Fazal Ilahi Chaudhry

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Provincial Assembly of Punjab
In office
7 May 1951 – 14 October 1955
ConstituencyGujrat-VII
In office
15 August 1947 – 25 January 1949
ConstituencyGujrat-VII
Personal details
Born(1904-01-01)1 January 1904
Punjab, British India (now, Punjab, Pakistan)
Died2 June 1982(1982-06-02) (aged 78)
Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan
Political partyPPP
Alma mater
(M.A)

Fazal Ilahi Chaudhry (

deputy speaker of the National Assembly of Pakistan from 1965 to 1969 and the eighth speaker of the National Assembly of Pakistan
from 1972 to 1973.

Early life

Fazal Ilahi Chaudhry was born on 1 January 1904 into an influential

LLM
in Law and Justice, in 1927.

After completing his education, Chaudhry established his law firm in Lahore, advocating for civil liberties, and went back to Gujrat and started practising the civil law.

Political career

Early years (1942-1956)

In 1930, Chaudhry started taking interest in politics and participated in the

health
minister.

He further joined

Pakistan permanent representative's delegation to the United Nations in 1951.[5]
In 1951, he contested the elections of the Punjab Legislative Assembly on the Muslim League ticket and was elected as a member of the Punjab Assembly. In 1952, he represented Pakistan in the United Nations.

Speaker and deputy speaker roles (1956-1972)

In the 1956 elections, he was elected as member of the West Pakistan Assembly. Chaudhry served as the first Speaker of the West Pakistan Legislative Assembly from 20 May 1956 to 7 October 1958. In 1962, when Ayub Khan announced the elections, he was selected as the Deputy Opposition Leader of the House on the basis of his experience and knowledge about parliamentary proceedings. Chaudhry joined the Convention Muslim League, and after the 1965 presidential election, he was elected as the Deputy Speaker of the National Assembly, a role he served in till 1969.[6]

He was elected as member of the

Pakistan Peoples Party, and was later elected as the Speaker of the National Assembly in 1972.[7]
He ended up joining the Pakistan Peoples Party.

President of Pakistan (1973-1978)

He contested the Presidential Elections of 1973 against

Punjabi
President of Pakistan.

Chaudhry was largely a

military and national affairs
.

After contentious relations with the

Chief of Army Staff
.

Death

Chaudhry died of a heart ailment on 2 June 1982 at the age of 78.[11][4]

Notes

References

  1. ^ a b "The Democratically Elected and the Military Presidents of Pakistan". Dunya News. 14 February 2008. Retrieved 8 April 2022.
  2. ^ "Former president Fazal Ilahi remembered". Pakistan Today. 2 June 2012. Retrieved 23 April 2016.
  3. ^ "Tareekh e Pakistan - Deat of Fazal Elahi Choudhry (فضل الٰہی چوہدری کی وفات) | Online History Of Pakistan". www.tareekhepakistan.com. Retrieved 8 April 2022.
  4. ^ a b c "Former Pakistani President Chaudhry Fazal Elahi died Tuesday of..." UPI. Retrieved 8 April 2022.
  5. ^ "Fazal Ilahi Chaudhry | The Asian Age Online, Bangladesh". The Asian Age. Retrieved 8 April 2022.
  6. ^ "Toothless lions? | Special Report | thenews.com.pk". www.thenews.com.pk. Retrieved 8 April 2022.
  7. ^ "National Assembly of Pakistan". na.gov.pk. Retrieved 8 April 2022.
  8. ISSN 0362-4331
    . Retrieved 8 April 2022.
  9. ^ "Dr Alvi is third Pak president to assume charge at the age of 69". www.thenews.com.pk. Retrieved 8 April 2022.
  10. ^ Current World Leaders: almanac. Almanac of Current World Leaders. 1977.
  11. ISSN 0362-4331
    . Retrieved 8 April 2022.

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Preceded by Speaker of the National Assembly
1972–1973 		Succeeded by
President of Pakistan
1973–1978 		Succeeded by
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