General Asim Munir is the 17th Chief of Staff of the Pakistan Army, who took over command on Tuesday.

Following is the list of previous army chiefs:

1-   General Sir Frank Walter Messervy 

The first commander-in-chief of the Pakistan army who was in the acting rank of full general. (In Office: From 15 August 1947 to 10 February 1948)

2-   General Sir Douglas David Gracey 

The last British person to hold the C-in-C title, served as an acting full general like his predecessor. (In Office: From 11 February 1948 to 16 January 1951)

3-   Field Marshal Muhammad Ayub Khan

The first native Pakistani person to be the C-in-C and as a substantive full general to hold the appointment, also the first chief to become President of the country. (In Office: From 17 January 1951 to 27 October 1958)

4-   General Muhammad Musa Khan

C-in-C during the Indo-Pak war of 1965 and also the longest serving officer to hold the post. (In Office: 27 October 1958 to 17 September 1966)

5-   General Agha Muhammad Yahya Khan 

Second chief to serve as President of the country from 1969 to 1971. (In Office: 18 September 1966 to 20 December 1971) 

6-   Lieutenant General Gul Hassan Khan 

Last C-in-C of the Pakistan Army, serving till 1972 in the rank of lieutenant general. (20 December 1971 to 3 March 1972)

The designation of the Chief of the Army Staff was created from the previous title Commander-in-Chief of the Pakistan Army in 1972.

 7-   General Tikka Khan (3 March 1972 to 1 March 1976)

8-   General Zia-ul-Haq (1 March 1976 to 17 August 1988)

9-   General Mirza Aslam Beg (17 August 1988 to 16 August 1991)

10-General Asif Nawaz Janua (16 August 1991 to 8 January 1993)

11-General Abdul Waheed kakar (11 January 1993 to 12 January 1996) 

12-General Jehangir Karamat (12 January 1996 to 6 October 1998)

13-General Pervez Musharraf (6 October 1998 to 29 November 2007)

14-General Ashfaq Pervez Kayani (29 November 2007 to 29 November 2013)

15-General Raheel Sharif (29 November 2013 to 29 November 2016)

16-General Qamar Javed Bajwa (29 November 2016 to 29 November 2022)

17-General Asim Munir (29 November 2022-)