List of chancellors and vice-chancellors of Aligarh Muslim University

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The chancellor of Aligarh Muslim University is the ceremonial head of the university. The vice-chancellor of Aligarh Muslim University is the executive head of the university.

Chancellors of AMU

The chancellors of AMU are as follows.^[1]

No
1	Sultan Jahan Begum Begum of Bhopal		December 1920 – May 1930
2	Hamidullah Khan Nawab of Bhopal		September 1930 – April 1935
3	Mir Osman Ali Khan Nizam of Hyderabad		August 1935 – November 1947
4	Syed Raza Ali Khan Nawab of Rampur		November 1947 – January 1953
5	Taher Saifuddin 51st Dā'ī al-Mutlaq of the Dawoodi Bohra		April 1953 – April 1965
6	Hafiz Ahmad Saeed Khan Nawab of Chhatari		December 1965 – January 1982
7	Akhlaqur Rahman Kidwai		Aug. 1984 – July 1992
8	A. M. Khusro		July 1992 – August 1995
9	Hakim Abdul Hameed		August 1996 – August 1999
10	Mohammed Burhanuddin 52nd Dā'ī al-Mutlaq of the Dawoodi Bohra		August 1999 – October 2002
11	Aziz Mushabber Ahmadi former Chief Justice of India		(September 2003 – 13 September 2006, January 2007 – January 2010)
12	Mufaddal Saifuddin 53rd Dā'ī al-Mutlaq of the Dawoodi Bohra		April 2015 – present

Vice-Chancellors of AMU

The vice-chancellors of AMU are as follows.^[2]

No.	Name	Image	Term of office		Refs
			Assumed office	Left office
1	Mohammad Ali Mohammad Khan		1 December 1920	28 February 1923	[3]
–	Nawab Mohammad Muzammilullah Khan Sherwani (acting)		12 March 1923	31 December 1923	[4]
2	Sahibzada Aftab Ahmad Khan		1 January 1924	31 December 1926	[4]
3	Nawab Mohammad Muzammilullah Khan Sherwani		1 January 1927	8 February 1929	[5]
–	Sir Shah Muhammad Sulaiman (acting)		9 February 1929	19 October 1929	[6]
4	Ross Masood		20 October 1929	30 April 1934	[6]
5	Ziauddin Ahmad		19 April 1935	29 April 1938	[7]
6	Sir Shah Mohammad Sulaiman		30 April 1938	13 March 1941	[8]
(5)	Ziauddin Ahmad		24 April 1941	26 December 1946	[9]
–	Khan Bahadur Obaidur Rahman Khan Sherwani (acting)		27 December 1946	19 April 1947	[10]
7	Zahid Husain		20 April 1947	7 August 1947	[9]
–	Khan Bahadur Obaidur Rahman Khan Sherwani (acting)		8 August 1947	16 October 1947	[10]
8	Nawab Mohammad Ismail Khan		17 October 1947	28 November 1948	[11]
9	Zakir Husain		30 November 1948	15 September 1956	[12]
10	Bashir Hussain Zaidi		7 October 1956	6 November 1962	[13]
11	Badruddin Tyabji		7 November 1962	28 February 1965	[14]
12	Ali Yavar Jung		1 March 1965	5 January 1968	[15]
13	Abdul Aleem		6 January 1968	3 January 1974	[16]
–	Khaliq Ahmad Nizami (acting)		3 January 1974	30 August 1974	[17]
–	Harbans Lal Sharma (acting)		30 August 1974	20 December 1974	[17]
14	A. M. Khusro		20 December 1974	14 December 1979	[18]
–	Mohammad Shafi (acting)		14 December 1979	May 1980	[19]
–	Jagan Nath Prasad (acting)		May 1980	June 1980	[20]
–	Qamar-ul-Hasan Faruqi (acting)		June 1980	12 June 1980	[20]
15	Saiyid Hamid		12 June 1980	26 March 1985	[21]
–	K. M. Bahauddin (acting)		26 March 1985	7 April 1985	[22]
16	Syed Hasim Ali		8 April 1985	4 October 1989	[22]
–	Wasi-ur-Rahman (acting)		4 October 1989	5 July 1990	[23]
–	Ashok Bal (acting)		6 July 1990	31 August 1990	[24]
–	Mohammad Zaheer (acting)		1 September 1990	3 September 1990	[24]
–	Zillur-Rehman (acting)		4 September 1990	15 October 1990	[25]
17	M. N. Faruqui		15 October 1990	14 December 1994	[25]
18	Mahmoodur Rahman		May 1995	27 May 2000	[26]
19	Mohammad Hamid Ansari		28 May 2000	30 March 2002	[27]
–	Mohammad Saleemuddin (acting)		30 March 2002	30 April 2002	[28]
20	Naseem Ahmad		May 2002	April 2007	[28]
21	P. K. Abdul Aziz		June 2007	January 2012
22	Zameer Uddin Shah		May 2012	May 2017
23	Tariq Mansoor		May 2017	2 April 2023	[29]
_	Mohammad Gulrez(acting)		2 April 2023	incumbent	[30]

References

Cited Sources

• Jaleel, Shahid (2004). The Aligarh movement, a chapter in the history of Indian education (phd thesis). Aligarh Muslim University.

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