Iskander Mirza

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Pakistani politician President of Pakistan civil servant human military officer

Iskander Mirza was a Pakistani civil servant, military officer, and politician who became the country’s first president after playing a key role in its early post-independence politics.

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Governor-General Iskander Mirza 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Pakistani politician ⓘ
President of Pakistan ⓘ
civil servant ⓘ
human ⓘ
military officer ⓘ
burialPlace Iran ⓘ
Tehran ⓘ
causeOfDeath heart attack ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship British India ⓘ
Pakistan ⓘ
dateOfBirth 1899-11-13 ⓘ
dateOfDeath 1969-11-13 ⓘ
educatedAt Elphinstone College ⓘ
Royal Military College, Sandhurst ⓘ
ethnicGroup Bengali ⓘ
exiledTo United Kingdom NERFINISHED ⓘ
familyName Mirza ⓘ
fullName Iskander Ali Mirza ⓘ
givenName Eskandar ⓘ
surface form: Iskander
knownFor first President of Pakistan ⓘ
imposing martial law in Pakistan in 1958 ⓘ
memberOf All India Muslim League ⓘ
surface form: All-India Muslim League

Republican Party of Pakistan ⓘ
militaryBranch British Indian Army ⓘ
Indian Political Service ⓘ
militaryRank major ⓘ
numberOfChildren 4 ⓘ
officeEnd 1958-10-27 ⓘ
officeEnd (Governor-General of Pakistan) 1956-03-23 ⓘ
officeStart 1956-03-23 ⓘ
officeStart (Governor-General of Pakistan) 1955-08-07 ⓘ
placeOfBirth Bengal Presidency ⓘ
Murshidabad ⓘ
placeOfDeath London, England ⓘ
surface form: London

United Kingdom ⓘ
positionHeld Defence Secretary of Pakistan ⓘ
Governor-General of Pakistan ⓘ
Joint Defence Secretary of India ⓘ
President of Pakistan ⓘ
precededBy Ghulam Muhammad ⓘ
surface form: Malik Ghulam Muhammad
religion Islam ⓘ
removedFromOfficeBy President Mohammad Ayub Khan ⓘ
surface form: Muhammad Ayub Khan
residence Karachi ⓘ
London, England ⓘ
surface form: London
signature Iskander Mirza signature ⓘ
spouse Naheed Mirza ⓘ
Rifa’at Begum ⓘ
succeededBy President Mohammad Ayub Khan ⓘ
surface form: Muhammad Ayub Khan

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President of Pakistan → firstHolder → Iskander Mirza ⓘ
this entity surface form: Governor-General Iskander Mirza