Feroz Khan Noon
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Malik Feroz Khan Noon ملک فیروز خان نون | |
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| 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 |
Sir Malik Feroz Khan Noon, KCSI, KCIE, OStJ (Template:Lang-ur; 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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- 1893 births
- 1970 deaths
- Aitchison College alumni
- Alumni of Wadham College, Oxford
- Chief Ministers of Punjab, Pakistan
- Foreign Ministers of Pakistan
- Knights Bachelor
- Knights Commander of the Order of the Indian Empire
- Knights Commander of the Order of the Star of India
- Indian knights
- High Commissioners of India to the United Kingdom
- Noon family
- Pakistani politicians
- Prime Ministers of Pakistan
- Pakistani MNAs 1947–54
- Pakistani MNAs 1955–58
- Governors of East Bengal
- Punjabi people