List of governors of the State Bank of Pakistan

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Here is a list of the governors of the State Bank of Pakistan.[1]

List of governors[edit]

No Governor Took office Left office Time in office
1 Zahid Hussain 10 June 1948 19 July 1953 5 years, 40 days
2 Abdul Qadir 20 July 1953 19 July 1960 7 years
3 Shujaat Ali Hasnie 20 July 1960 19 July 1967 7 years
4 Mahbubur Raschid 20 July 1967 1 July 1971 3 years, 347 days
5 Shahkurullah Durrani 1 July 1971 22 December 1971 174 days
6 Ghulam Ishaq Khan 22 December 1971 30 November 1975 3 years, 344 days
7 S. Osman Ali 1 December 1975 1 July 1978 2 years, 213 days
8 Aftab Ghulam Nabi Kazi 15 July 1978 9 July 1986 7 years, 359 days
9 Vasim Aon Jafarey 10 July 1986 16 August 1988 2 years, 38 days
10 Imtiaz Alam Hanfi 17 August 1988 2 September 1989 381 days (first term)
11 Kassim Parekh 5 September 1989 30 August 1990 359 days
- Imtiaz Alam Hanfi 1 September 1990 30 June 1993 2 years, 303 days (second term)
12 Muhammad Yaqub 25 July 1993 25 November 1999 6 years, 124 days
13 Ishrat Husain 2 December 1999 1 December 2005 6 years
14 Shamshad Akhtar 2 December 2006 1 January 2009 2 years, 31 days
15 Salim Raza 1 February 2009 2 June 2010 1 year, 121 days
16 Shahid Hafeez Kardar 8 September 2010 13 July 2011 309 days
17 Yaseen Anwar 19 October 2011 31 January 2014 2 years, 104 days
18 Ashraf Mahmood Wathra 29 April 2014 28 April 2017 3 years
19 Tariq Bajwa[2] 7 July 2017 3 May 2019 1 year 10 month
21 Reza Baqir[3] 4 May 2019 4 May 2022 3 years
22 Murtaza Syed 6 May 2022 18 Aug 2022 104 days
23 Jameel Ahmed 19 Aug 2022 - -

See also[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Country paying the price for fleeting SBP governors".
  2. ^ Hassan, Syed Raza (7 July 2017). "Pakistan names new central bank governor amid autonomy concerns". Reuters.
  3. ^ "IMF economist appointed SBP governor". Dawn. 5 May 2019.