Sir Malik Feroz Khan Noon ملک فیروز خان نون KCSI KCIE OStJ |
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7th Prime Minister of Pakistan | |
In office 16 December 1957 – 7 October 1958 |
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President | Iskander Mirza |
Preceded by | Ibrahim Ismail Chundrigar |
Succeeded by | Nurul Amin |
Minister of Defence | |
In office 16 December 1957 – 7 October 1958 |
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Preceded by | Mumtaz Daultana |
Succeeded by | Muhammad Ayub Khuhro |
Minister of Foreign Affairs | |
In office 12 September 1956 – 7 October 1958 |
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Prime Minister | Huseyn Shaheed Suhrawardy |
Preceded by | Hamidul Huq Choudhury |
Succeeded by | Manzur Qadir |
Chief Minister of Punjab | |
In office 3 April 1953 – 21 May 1955 |
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Governor |
Mian Aminuddin Habib Ibrahim Rahimtoola Mushtaq Ahmed Gurmani |
Preceded by | Mumtaz Daultana |
Succeeded by | Abdul Hamid Khan Dasti |
Governor of East Bengal | |
In office 31 March 1950 – 31 March 1953 |
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Chief Minister | Nurul Amin |
Preceded by | Frederick Chalmers Bourne |
Succeeded by | Chaudhry Khaliquzzaman |
Personal details | |
Born |
Sargodha, Punjab, British Raj (now in Punjab, Pakistan) |
7 May 1893
Died | 9 December 1970 Nurpur Noon, Punjab, Pakistan |
(aged 77)
Political party | Republican |
Spouse(s) | Viqar un Nisa Noon |
Alma mater | University of Oxford |
Sir Malik Feroz Khan Noon, KCSI, KCIE, OStJ (Urdu: ملک فیروز خان نون; 7 May 1893 – 9 December 1970) was a politician from Pakistan. He held many posts in government both before and after independence and was an important figure in the Pakistan movement.
He was born on 7 May 1893. He studied in Aitchison College, Lahore. He graduated from Oxford University in 1916. He completed his law degree in Inner Temple. He started his law career in Sargodha (Pakistan) and joined the Lahore High Court in 1917.
He was elected to Punjab legislative council in 1921. From 1927 to 1936 he served as the minister of Local Self-Government and later Education and Health minister. He was the High Commissioner of India to the United Kingdom from 1936 to 1941. He was also appointed an Associate Officer of the Venerable Order of Saint John in December 1932. Noon was knighted in the 1933 New Year Honours List. He was further knighted with a KCIE in the 1937 Coronation Honours List and with a KCSI in October 1941. From 1941 to 1942 he was the Labour member and then from 1942 to 1945 he was the Defense member of the Viceroy’s Executive Council.
In 1945 he attended several of Churchill's War Cabinets in London with Arcot Ramasamy Mudaliar as representative of the government of India. He joined the Muslim League. He was a member of the constitution committee of Pakistan in 1947 and again in 1955. In 1950 he was the Governor of East Bengal. During his governorship the Language movement took place in East Bengal.Abdur Rahman Siddiqui was the acting governor from 25 July 1952 to 10 November 1952 when Feroz Khan was on leave. Feroz Khan left Dhaka to become the Chief Minister of Punjab on 26 March 1953.