Prime Minister of Azad Kashmir

Prime Minister of Azad Kashmir is the chief executive of Azad Kashmir, The title of Prime Minister symbolizes the nominal[1] independence of Azad Kashmir. The prime minister heads the Council of Ministers, who are members of the Azad Kashmir Legislative Assembly, the PM too is elected by the AJK Legislative Assembly which is directly elected by the people.[2][3]

Prime Minister of Azad Jammu & Kashmir وزیراعظم آزاد جموں کشمیر
The Flag of the Prime Minister of Azad Kashmir
Incumbent Raja Farooq Haider since 30 July 2016
Residence	Muzaffarabad
Appointer	Azad Kashmir Legislative Assembly
Inaugural holder	Abdul Hamid Khan
Formation	June 1975
Website	pmajk.gov.pk

List of prime ministers

#	Name	Took Office	Left Office	Party
1	Abdul Hamid Khan	June 1975	August 1977	Pakistan Peoples Party
2	Sardar Sikandar Hayat Khan	17 June 1985	28 June 1990	All Jammu and Kashmir Muslim Conference
3	Raja Mummtaz Hussain Rathore	29 June 1990	5 July 1991	All Jammu and Kashmir Muslim Conference
4	Muhammad Abdul Qayyum Khan	29 July 1991	29 July 1996	All Jammu and Kashmir Muslim Conference
5	Sultan Mehmood Chaudhry	30 July 1996	24 July 2001	Pakistan Peoples Party
(2)	Sardar Sikandar Hayat Khan	25 July 2001	23 July 2006	All Jammu and Kashmir Muslim Conference
7	Sardar Attique Ahmed Khan	24 July 2006	6 January 2009	All Jammu and Kashmir Muslim Conference
8	Sardar Muhammad Yaqoob Khan	7 January 2009	22 October 2009	Pakistan Peoples Party
9	Raja Farooq Haider	23 October 2009	29 July 2010	Pakistan Muslim League (N)
(7)	Sardar Attique Ahmed Khan	29 July 2010	26 July 2011	All Jammu and Kashmir Muslim Conference
10	Chaudhry Abdul Majid	26 July 2011	30 July 2016	Pakistan Peoples Party
(9)	Raja Farooq Haider	31 July 2016		Pakistan Muslim League (N)

See also

• Government of Azad Kashmir
• President of Azad Kashmir

References

1. Bose, Sumantra (2009), Contested Lands, Harvard University Press, p. 193, ISBN 978-0-674-02856-2
2. PM site
3. Government System