General Yahya Khan
| Yahya Khan یحییٰ خان |
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| 3rd President of Pakistan | |
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In office 25 March 1969 – 20 December 1971 |
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| Prime Minister | Nurul Amin |
| Preceded by | Ayub Khan |
| Succeeded by | Zulfikar Ali Bhutto |
| Commander in Chief of Pakistan Army | |
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In office 18 June 1966 – 20 December 1971 |
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| Lieutenant | Lt.Gen. Abdul Hamid Khan |
| Preceded by | Musa Khan |
| Succeeded by | Gul Hassan |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
Agha Muhammad Yahya Khan 4 February 1917 Chakwal, Punjab, British Indian Empire (now in Punjab, Pakistan) |
| Died | 10 August 1980 (aged 63) Rawalpindi, Pakistan |
| Resting place | Westridge |
| Citizenship |
British Indian Empire Pakistan
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| Nationality |
British Subject (1917–1947) Pakistan (1947–1980) |
| Political party | None |
| Domestic partner | Akleem Akhtar |
| Alma mater |
Punjab University Indian Military Academy Command and General Staff College |
| Religion | Shia Islam |
| Civilian awards |
 Nishane-e-Pakistan (withdrawn) Hilal-e-Pakistan (withdrawn).gif){kind=small} Neshan-e-Pahlavi
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| Military service | |
| Service/branch |
 British Indian Army Pakistan Army
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| Years of service | 1939–1971 |
| Rank |
  General
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| Unit | 4/10th Baluch Regiment (S/No. PA–98) |
| Commands |
Deputy Chief of Army Staff GOC 7th Division (Peshawar) 15th Division, Sialkot 14th Division, Dacca 105th Independent Brigade |
| Battles/wars | |
| Military awards |
 Hilal-e-Jurat (withdrawn)
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Agha Muhammad Yahya Khan (Urdu: آغا محمد یحییٰ خان; 4 February 1917 – 10 August 1980), widely known as Yahya Khan, NePl, was a Pakistani military leader, martial law administrator, and the President of Pakistan, serving in this post from 1969 until turning over his presidency in 1971. His presidency witnessed the breaking-up the unity of Pakistan from being the largest Muslim country in the world to economic and military collapse through a foreign intervention in 1971.
Participated in the Mediterranean theatre of World War II on behalf of Great Britain's British Indian Army, he opted for Pakistan when joining its military after the United Kingdom partitioned the India in 1947, and helped executing the covert infiltration in Indian Kashmir that sparked the war with India in 1965. After controversially appointed to assume the army command, Yahya Khan took over the presidency and enforced martial law by suspending the constitution in 1969. Holding the nation's first nationwide elections in 1970, he delayed the power transition to Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman that inflammed the civil violent unrest in East-Pakistan and authorized the East Pakistani authorities to violently suppressed the rebellion while trying restoring the law and order in West-Pakistan.
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