First Prime Ministers

First prime minister of India

Jawaharlal Nehru was born on November 14, 1889, in Allahabad, India. He was leader of India's nationalist movement and India's first prime minister after independence (1947-1964).

First Prime Minister of Sri Lanka

Rt. Hon. D. S. Senanayake was the first Prime Minister of Sri Lanka

First Prime Minister of Maldives

Sultan Muhammad Shams ud-din Iskandar II was the Sultan of the Maldives from 1773 to 1774

First Prime Minister of Bangladesh

Tajuddin Ahmed was the first Prime Minister of the Bangladeshi government in exile. After it became independent in 1971, Bangladesh elected Sheikh Mujibur

First Prime Minister of Nepal

The first general election was held in 1959 and Bishweshwar Prasad Koirala became the first elected prime minister of Nepal.

First Prime Minister of Pakistan

The first prime minister, Liaquat Ali Khan, exercised central executive powers until his assassination in 1951.

First Prime Minister of Bhutan

In 1928, at the age of nine, Jigme Palden Dorji was appointed the Trungpa (Administrator) of Haa Dzongkhag and in 1953, he succeeded his father Raja Tobgay, after his death, as Bhutan Agent to Kalimpong. He became the first man to hold the title Prime Minister of Bhutan (Lyonchen).