LAHORE: Punjab Assembly (PA) Thursday elected Muhammad Shahbaz Sharif as 24th Chief Minister (CM) of Punjab for the third time with 300 votes while his sole rival from PTI, Mehmood ur Rasheed got 34 votes.
Polling for the Chief Minister was held during the Punjab Assembly session with Speaker Rana Muhammad Iqbal Khan in the chair here.
PML-N and PTI had nominated Muhammad Shahbaz Sharif and Mian Mehmood ur Rashid respectively as candidates for the slot of Chief Minister, while PPP had already decided not to take part in the election.
The newly elected Punjab Chief Minister, Muhammad Shahbaz Sharif will take oath during a ceremony at the Governor's house scheduled for 6:00 pm today.
The following is the list of former Chief Ministers of Punjab:
Name of Chief Minister Entered Office Left Office Political Party/Notes
1. Iftikhar Hussain Khan August 15,1947 January 25, 1949 Muslim League
Governor's rule January 25, 1949 April 5, 1951
2. Mian Mumtaz Daultana April 15,1951 April 3, 1953 M.L
3. Feroz Khan Noon April 3, 1953 May 21, 1955 M.L
4. Abdul Hamid Khan Dasti May 21, 1955 October 14, 1955 M.L
Part of West Pakistan province October 14, 1955 June 30, 1970
Martial law July 1, 1970 May 2, 1972
5. Malik Meraj Khalid May 2, 1972 November 12, 1973 PPP
6. Ghulam Mustafa Khar November 12,1973 March 15, 1974 PPP
7. Hanif Ramay March 15, 1974 July 15, 1975 PPP
8. Sadiq Hussain Qureshi July 15, 1975 July 5, 1977 PPP
Martial law July 5, 1977 April 9, 1985
9. Nawaz Sharif April 9, 1985 August 6, 1990 IJI
10.Ghulam Haider Wyne August 6, 1990 April 25, 1993 IJI
11.Manzoor Wattoo (1st time) April 25,1993 July 19, 1993 PML (J)
12.Manzoor Elahi (caretaker) July 19, 1993 October 20, 1993
13.Manzoor Wattoo (2nd time)October 20,1993 September 13,1995 PML(J)
14.Sardar Arif Nakai September 13, 1995 November 3, 1996 PML(J)
15.Manzoor Wattoo (3rd time) November 3,1996 November 16,1996 PML(J)
16.Mian Muhammad Afzal Hayat (caretaker) November 16, 1996 February 20,
1997
17.Shahbaz Sharif (1st time) February 20,1997 October 12,1999 PML(N)
Governor's rule October 11, 1999 November 29, 2002
18.Chaudhry Pervaiz Elahi November 29,2002 November 18, 2007 PML(Q)
19.Shiekh Ejaz Nisar (caretaker)November 19, 2007 April 11, 2008
20.Dost Muhammad Khosa April 12, 2008 June 8, 2008 PML(N)
21.Shahbaz Sharif (2nd time) June 8, 2008 February 25, 2009 PML(N)
Governor's rule February 25, 2009 March 30, 2009
22.Muhammad Shahbaz Sharif March 30,2009 March 26, 2013 PML(N)
23.Najam Sethi (Caretaker) March 27, 2013 Incumbent.
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