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-)