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**Sir**
Malik Feroz Khan Noon
ملک فیروز خان نون
KCSI KCIE OStJ
Sir Malik Feroz Khan Noon; ملک فیروز خان نون KCSI KCIE OStJ
7th Prime Minister of Pakistan
	In office; 16 December 1957 – 7 October 1958
President	Iskander Mirza
Preceded by	Ibrahim Ismail Chundrigar
Succeeded by	Nurul Amin
Minister of Defence
	In office; 16 December 1957 – 7 October 1958
Preceded by	Mumtaz Daultana
Succeeded by	Muhammad Ayub Khuhro
Minister of Foreign Affairs
	In office; 12 September 1956 – 7 October 1958
Prime Minister	Huseyn Shaheed Suhrawardy
Preceded by	Hamidul Huq Choudhury
Succeeded by	Manzur Qadir
Chief Minister of Punjab
	In office; 3 April 1953 – 21 May 1955
Governor	Mian Aminuddin; Habib Ibrahim Rahimtoola; Mushtaq Ahmed Gurmani
Preceded by	Mumtaz Daultana
Succeeded by	Abdul Hamid Khan Dasti
Governor of East Bengal
	In office; 31 March 1950 – 31 March 1953
Chief Minister	Nurul Amin
Preceded by	Frederick Chalmers Bourne
Succeeded by	Chaudhry Khaliquzzaman
Personal details
Born	7 May 1893; Sargodha, Punjab, British Raj; (now in Punjab, Pakistan)
Died	9 December 1970 (aged 77); Nurpur Noon, Punjab, Pakistan
Political party	Republican
Alma mater	University of Oxford

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Sir Malik Feroz Khan Noon, KCSI, KCIE, OStJ (Urdu: ملک فیروز خان نون; 7 May 1893 – 9 December 1970)^[1] was a politician from Pakistan. He held many posts in government both before and after independence and was an important figure in the Pakistan movement.

Early life

He was born on 7 May 1893. He studied in Aitchison College, Lahore. He graduated from Oxford University in 1916. He completed his law degree in Inner Temple. He started his law career in Sargodha (Pakistan) and joined the Lahore High Court in 1917.^[2]

Career

He was elected to Punjab legislative council in 1921. From 1927 to 1936 he served as the minister of Local Self-Government and later Education and Health minister. He was the High Commissioner of India to the United Kingdom from 1936 to 1941.^[2] He was also appointed an Associate Officer of the Venerable Order of Saint John in December 1932.^[3] Noon was knighted in the 1933 New Year Honours List.^[4] He was further knighted with a KCIE in the 1937 Coronation Honours List^[5] and with a KCSI in October 1941.^[6] From 1941 to 1942 he was the Labour member and then from 1942 to 1945 he was the Defense member of the Viceroy’s Executive Council.^[2]

In 1945 he attended several of Churchill's War Cabinets in London with Arcot Ramasamy Mudaliar as representative of the government of India.^[7] He joined the Muslim League. He was a member of the constitution committee of Pakistan in 1947 and again in 1955. In 1950 he was the Governor of East Bengal. During his governorship the Language movement took place in East Bengal.^[2] Abdur Rahman Siddiqui was the acting governor from 25 July 1952 to 10 November 1952 when Feroz Khan was on leave.^[8] Feroz Khan left Dhaka to become the Chief Minister of Punjab on 26 March 1953.^[2]

Prime Minister

On 16 December 1957 he was elected as the seventh Prime Minister of Pakistan. He held this post until 7 October 1958, when martial law was enforced for the first time in Pakistan's history by Iskander Mirza.^[2]

Personal life

Noon wrote five books, including his autobiography: From Memory. His wife, Viqar un Nisa Noon, was a prominent social worker.^[2]

Death

Noon died on 7 December 1970 in his ancestral village of Nurpur Noon, Sargodha District.^[2]

References

^ Firoz Khan Noon
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h Jafar, Abu. "Noon, Malik Firoz Khan". en.banglapedia.org. Banglapedia. Retrieved 14 November 2016.
^ London Gazette, 3 January 1933
^ London Gazette, 2 January 1933
^ London Gazette, 11 May 1937
^ London Gazette, 10 October 1941
^ http://filestore.nationalarchives.gov.uk/pdfs/large/cab-65-50.pdf page 28, 48 of the pdf
^ "Siddiqui, Abdur Rahman - Banglapedia". en.banglapedia.org. Retrieved 14 November 2016.

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Political offices
Preceded by Frederick Chalmers Bourne	Governor of East Bengal 1950–1953	Succeeded by Chaudhry Khaliquzzaman
Preceded by Mumtaz Daultana	Chief Minister of Punjab 1953–1955	Succeeded by Abdul Hamid Khan Dasti
Preceded by Hamidul Huq Choudhury	Minister of Foreign Affairs 1956–1958	Succeeded by Manzur Qadir
Preceded by Ibrahim Ismail Chundrigar	Prime Minister of Pakistan 1957–1958	Succeeded by Nurul Amin
Preceded by Mumtaz Daultana	Minister of Defence 1957–1958	Succeeded by Muhammad Ayub Khuhro

[1] Firoz Khan Noon

[:0-2] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h Jafar, Abu. "Noon, Malik Firoz Khan". en.banglapedia.org. Banglapedia. Retrieved 14 November 2016.

[3] London Gazette, 3 January 1933

[4] London Gazette, 2 January 1933

[5] London Gazette, 11 May 1937

[6] London Gazette, 10 October 1941

[7] ttp://filestore.nationalarchives.gov.uk/pdfs/large/cab-65-50.pdf page 28, 48 of the pdf

[8] "Siddiqui, Abdur Rahman - Banglapedia". en.banglapedia.org. Retrieved 14 November 2016.

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