office of Governor-General of Pakistan

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The office of Governor-General of Pakistan was the position of the British monarch’s representative and de facto head of state in Pakistan from its independence in 1947 until the country became a republic in 1956.

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office of Governor-General of Pakistan canonical 1

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Statements (45)

Predicate Object
instanceOf head of state office ⓘ
vice-regal office ⓘ
abolishedBy Constitution of Pakistan 1956 ⓘ
abolishedFollowing Pakistan becoming a republic ⓘ
appliesToJurisdiction Pakistan ⓘ
appointedBy British monarch ⓘ
capitalDuringExistence Karachi ⓘ
category Commonwealth realm governors-general ⓘ
linked to: Governor-General

Defunct political office in Pakistan ⓘ
Monarchy in Pakistan ⓘ
ceremonialChief Pakistan Armed Forces ⓘ
constitutingInstrument Government of India Act 1935 as adapted for Pakistan ⓘ
Indian Independence Act 1947 ⓘ
constitutionalStatus head of the executive ⓘ
representative of the Crown ⓘ
country Dominion of Pakistan ⓘ
createdFollowing independence of Pakistan ⓘ
dissolvedIn 1956 ⓘ
endTime 1956-03-23 ⓘ
firstHolder Muhammad Ali Jinnah ⓘ
flag Standard of the Governor-General of Pakistan ⓘ
followed office of Governor-General of India ⓘ
headOfGovernmentAppointer Prime Minister of Pakistan ⓘ
historicalPeriod post-colonial transition in South Asia ⓘ
inauguralHolder Muhammad Ali Jinnah ⓘ
jurisdiction Dominion of Pakistan ⓘ
lastHolder Iskander Mirza ⓘ
locatedInTheAdministrativeTerritorialEntity Karachi ⓘ
nativeNameLanguage en ⓘ
ur ⓘ
officeHolder Ghulam Muhammad ⓘ
Iskander Mirza ⓘ
Khawaja Nazimuddin ⓘ
Muhammad Ali Jinnah ⓘ
partOf Commonwealth realm system ⓘ
replacedBy office of President of Pakistan ⓘ
residence Governor-General’s House, Karachi ⓘ
Governor-General’s House, Lahore ⓘ
roleOf de facto head of state of Pakistan ⓘ
representative of the British monarch in Pakistan ⓘ
saidToBeTheSameAs Governor-General of Pakistan ⓘ
seat Karachi ⓘ
startTime 1947-08-14 ⓘ
style His Excellency the Governor-General ⓘ
subordinateTo British monarch ⓘ

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Iskander Ali Mirza → precededBy → office of Governor-General of Pakistan ⓘ