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Ayub Khan
ایوب خان |
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Muhammed Ayub Khan
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2nd President of Pakistan | |
In office 27 October 1958 – 25 March 1969 |
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Prime Minister | None |
Preceded by | Iskander Mirza |
Succeeded by | Yahya Khan |
Minister of Defence | |
In office 28 October 1958 – 21 October 1966 |
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Preceded by | Ayub Khuhro |
Succeeded by | Vice-Admiral Afzal Rahman Khan |
In office 24 October 1954 – 11 August 1955 |
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Prime Minister | Khawaja Nazimuddin Muhammad Ali Bogra |
Preceded by | Muhammad Ali Bogra |
Succeeded by | Chaudhry Muhammad Ali |
Minister of the Interior | |
In office 23 March 1965 – 17 August 1965 |
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Preceded by | K. Habibullah Khan |
Succeeded by | Ali Akbar Khan |
Commander in Chief of Pakistan Army | |
In office 16 January 1951 – 27 October 1958 |
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Preceded by | General Douglas Gracey |
Succeeded by | General Muhammad Musa Khan Hazara |
President of Pakistan Muslim League | |
In office 1962–1969 |
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Preceded by | I. I. Chundrigar |
Succeeded by | Nurul Amin |
Personal details | |
Born |
Muhammad Ayub Khan
14 May 1907 Haripur District (now in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan) |
Died | 19 April 1974 Islamabad, Pakistan |
(aged 66)
Citizenship | British Indian Empire Pakistan |
Alma mater | Royal Military College, Sandhurst |
Military service | |
Branch/service | British Indian Army Pakistan Army |
Years of service | 1928–1958 |
Rank | Field Marshal |
General Muhammad Ayub Khan (14 May 1907 – 19 April 1974) was a general of the Pakistan Army and a self-proclaimed Field Marshal during the mid-1960s. A dictator who imposed martial law he also became the President of Pakistan from 1958 to 1969. He became Pakistan's first native Commander-in-Chief in 1951. He was the youngest full-rank general and self-appointed Field Marshal in Pakistan's military history.
Khan became president in 1958 as part of a non-violent coup. In the 1965 presidential election, people thought that Khan had cheated so he could win against Fatimah Jinnah.
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