The chief minister of Punjab (Punjabi/) is the head of government of the Pakistani province of Punjab. Elected by the Provincial Assembly of the Punjab, the chief minister leads the executive branch of the government of Punjab along with their appointed cabinet, with the governor of Punjab serving as the nominal head of executive and province. The chief minister is elected by a majority in the Punjab Assembly, where they serve as leader of the House. The office is held by virtue of the officeholder's ability to command the confidence of the Assembly, with no term limits. Maryam Nawaz Sharif is the 19th and current chief minister of Punjab.
The office of Chief Minister is located in Lahore, the capital of the Punjab province and is known as the CM Secretariat.Official website of CM Punjab
List of chief ministers of Punjab
Chief ministerPartyTerm of officeRef.PortraitNameTook officeLeft officeTime in office1Iftikhar Hussain Khan MamdotMLP–Governor's rule2Mumtaz DaultanaMLP3Firoz Khan NoonMLP4Abdul Hamid Khan DastiMLP–Office abolished–Martial-law administration5 Malik Meraj KhalidPPP6 Ghulam Mustafa KharPPP7 Hanif RamayPPP8 Sadiq Hussain QureshiPPP–Martial-law administration9Nawaz SharifIJI/IND10Ghulam Haider WyneIJI11Manzoor WattooPML(J)– Sheikh Manzoor ElahiCaretaker12Manzoor WattooPML(J)13Muhammad Arif NakaiPML(J)14Manzoor WattooPML(J)– Muhammad Afzal HayatCaretaker15Shehbaz SharifPML(N)–Governor's rule16Parvez ElahiPML(Q)– Sheikh Ijaz NisarCaretaker17 Dost Muhammad KhosaPML(N)18Shehbaz SharifPML(N)–Governor's rule–Najam SethiCaretaker19Shehbaz SharifPML(N)– Hasan Askari RizviCaretaker20Usman BuzdarPTI21Hamza ShahbazPML(N)22Parvez ElahiPML(Q)–Mohsin NaqviCaretaker23Maryam NawazPML(N)Incumbent
See also Government of Pakistan Prime Minister of Pakistan Government of Punjab Governor of Punjab Chief Secretary Punjab Senior Minister of Punjab Leader of the Opposition Punjab Speaker of the Provincial Assembly of Punjab List of current Pakistani chief ministers List of current Pakistani governors Chief Minister of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Chief Minister of Sindh Chief Minister of Balochistan Chief Minister of Gilgit-Baltistan Prime Minister of Azad Jammu and Kashmir
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References
External links Chief Minister's Website Government of Punjab, Pakistan Punjab Assembly Website