulfikar Ali Bhutto . Chaudhry resigned in 1978 and handed over the presidency to General Zia . </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 6 </Td> <Td> </Td> <Th> Muhammad Zia - ul - Haq ( 1924 -- 1988 ) </Th> <Td> 16 September 1978 </Td> <Td> 17 August 1988 </Td> <Td> -- </Td> <Td> -- </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Zia took de facto control over the country by leading the 1977 coup d'état . He served as the Chief Martial Law Administrator until 1979 . He was killed in a plane crash , becoming the only president to die in office . </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 7 </Td> <Td> </Td> <Th> Ghulam Ishaq Khan ( 1915 -- 2006 ) </Th> <Td> 17 August 1988 </Td> <Td> 18 July 1993 </Td> <Td> 13 December 1988 </Td> <Td> Independent </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Khan took office after the Zia 's 1988 death . He attempted to dismiss the Nawaz Sharif government in 1993 , but the Supreme Court overturned the president 's decision . Khan eventually resigned , along with Sharif , in an agreement brokered by the Armed Forces . </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> </Td> <Th> Wasim Sajjad ( 1941 -- ) </Th> <Td> 18 July 1993 </Td> <Td> 14 November 1993 </Td> <Td> -- </Td> <Td> Pakistan Muslim League ( N ) </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> He was Chairman of the Senate , serving his first term as acting President . </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 8 </Td> <Td> </Td> <Th> Farooq Leghari ( 1940 -- 2010 ) </Th> <Td> 14 November 1993 </Td> <Td> 2 December 1997 </Td> <Td> 14 November 1993 </Td> <Td> Pakistan People 's Party </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Leghari was elected president in 1993 , after the resignation of Ghulam Ishaq Khan . Afterwards , Leghari clashed with Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif , and he finally resigned after being forced by the conservatives and persuaded by the Armed Forces . </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> </Td> <Th> Wasim Sajjad ( 1941 -- ) </Th> <Td> 2 December 1997 </Td> <Td> 1 January 1998 </Td> <Td> -- </Td> <Td> Pakistan Muslim League ( N ) </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> He was Chairman of the Senate , serving his second term as acting President . </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 9
who was the first elected president of pakistan
Iskander Mirza