List of chief ministers of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa

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Tenure no.	Chief minister		Party		Term of office			Ref.
	Portrait	Name			Took office	Left office	Time in office
1		Sahibzada Abdul Qayyum		United Muslim Nationalist Party	April 1, 1937	September 7, 1937	159 days	[1]
2		Khan Abdul Jabbar Khan (first tenure)		INC	September 7, 1937	November 10, 1939	2 years, 64 days	[2]
–	Governor's rule				November 10, 1939	May 25, 1943	3 years, 196 days
3		Sardar Aurang Zeb Khan		All-India Muslim League	May 25, 1943	March 16, 1945	1 year, 295 days	[2]
4		Khan Abdul Jabbar Khan (second tenure)		INC	March 16, 1945	August 22, 1947	2 years, 159 days	[2]
5		Abdul Qayyum Khan Kashmiri		PML	August 23, 1947	April 23, 1953	5 years, 243 days	[2]
6		Sardar Abdur Rashid Khan		PML	April 23, 1953	July 18, 1955	2 years, 86 days	[2]
7		Sardar Bahadur Khan		PML	July 19, 1955	October 14, 1955	87 days	[2]
–	Office abolished Province incorporated into West Pakistan				October 14, 1955	June 30, 1970	14 years, 259 days
–	Office vacant under martial-law administration				July 1, 1970	February 29, 1972	1 year, 243 days
8		Mufti Mahmud		JUI	March 1, 1972	February 15, 1973	351 days	[2]
9		Sardar Inayatullah Khan Gandapur		PPP	April 29, 1973	February 16, 1975	1 year, 293 days	[2]
–	Governor's rule				February 16, 1975	May 3, 1975	76 days
10		Nasrullah Khan Khattak		PPP	May 3, 1975	April 9, 1977	1 year, 341 days	[3]
11		Muhammad Iqbal Khan Jadoon		PPP	April 9, 1977	July 5, 1977	87 days	[2]
–	Martial-law administration				July 5, 1977	April 7, 1985	7 years, 276 days
12		Arbab Jehangir Khan		Independent	April 7, 1985	May 31, 1988	3 years, 54 days	[4]
–		Fazle Haq (caretaker)		Caretaker	May 31, 1988	December 2, 1988	185 days	[2]
13		Aftab Ahmad Sherpao (first tenure)		PPP	December 2, 1988	August 7, 1990	1 year, 248 days	[5]
14		Mir Afzal Khan		IJI	August 7, 1990	July 19, 1993	2 years, 346 days	[2]
–		Mufti Muhammad Abbas (caretaker)		Caretaker	July 20, 1993	October 20, 1993	92 days	[2]
15		Pir Sabir Shah		PML(N)	October 20, 1993	February 25, 1994	128 days	[2]
–	Governor's rule				February 25, 1994	April 24, 1994	58 days
16		Aftab Ahmad Sherpao (second tenure)		PPP	April 24, 1994	November 12, 1996	2 years, 202 days	[5]
–		Raja Sikander Zaman (caretaker)		Caretaker	November 12, 1996	February 21, 1997	101 days	[2]
17		Mehtab Ahmed Khan		PML(N)	February 21, 1997	October 12, 1999	2 years, 233 days	[6]
–	Governor's rule and military administration				October 12, 1999	November 30, 2002	3 years, 49 days
18		Akram Khan Durrani		JUI(F)	November 30, 2002	October 11, 2007	4 years, 315 days	[7]
–		Shamsul Mulk (caretaker)		Caretaker	October 11, 2007	March 31, 2008	172 days	[8]
19		Haider Khan Hoti		ANP	March 31, 2008	March 20, 2013	4 years, 354 days	[9]
–		Tariq Pervez Khan (caretaker)		Caretaker	March 20, 2013	May 31, 2013	72 days	[10]
20		Pervez Khattak		PTI	May 31, 2013	June 6, 2018	5 years, 6 days	[11]
–		Dost Muhammad Khan (caretaker)		Caretaker	June 6, 2018	August 16, 2018	71 days	[12]
21		Mahmood Khan		PTI	August 17, 2018	January 21, 2023	4 years, 157 days	[13]
–		Muhammad Azam Khan (caretaker)		Caretaker	January 21, 2023	November 11, 2023	294 days	[14]
–		Arshad Hussain Shah (caretaker)		Caretaker	November 12, 2023	March 1, 2024	110 days	[15]
22		Ali Amin Gandapur		PTI	March 2, 2024	October 14, 2025	1 year, 226 days	[16]
23		Sohail Afridi		PTI	October 15, 2025	Incumbent	326 days	[17][18]

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