Governor of the North-West Frontier Province

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The Governor of N.W.F.P is the appointed Head of State of the provincial government in NWFP, Pakistan. The governor is designated by the Prime Minister and is normally regarded a ceremonial post. However, throughout the history of Pakistan, the powers of the provincial governors were vastly increased, when the provincial assemblies were dissolved and the administrative role came under direct control of the governors, as in the cases of martial laws of 1958-1972 and 1977-1985, and governor rules of 1999-2002. In the case of N.W.F.P, there were two direct governor rules, in 1975 and 1994, when the provincial chief ministers of those times were removed and assemblies dissolved.

The current Governor is Owais Ahmed Ghani.

[edit] List of Governors of North-West Frontier Province

Following is the list of N.W.F.P governors after independence of Pakistan from British Raj.

Name of Governor	Entered Office	Left Office
Sir George Cunningham	August 15, 1947	April 9, 1948
Sir Ambrose Dundas Flux Dundas	April 9, 1948	July 16, 1949
Sahibzada Mohammad Khurshid	July 16, 1949	January 14, 1950
Mohammad Ibrahim Khan Jhagra (acting)	January 14, 1950	February 21, 1950
Ismail Ibrahim Chundrigar	February 21, 1950	November 23, 1951
Khwaja Shahabuddin	November 24, 1951	November 17, 1954
Qurban Ali Shah	November 17, 1954	October 14, 1955
Part of West Pakistan province	October 14, 1955	July 1, 1970
Lt. Gen. K.M. Azhar Khan	July 1, 1970	December 25, 1971
Hayat Mohammad Khan Sherpao	December 25, 1971	April 30, 1972
Arbab Sikandar Khan	April 30, 1972	February 15, 1973
Aslam Khattak	February 15, 1973	May 24, 1974
Maj. Gen. (retd) Syed Ghawas	May 24, 1974	March 1, 1976
Maj. Gen. (retd) Naseerullah Babar	March 1, 1976	July 6, 1977
Justice Abdul Hakeem Khan	July 6, 1977	September 17, 1978
Lt. Gen. Fazle Haq	October 11, 1978	December 12, 1985
Nawabzada Abdul Ghafoor Khan Hoti	December 30, 1985	April 13, 1986
Justice Syed Usman Ali Shah (acting)	April 13, 1986	August 27, 1986
Fida Mohammad Khan	August 27, 1986	June 16, 1988
Brig. (retd) Amir Gulistan Janjua	June 16, 1988	July 19, 1993
Maj. Gen. (retd) Khurshid Ali Khan	July 19, 1993	November 5, 1996
Justice Syed Ibne Ali (acting)	November 5, 1996	November 11, 1996
Lt. Gen. (retd) Arif Bangash	November 11, 1996	August 17, 1999
Miangul Aurangzeb	August 17, 1999	October 21, 1999
Lt. Gen. (retd) Mohammad Shafiq	October 21, 1999	August 14, 2000
Lt. Gen. (retd) Iftikhar Hussain Shah	August 14, 2000	March 15, 2005
Commander Khalilur Rehman	March 15, 2005	May 23, 2006
Lt. Gen. (retd) Ali Jan Orakzai	May 23, 2006	January 7, 2008
Owais Ahmed Ghani	January 7, 2008	Incumbent