Syed Sharifuddin Pirzada facts for kids

Quick facts for kids Syed Sharifuddin Pirzada Nishan-e-Imtiaz
Minister of Foreign Affairs
In office 31 August 1966 – 1 May 1968
President	Ayub Khan
Preceded by	Zulfikar Ali Bhutto
Succeeded by	Mian Arshad Hussain
Attorney General of Pakistan
In office 1968–1971
Preceded by	Post established
Succeeded by	Yahya Bakhtiar
Attorney General of Pakistan
In office 1977–1984
Preceded by	Yahya Bakhtiar
Succeeded by	Aziz Munshi
Secretary General of the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation
In office 1985–1988
Preceded by	Habib Chatty
Succeeded by	Hamid Algabid
Personal details
Born	(1923-06-12)12 June 1923 Burhanpur, British Raj (now India)
Died	2 June 2017(2017-06-02) (aged 93) Karachi, Pakistan (now Pakistan)
Political party	All-India Muslim League (Before 1947) Muslim League (1947–1958)
Alma mater	University of Mumbai Inns of Court School of Law

Syed Sharifuddin Pirzada ( شریف الدین پیرزادہ سيد ) NI (12 June 1923 – 2 June 2017) was a noted Pakistani lawyer, served as a senior advocate at the Supreme Court of Pakistan.

Pirzada was a well known lawyer in Pakistan and internationally. He served as Attorney General of Pakistan from 1965 to 1966 and again from 1968 to 1971. He was the youngest person ever to be appointed to that post and the longest serving. From 1966 to 1968, he served as Foreign Minister of Pakistan.

Pirzada was a member of the United Nations Sub-Commission on Prevention of Discrimination and Protection of Minorities (1972–1979) and served as Chairman from 1977 to 1978.

Pirzada died on 2 June 2017 at a medical center in Karachi, aged 93.