Governor General of Pakistan
When Pakistan became an independent, self-governing nation in 1947, it initially adopted the constitutional monarchy form of government as a Commonwealth realm dominion. British monarch George VI was proclaimed King of Pakistan, and upon his death his daughter Elizabeth II was proclaimed Queen of Pakistan at her coronation.
The monarch appointed a Governor-General, upon the advice of the Prime Minister of Pakistan to serve as de facto Head of State. The Governor-General like most other Commonwealth Governors-General served as a figurehead and did not exercise his virtually unlimited political powers.
The following are Governors-General of Pakistan:
1947 - 1948 Mohammed Ali Jinnah (1876 - 1948)
1948 - 1951 Khwaja Nazimuddin (1894 - 1964)
1951 - 1955 Ghulam Mohammad (1895 - 1956)
1955 - 1956 Iskander Mirza (1899 - 1969)
The office of Governor-General was abolished and replaced by a President of Pakistan when Pakistan became a republic in 1956. Governor-General Iskander Mirza became Pakistan's first president.
