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. +NoNamePortraitTenure1Sultan Jahan BegumBegum of BhopalDecember 1920 – May 19302Hamidullah KhanNawab of BhopalSeptember 1930 – April 19353Mir Osman Ali KhanNizam of Hyderabad August 1935 – November 19474Syed Raza Ali Khan Nawab of Rampur November 1947 – January 19535Taher Saifuddin 51st Dā'ī al-Mutlaq of the Dawoodi BohraApril 1953 – April 19656Hafiz Ahmad Saeed KhanNawab of Chhatari December 1965 – January 19827Akhlaqur Rahman KidwaiAug. 1984 – July 19928A. M. Khusro July 1992 – August 19959Hakim Abdul Hameed August 1996 – August 199910Mohammed Burhanuddin 52nd Dā'ī al-Mutlaq of the Dawoodi Bohra August 1999 – October 200211Aziz Mushabber Ahmadi former Chief Justice of India (September 2003 – 13 September 2006, January 2007 – January 2010)12Mufaddal Saifuddin 53rd Dā'ī al-Mutlaq of the Dawoodi Bohra April 2015 – present
Pro-Chancellors of AMU The Pro-Chancellors of AMU are as follows. +NoNamePortraitTenure1Aga Khan IIIH.H. Sir Sultan Muhammad ShahDecember 1920 – May 1930
Vice-Chancellors of AMU The vice-chancellors of AMU are as follows. +No.NameImageTerm of officeRefsAssumed officeLeft office1Mohammad Ali Mohammad Khan1 December 192028 February 1923–Nawab Mohammad Muzammilullah Khan Sherwani (acting) 12 March 192331 December 19232Sahibzada Aftab Ahmad Khan1 January 192431 December 19263Nawab Mohammad Muzammilullah Khan Sherwani 1 January 1927 8 February 1929–Sir Shah Muhammad Sulaiman (acting)9 February 192919 October 19294Ross Masood20 October 192930 April 19345Ziauddin Ahmad 19 April 193529 April 19386Sir Shah Mohammad Sulaiman30 April 1938 13 March 1941(5)Ziauddin Ahmad24 April 1941 26 December 1946–Khan Bahadur Obaidur Rahman Khan Sherwani (acting)27 December 194619 April 19477Zahid Husain20 April 19477 August 1947–Khan Bahadur Obaidur Rahman Khan Sherwani (acting)8 August 194716 October 19478Nawab Mohammad Ismail Khan17 October 194728 November 19489Zakir Husain30 November 194815 September 195610Bashir Hussain Zaidi7 October 19566 November 196211Badruddin Tyabji7 November 196228 February 196512Ali Yavar Jung 1 March 1965 5 January 196813Abdul Aleem6 January 1968 3 January 1974–Khaliq Ahmad Nizami (acting)3 January 1974 30 August 1974–Harbans Lal Sharma (acting)30 August 197420 December 1974 14A. M. Khusro20 December 197414 December 1979–Mohammad Shafi (acting)14 December 1979May 1980–Jagan Nath Prasad (acting)May 1980 June 1980–Qamar-ul-Hasan Faruqi (acting)June 198012 June 198015Saiyid Hamid12 June 198026 March 1985–K. M. Bahauddin (acting)26 March 19857 April 198516Syed Hasim Ali8 April 1985 4 October 1989–Wasi-ur-Rahman (acting)4 October 19895 July 1990 –Ashok Bal (acting)6 July 199031 August 1990–Mohammad Zaheer (acting)1 September 1990 3 September 1990–Zillur-Rehman (acting)4 September 199015 October 199017M. N. Faruqui15 October 199014 December 199418Mahmoodur RahmanMay 199527 May 200019Mohammad Hamid Ansari28 May 200030 March 2002–Mohammad Saleemuddin (acting)30 March 200230 April 200220Naseem AhmadMay 2002April 200721P. K. Abdul AzizJune 2007January 201222Zameer Uddin ShahMay 2012May 201723Tariq MansoorMay 20172 April 2023_Mohammad Gulrez(acting) 2 April 202323 April 202424Naima Khatoon24 April 2024Incumbent
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