Fakhruddin G. Ebrahim
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The Honourable Justice Fakhruddin G. Ebrahim |
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| 18th Governor of Sindh Province | |
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Taking office |
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| President | Ghulam Ishaq Khan |
| Prime Minister | Benazir Bhutto |
| Succeeding | Mahmoud Haroon |
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In office 19 April 1989 – 6 August 1990 |
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| 2nd Attorney General of Pakistan | |
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In office 20 December 1971 – 5 July 1977 |
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| President |
Zulfikar Ali Bhutto Fazal Ilahi Chaudhry |
| Prime Minister | Zulfikar Ali Bhutto |
| Deputy | Yahya Bakhtiar |
| Preceded by | Syed Sharifuddin Pirzada |
| Succeeded by | Syed Sharifuddin Pirzada |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
12 February 1928 Ahmedabad, Bombay Presidency, British India |
| Citizenship | Pakistani |
| Residence | Karachi |
| Alma mater |
Gujarat Vidyapith Sindh Muslim Law College |
| Cabinet | Benazir Bhutto Government Zulfikar Ali Bhutto Government |
| Religion | Islam |
Fakhruddin G. Ebrahim, TI (Urdu: فخر الدين جى ابراهيم; born 12 February 1928) is a retired Pakistani judge and a legal expert. He was appointed as the 24th Chief Election Commissioner of Pakistan on 14 July 2012 and served until he resigned on 31 July 2013 and oversaw the 2013 election.
Ebrahim was born in 1928 in Ahmedabad, Bombay Presidency, British India. In 1945, he attended the Gujarat Vidyapith where he earned his LLB with distinctions in 1949. While there, Ebrahim studied courses on philosophy and also attended the lectures given by Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi, which played an important role in his advocacy for non-violence. In 1950, Ebrahim moved to Pakistan and attended the Sindh Muslim Law College, where he earned an LLM and was awarded an honorary Juris Doctor in 1960. In 1961, Ebrahim established his own firm while he continued to lecture at the Sindh Law College. In 1971, Zulfikar Ali Bhutto appointed him Attorney General of Pakistan.
He served as the interim Law Minister from 18 July 1993 until 19 October 1993, and interim Justice Minister from 5 November 1996 until 17 February 1997. Ebrahim is a retired Associate Judge of the Supreme Court of Pakistan, and Senior Advocate Supreme Court and is known also as a peace activist. In 1988, he was also Governor of Sindh, appointed by the former Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto during her first term.
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