Governor-General of Pakistan

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head of state political office

The Governor-General of Pakistan was the British Crown’s representative and the country’s ceremonial head of state from independence in 1947 until the establishment of the republic in 1956.

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Observed surface forms (3)

Surface form Occurrences
گورنر جنرل پاکستان 2
Governor-General of Pakistan (for territories forming Pakistan) 1
Governors-General of Pakistan 1

Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf head of state ⓘ
political office ⓘ
appliesToJurisdiction Pakistan ⓘ
appointedBy British Crown ⓘ
British monarch ⓘ
surface form: Monarch of the United Kingdom
appointedOnAdviceOf Pakistani ministers (later practice) ⓘ
Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (initially) ⓘ
capitalDuringOffice Karachi ⓘ
category Governor-General of Pakistan self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Governors-General of Pakistan
constitutingInstrument Government of India Act 1935 ⓘ
surface form: Government of India Act 1935 (as adapted for Pakistan)

Indian Independence Act 1947 ⓘ
constitutionalStatus representative of the Crown ⓘ
country Dominion of India ⓘ
surface form: Dominion of Pakistan
de factoPower exercised executive authority on advice of Prime Minister of Pakistan ⓘ
dissolved 1956-03-23 ⓘ
firstHolder Muhammad Ali Jinnah ⓘ
flag Standard of the Governor-General of Pakistan ⓘ
flagCaption Flag of the Governor-General of Pakistan ⓘ
headOfGovernmentCounterpart Prime Minister of Pakistan ⓘ
historicalPeriod post-colonial transition in South Asia ⓘ
inception 1947-08-14 ⓘ
jurisdiction Pakistan ⓘ
surface form: Dominion of Pakistan
lastHolder Iskander Mirza ⓘ
locatedInTime 1947–1956 ⓘ
memberOf executive branch of the Dominion of Pakistan ⓘ
monarchDuringTenure Elizabeth II ⓘ
George VI ⓘ
nativeLabel Governor-General of Pakistan self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: گورنر جنرل پاکستان
officeHolder Ghulam Muhammad ⓘ
Iskander Mirza ⓘ
Khawaja Nazimuddin ⓘ
Muhammad Ali Jinnah ⓘ
officeType ceremonial head of state ⓘ
officialLanguageOfOffice English ⓘ
Urdu language ⓘ
surface form: Urdu
partOf Commonwealth realms ⓘ
surface form: Commonwealth realm
predecessorOffice Governor-General ⓘ
surface form: Governor-General of India (for British India as a whole)
reasonForAbolition adoption of the Constitution of Pakistan 1956 ⓘ
replacedBy President of Pakistan ⓘ
represented British monarch ⓘ
surface form: British monarch in Pakistan
residence Governor-General’s House, Dhaka ⓘ
Governor-General’s House, Karachi ⓘ
Governor-General’s House, Lahore ⓘ
seat Karachi ⓘ
style His Excellency ⓘ
successorOfficeCountryType Islamic republic ⓘ

Referenced by (7)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Governor-General of Pakistan → category → Governor-General of Pakistan self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Governors-General of Pakistan
Instrument of Accession → counterparty → Governor-General of Pakistan ⓘ
Governor-General of Pakistan → nativeLabel → Governor-General of Pakistan self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: گورنر جنرل پاکستان
Muhammad Ali Jinnah → positionHeld → Governor-General of Pakistan ⓘ
President of Pakistan → precededByOffice → Governor-General of Pakistan ⓘ
صدرِ پاکستان → predecessorOffice → Governor-General of Pakistan ⓘ
this entity surface form: گورنر جنرل پاکستان
Viceroy of India → replacedBy → Governor-General of Pakistan ⓘ
this entity surface form: Governor-General of Pakistan (for territories forming Pakistan)