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{{Short description|Chief executive of Azad Jammu & Kashmir, Pakistan}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=January 2016}}
{{Use Pakistani English|date=January 2016}}
{{Infobox official post
| department = [[Government of Azad Kashmir]]
| type = [[Head of government]]
| post = Prime Minister
| native_name = وزِیرِ اعظم آزاد جموں و کشمیر
| body = Azad Jammu & Kashmir
| reports_to = {{bulleted list|[[Azad Kashmir Legislative Assembly]]|[[President of Azad Kashmir]]}}
| insignia = Azad Kashmir Prime Minister Flag.png
| insigniasize = 150px
| insigniacaption = [[List of Pakistani flags|Prime Ministerial Standard]]
| flag = File:Flag of Azad Kashmir.svg
| flagcaption = [[Flag of Azad Kashmir|Flag of Azad Jammu & Kashmir]]
| flagborder = yes
| image =
| style = {{plainlist|
* [[The Honourable]]
* [[Prime Minister|Mr. Prime Minister]] (informal)
* [[Excellency|His Excellency]] (diplomatic)<ref>{{cite web|title=Heads of State, Government and Ministers for Foreign Affairs|website=UN|publisher=United Nations Foreign and Protocol Service|url= https://www.un.int/protocol/sites/www.un.int/files/Protocol%20and%20Liaison%20Service/hspmfm.pdf}}</ref>}}
| member_of = {{bulleted list|[[Azad Kashmir Legislative Assembly]]|[[Government of Azad Kashmir#Cabinet|Cabinet of Azad Kashmir]]}}
| incumbent = [[Chaudhry Anwar-ul-Haq]]
| incumbentsince = 20 April 2023
| nominator = [[Azad Jammu & Kashmir Election Commission|Election Commission of Azad Kashmir]] through [[Azad Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly|General Elections]]:
by a [[Convention (norm)|Convention]] that is held in the [[Azad Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly|Legislative Assembly]], based on appointee's ability to [[Motion of no confidence|command confidence]] among the majority of the members.
| appointer = [[President of Azad Kashmir]]
| abbreviation = PM AJK
| residence = Prime Minister House, Domail [[Muzaffarabad]], 13100
| seat = Prime Minister Secretariat, [[Muzaffarabad]]
| precursor = [[List of chief ministers of Jammu and Kashmir#Prime Ministers of country of Jammu and Kashmir (1917–1947)|Prime Minister of the Princely State of Jammu and Kashmir]]
| formation = 5 July 1975; 48 years ago
| termlength = 5 years; renewable
| constituting_instrument = [[Interim Constitution of Azad Jammu and Kashmir (1974)|Interim Constitution of Azad Kashmir]]
| deputy = ''No fixed position; however held by [[Azad Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly|Speaker of Legislative Assembly]] in Prime Minister's absence
| inaugural = [[Abdul Hamid Khan (Azad Kashmiri politician)|Abdul Hamid Khan]]<br>(1975–1977)
| website = [http://www.pmajk.gov.pk pmajk.gov.pk]
}}
The '''prime minister of Azad Kashmir''' ([[Urdu]]: وزِیرِ اعظم آزاد کشمیر, [[Roman Urdu|romanized]]: Wazīr ē Aʿẓam lit. '[[Grand vizier|Grand Vizier]]', Urdu pronunciation: [[Help:IPA/Hindi and Urdu|[ʋəˈziːr-ˌeː ˈɑː.zəm]]]) is the [[Chief Executive|chief executive]] of [[Azad Kashmir|Azad Jammu and Kashmir]] region of Pakistan. The title of [[Prime Minister]] symbolizes the nominal<ref>{{citation |last=Bose |first=Sumantra |author-link=Sumantra Bose |title=Contested Lands |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=KKZcgOJPjVkC&pg=PA193 |date=2009 |publisher=Harvard University Press |isbn=978-0-674-02856-2|page=193}}</ref> 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.<ref>[http://www.pmajk.gov.pk/# PM site]</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://ajk.gov.pk/|title=Government of the State of Azad Jammu & Kashmir – Official Portal}}</ref>

== List of prime ministers ==

{| class="wikitable"
! #
! Portrait
! Name
! Took office
! Left office
! Party
|-
| 1
|
| [[khan Abdul Hamid Khan (Prime Minister)|Abdul Hamid Khan]]
| 5 July 1975
| 31 August 1977
| [[Pakistan Peoples Party]]
|-
| 2
|
| [[Sardar Sikandar Hayat Khan|Sardar Sikandar Hayat]]
| 17 June 1985
| 28 June 1990
| [[All Jammu and Kashmir Muslim Conference]]
|-
| 3
|
| [[Raja Mumtaz Hussain Rathore|Raja Mumtaz Hussain]]
| 29 June 1990
| 5 July 1991
| [[All Jammu and Kashmir Muslim Conference]]
|-
| 4
|
| [[Muhammad Abdul Qayyum Khan|Sardar Abdul Qayyum]]
| 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]]
|-
| 6
|
| [[Sardar Sikandar Hayat Khan|Sardar Sikandar Hayat]]
| 25 July 2001
| 23 July 2006
| [[All Jammu and Kashmir Muslim Conference]]
|-
| 7
|
| [[Sardar Attique Ahmed Khan|Sardar Attique Ahmed]]
| 24 July 2006
| 6 January 2009
| [[All Jammu and Kashmir Muslim Conference]]
|-
| 8
|
| [[Sardar Muhammad Yaqoob Khan|Sardar Yaqoob Khan]]
| 7 January 2009
| 22 October 2009
| [[Pakistan Peoples Party]]
|-
| 9
|
| [[Raja Farooq Haider]]
| 23 October 2009
| 29 July 2010
| [[All Jammu and Kashmir Muslim Conference]]
|-
| 10
|
| [[Sardar Attique Ahmed Khan|Sardar Attique Ahmed]]
| 29 July 2010
| 26 July 2011
| [[All Jammu and Kashmir Muslim Conference]]
|-
| 11
|
| [[Chaudhry Abdul Majid|Chaudhry Abdul Majeed]]
| 26 July 2011
| 30 July 2016
| [[Pakistan Peoples Party]]
|-
| 12
|
| [[Raja Farooq Haider]]
| 31 July 2016
| 30 July 2021
| [[Pakistan Muslim League (N)]]
|-
| 13
|
| [[Abdul Qayyum Khan Niazi|Sardar Abdul Qayyum Niazi]]
| 4 August 2021
| 14 April 2022
| [[Pakistan Tehreek e Insaf]]
|-
| 14
|
| [[Sardar Tanveer Ilyas]]
| 18 April 2022
| 11 April 2023
| [[Pakistan Tehreek e Insaf]]
|-
|15
|
| [[Chaudhry Anwar-ul-Haq]]
| 20 April 2023
|
| [[Pakistan Tehreek e Insaf]]
|}

==Timeline==
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from: 29/07/2010 till: 26/07/2011 color:AJAKMC text:"[[Sardar Attique Ahmed Khan]]"
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==See also==
* [[Government of Azad Kashmir]]
* [[President of Azad Kashmir]]

==References==
{{reflist}}

{{Current Pakistani chief ministers}}

{{Azad Kashmir topics}}

[[Category:Provincial Governments of Pakistan]]
[[Category:Prime Ministers of Azad Kashmir| ]]
[[Category:Government of Azad Kashmir]]
[[Category:Azad Kashmir-related lists]]
[[Category:Lists of Chief Ministers of Pakistani provinces|Azad Kashmir]]

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