Minister of State for Foreign Affairs (Pakistan)
Minister of State for Foreign Affairs | |
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Ministry of Foreign Affairs | |
Style | Sir Minister / Ma’am minister |
Member of | Cabinet, National Security Council |
Reports to | Foreign Minister of Pakistan |
Residence | Islamabad, Pakistan |
Nominator | Prime Minister of Pakistan |
Appointer | President of Pakistan |
Term length | Pleasure of the Prime Minister |
Inaugural holder | Aziz Ahmed |
Formation | 1972 |
The Minister of State for Foreign Affairs (MSFA) is the junior minister within the Cabinet of Pakistan who serves as the second highest-ranking member of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, after the Foreign Minister.
During the absence of a Foreign Minister, Minister of State takes the de facto charge Ministry of Foreign Affairs. There were two such instances in the past; Siddiq Khan Kanju was the effective Foreign Minister from 1991 to 1993 and Inam-ul-Haq for four months in 2002.
List of ministers of state for foreign affairs of Pakistan
[edit]No. | Name | Entered office | Left office |
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1 | Aziz Ahmed | 7 February 1973 | 28 March 1977 |
2 | Zain Noorani | 10 April 1985 | 29 May 1988 |
3 | Siddiq Khan Kanju | 10 September 1991 | 18 July 1993 |
4 | Siddiq Khan Kanju | 11 July 1997 | 12 October 1999 |
5 | Inam-ul-Haq | 22 June 2002 | 22 November 2002 |
6 | Makhdoom Khusro Bakhtiar | 4 September 2004 | 15 November 2007 |
7 | Nawabzada Malik Amad Khan | 4 November 2008 | 9 February 2011 |
8 | Hina Rabbani Khar | 11 February 2011 | 20 July 2011 |
9 | Nawabzada Malik Amad Khan | 20 July 2011 | 25 March 2013 |
10 | Hina Rabbani Khar | 19 April 2022 | 10 August 2023 |