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Ayub Khan (Field Marshal)

Field Marshal
Ayub Khan
ایوب خان

Hilal-e-Jurat
Muhammed Ayub Khan.JPG
2nd President of Pakistan
In office
27 October 1958 – 25 March 1969
Preceded by Iskander Mirza
Succeeded by Yahya Khan
8th Prime Minister of Pakistan
In office
24 October 1958 – 28 October 1958
President Iskander Mirza
Preceded by Feroz Khan Noon
Succeeded by Nurul Amin
Minister of Defence
In office
28 October 1958 – 21 October 1966
Preceded by Ayub Khuhro
Succeeded by Vice-Admiral Afzal Rahman Khan
In office
24 October 1954 – 11 August 1955
Prime Minister Khawaja Nazimuddin
Muhammad Ali Bogra
Preceded by Muhammad Ali Bogra
Succeeded by Chaudhry Muhammad Ali
Minister of the Interior
In office
23 March 1965 – 17 August 1965
Preceded by K. Habibullah Khan
Succeeded by Ali Akbar Khan
Commander in Chief of Pakistan Army
In office
16 January 1951 – 27 October 1958
Preceded by General Douglas Gracey
Succeeded by General Muhammad Musa
Personal details
Born Mohammad Ayub Khan
(1907-05-14)14 May 1907
Rehana, Haripur District of North-West Frontier Province, British Indian Empire
(now in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan)
Died 19 April 1974(1974-04-19) (aged 66)
Islamabad, Pakistan
Citizenship British Indian Empire
 Pakistan
Nationality British Subject (1907–1947)
Pakistani (1947–1974)
Political party Convention Muslim League
Other political
affiliations
Pakistan Muslim League
Children Gohar Ayub Khan
Akhtar Ayub Khan
Begum Nasim Aurungzeb
Alma mater Aligarh Muslim University
Royal Military College, Sandhurst
Religion Islam
Civilian awards Order of Pakistan.png Nishane-e-Pakistan
Yellow Crescent, Symbol of Islam.png Hilal-e-Pakistan
MY Darjah Utama Seri Mahkota Negara (Crown of the Realm) - DMN.svg Order of the Crown
Military service
Service/branch  British Indian Army
 Pakistan Army
Years of service 1928–1958
Rank OF-10 Pakistan Army.svg US-O11 insignia.svg Field Marshal
Unit 1st Battalion (now 5th Punjab), 14th Punjab Regiment
Commands Deputy Chief of Army Staff
Adjutant General, Army GHQ
GOC, Pakistan Eastern Command
14th Army Division, Dacca
Waziristan Brigade, British Indian Army
Battles/wars 1936–39 Waziristan campaign
World War II
Burma Campaign
Indo-Pak War of 1965
Military awards Hilal-Jurat Ribbon.gif Hilal-e-Jurat

Mohammed Ayub Khan (Urdu: محمد ایوب خان‎; May 14, 1907 – April 19, 1974), widely known as Ayub Khan, HPk, NPk, HJ, was a Pakistani politician and a five-star rank army general who served as the second President of Pakistan from 1958 until being forced for resignation amid a popular uprising in East-Pakistan in 1969. He is noted for being the first and only Field Marshal as well as the first martial law ruler who assumed the presidency after exiling President Iskander Mirza when the latter imposed the martial law against Feroze government in 1958.

Trained at British Sandhurst Military College, Ayub Khan fought in World War II as a Colonel in the British Indian Army. He opted for Pakistan and joined the military upon establishment as an aftermath of partition of British India in 1947. He served as chief of staff of Pakistan Eastern Command in East-Bengal and elevated as first native commander-in-chief of Pakistan Army in 1951 by then-Prime Minister Liaquat Ali Khan in a controversial promotion over several senior officers. From 1953–58, he served in the civilian government as Defence and Home Minister and supported Iskander Mirza's decision to imposed martial law against Prime Minister Feroze Khan's government in 1958 . Two weeks later, he took over the presidency from Mirza after the meltdown of civil-military relations between the military and the civilian President.


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