Chief Ministers of Punjab 1997-2013

Name of Chief Minister	Entered Office	Left Office
Iftikhar Hussain Khan	August 15, 1947	January 25, 1949
Governor's rule	January 25, 1949	April 5, 1951
Mian Mumtaz Daultana	April 15, 1951	April 3, 1953
Feroz Khan Noon	April 3, 1953	May 21, 1955
Abdul Hamid Khan Dasti	May 21, 1955	October 14, 1955
Part of West Pakistan province	October 14, 1955	June 30, 1970
Martial law	July 1, 1970	May 2, 1972
Malik Meraj Khalid	May 2, 1972	November 12, 1973
Ghulam Mustafa Khar	November 12, 1973	March 15, 1974
Hanif Ramay	March 15, 1974	July 15, 1975
Sadiq Hussain Qureshi	July 15, 1975	July 5, 1977
Martial law	July 5, 1977	April 9, 1985
Nawaz Sharif	April 9, 1985	August 6, 1990
Ghulam Haider Wyne	August 6, 1990	April 25, 1993
Manzoor Wattoo (1st time)	April 25, 1993	July 19, 1993
Manzoor Elahi (caretaker)	July 19, 1993	October 20, 1993
Manzoor Wattoo (2nd time)	October 20, 1993	September 13, 1995
Sardar Arif Nakai	September 13, 1995	November 3, 1996
Manzoor Wattoo (3rd time)	November 3, 1996	November 16, 1996
Mian Muhammad Afzal Hayat (caretaker)	November 16, 1996	February 20, 1997
Muhammad Shahbaz Sharif (1st time)	February 20, 1997	October 12, 1999
Governor's rule	October 11, 1999	November 29, 2002
Chaudhry Pervaiz Elahi	November 29, 2002	November 18, 2007
Shiekh Ejaz Nisar (caretaker)	November 19, 2007	April 11, 2008
Dost Muhammad Khosa	April 12, 2008	June 8, 2008
Muhammad Shahbaz Sharif (2nd time)	June 8, 2008	February 25, 2009
Governor's rule	February 25, 2009	March 30, 2009
Muhammad Shahbaz Sharif (2nd time)	March 30, 2009	March 26, 2013
Najam Sethi (Caretaker)	March 27, 2013	June 7, 2013
Muhammad Shahbaz Sharif (3rd time)	June 8, 2013	Incumbent