Governors of Punjab

01. Sir Francis Mudie (Britisher)

15 August 1947 to 2 August 1949

1 year, 352 days

02. Abdur Rab Nishtar (Pathan)

2 August 1949 to 24 November 1951

4 years, 114 days

03. I. I Chundrigar (Hindustani Muhajir)

24 November 1951 to 2 May 1953

1 year, 182 days

04. Mian Aminuddin (Punjabi)

2 May 1953 to 24 June 1954

1 year, 53 days

05. Habib Ibrahim Rahimtoola (Hindustani Muhajir)

24 June 1954 to 26 November 1954

155 days

06. Mushtaq Ahmed Gurmani (Baloch)

26 November 1954 to 14 October 1955

322 days

Part of West Pakistan province

14 October 1955 to 30 June 1970

Governors of Punjab

01. Lt. General Attiqur Rahman (Punjabi)

1 July 1970 to 23 December 1971

1 year, 175 days

02. Ghulam Mustafa Khar (Punjabi)

23 December 1971 to 12 November 1973

1 year, 324 days

03. Sadiq Hussain Qureshi (Arabic Background)

12 November 1973 to 14 March 1975

1 year, 122 days

04. Ghulam Mustafa Khar (Punjabi)

14 March 1975 to 31 July 1975

139 days

05. Mohammad Abbas Abbasi (Arabic Background)

31 July 1975 to 5 July 1977

1 year, 339 days

06. Aslam Riaz Hussain (Punjabi)

5 July 1977 to 18 September 1978

1 year, 75 days

07. General Sawar Khan (Pathan)

18 September 1978 to 1 May 1980

1 year, 226 days

08. Lt. General Ghulam Jilani Khan (Punjabi)

1 May 1980 to 30 December 1985

5 years, 243 days

09. Sajjad Hussain Qureshi (Arabic Background)

30 December 1985 to 9 December 1988

2 years, 345 days

10. General Tikka Khan (Punjabi)

9 December 1988 to 06 August 1990

1 year, 240 days

11. Mian Muhammad Azhar (Punjabi)

6 August 1990 to 25 April 1993

2 years, 262 days

12. Chaudhary Altaf Hussain (Punjabi)

25 April 1993 to 19 July 1993

85 days

13. Iqbal Khan (Punjabi)

19 July 1993 to 26 March 1994

250 days

14. Chaudhary Altaf Hussain (Punjabi)

26 March 1994 to 22 May 1995

1 year, 57 days

15. Muhammad Ilyas (Acting) (Punjabi)

22 May 1995 to 19 June 1995

28 days

16. Raja Saroop Khan (Punjabi)

19 June 1995 to 6 November 1996

1 year, 140 days

17. Khalilur Rehman (Acting) (Punjabi)

6 November 1996 to 11 November 1996

5 days

18. Khawaja Tariq Rahim (Punjabi)

11 November 1996 to 11 March 1997

120 days

19. Shahid Hamid (Punjabi)

11 March 1997 to 18 August 1999

2 years, 160 days

20. Zulfiqar Ali Khosa (Baloch)

12 August 1999 to 25 October 1999

74 days

21. Muhammad Safdar (Punjabi)

25 October 1999 to 29 October 2001

2 years, 4 days

22. Lt. General Khalid Maqbool (Punjabi)

29 October 2001 to 16 May 2008

6 years, 200 days

23. Salmaan Taseer (Punjabi)

17 May 2008 to 4 January 2011

2 years, 232 days

24. Rana Muhammad Iqbal (Acting) (Punjabi)

4 January 2011 to 13 January 2011

9 days

25. Latif Khosa (Baloch)

13 January 2011 to 22 December 2012

1 year, 344 days

26. Syed Ahmed Mahmud (Arabic Background)

25 December 2012 to 13 May 2013

139 days

27. Mohammad Sarwar (Punjabi)

2 August 2013 to 29 January 2015

1 year, 180 days

28. Rana Muhammad Iqbal (Acting) (Punjabi)

29 January 2015 to 7 May 2015

98 days

29. Malik Muhammad Rafique Rajwana (Punjabi)

7 May 2015 to 18 August 2018

3 years, 42 days

30. Chaudhry Pervaiz Elahi (Acting) (Punjabi)

18 August 2018

5 September 2018

18 days

31. Muhammad Sarwar (Punjabi)

5 September 2018 Present

1 year, 124 days