Liaquat Ali Khan

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Liaquat Ali Khan was a prominent statesman and close associate of Muhammad Ali Jinnah who became Pakistan’s first prime minister and played a key role in shaping the country’s early political and constitutional framework.

Aliases (2)

Statements (53)
Predicate Object
instanceOf person
politician
prime minister
statesman
burialPlace Karachi
Mazar-e-Quaid
causeOfDeath gunshot wound
closeAssociateOf Muhammad Ali Jinnah
countryOfCitizenship British India
Pakistan
dateOfBirth 1895-10-01
dateOfDeath 1951-10-16
educatedAt Aligarh Muslim University
Exeter College, Oxford NERFINISHED
Inner Temple
Muhammadan Anglo-Oriental College
ethnicGroup Rohilla
familyName Khan
fullName Nawabzada Liaquat Ali Khan
givenName Liaquat
honorificTitle Nawabzada
knownFor first Prime Minister of Pakistan
key role in Pakistan’s early constitutional framework
mannerOfDeath assassination
memberOf Central Legislative Assembly of India
Constituent Assembly of Pakistan
movement Pakistan Movement
name Liaquat Ali Khan
nationality Pakistani
notableWork leadership in early Pakistan state formation
role in Objectives Resolution of 1949
occupation lawyer
politician
officeEnd 1951-10-16
officeStart 1947-08-15
orderInOffice 1st Prime Minister of Pakistan
placeOfBirth Karnal
Punjab, British India
placeOfDeath Punjab, Pakistan
Rawalpindi
politicalParty All-India Muslim League
Muslim League
positionHeld Finance Member of the Viceroy's Executive Council
Minister of Defence of Pakistan
Minister of Foreign Affairs of Pakistan
Prime Minister of Pakistan
Vice President of the All-India Muslim League
predecessor office created
primeMinisterOf Pakistan
religion Islam
residence Karachi
spouse Rana Liaquat Ali Khan
successor Khawaja Nazimuddin


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