Sahabzada Yaqub Khan

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Sahabzada Yaqub Khan (2002)

Sahabzada Mohammad Yaqub Ali Khan ( Urdu صاحبزادہ یعقوب خان; * December 23, 1920 in the princely state of Rampur , British India ; † January 26, 2016 in Islamabad ) was a Pakistani lieutenant general , politician and diplomat who was Foreign Minister of Pakistan between 1982 and 1987, from 1988 to 1991 and between 1996 and 1997 .

Life

Sahabzada Yaqub Khan completed military training at the Rashtriya Indian Military College and officer training at the Indian Military Academy . He took part in fighting in the Middle East as a member of the 18th King Edward's Own Cavalry regiment during World War II and joined the Pakistani armed forces on August 14, 1947 after Pakistan's independence from the United Kingdom . During the First Indo-Pakistani War from 1947 to 1949, he was initially the commander of a tank regiment and then in 1949 a graduate of the Command and Staff College in Quetta . In the following years he was in 1951 to lieutenant colonel and in 1953 Colonel promoted and attended from 1953 to 1954, the Military School of Saint-Cyr .

Khan also graduated from the Imperial Defense College (IDC) in London and was after his promotion to Brigadier General 1955 1958 Vice Chief of the Army General Staff and then after his promotion to Major General in 1960 Commander of the Command and Staff College in Quetta. He then became commander of the 1st Panzer Division in 1960 and took part as such in the Second Indo-Pakistani War in 1965 . He then became Director General for Military Operations and, in 1966, succeeded Lieutenant General Sher Bahadur as Lieutenant General and Chief of the Army General Staff. He held this post until 1969, when he was replaced by Lieutenant General Gul Hassan Khan . Then he replaced Lieutenant General Kamal Matinuddin on August 23, 1969 as commander of the High Command East and held this position until his replacement by Major General Muzaffaruddin on September 1, 1969. At the same time, he acted between August 23 and September 1, 1969 as the martial law administrator of East Pakistan.

On March 24, 1972 Khan became ambassador to France and was accredited as such in Ireland and Jamaica until 1973 . He then acted as the successor to Sultan Muhammad Khan from 1973 until his replacement by Sultan Muhammad Khan in 1979 as ambassador to the United States . After being ambassador to the Soviet Union between 1979 and 1980 , he was again ambassador to France from November 20, 1980 to June 18, 1982. As the successor to Agha Shahi , he became foreign minister for the first time on March 21, 1982 and held this ministerial office in the government of President Mohammed Zia-ul-Haq until November 1, 1987, whereupon Minister of State Siddiq Khan Kanju took over this office. On June 9, 1988, he was reappointed Foreign Minister by President Zia-ul-Haq and held this office until March 20, 1991 in the government of President Ghulam Ishaq Khan . During this time the term of office of the Prime Ministers Benazir Bhutto , Ghulam Mustafa Jatoi and Nawaz Sharif fell .

On November 5, 1996, Khan Sardar Asif dissolved Ahmad Ali and took over the post of Foreign Minister for the third time. He held the post of Foreign Minister in the government of Prime Minister Miraj Khalid until February 17, 1997.

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Pakistan: Provinces
personal data
SURNAME Khan, Sahabzada Yaqub
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Khan, Sahabzada Mohammad Yaqub Ali (full name); صاحبزادہ یعقوب خان & (urS)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Pakistani politician, lieutenant general and diplomat
DATE OF BIRTH December 23, 1920
PLACE OF BIRTH Princely State of Rampur , British India
DATE OF DEATH January 26, 2016
Place of death Islamabad