Hamoodur Rehman

The Honourable Hamoodur Rahman
حمود الرحمن‬
Rahman (left) with Zulfikar Ali Bhutto
Chief Justice of Pakistan
In office 18 November 1968 – 31 October 1975
Nominated by	Alvin Robert Cornelius
Appointed by	Ayub Khan
Preceded by	Fazal Akbar
Succeeded by	Yaqub Ali
Senior Justice of the Supreme Court of Pakistan
In office 15 December 1960 – 31 October 1975
Appointed by	Ayub Khan
Vice-Chancellor of the Dhaka University
In office 11 May 1958 – 14 December 1960
Chancellor	President of Pakistan
Preceded by	Muhammad Ibrahim
Succeeded by	Dr. Mahmud Hussain
Personal details
Born	Hamoodur Rehman (1910-11-01)1 November 1910 Patna, Bihar, British India (now in Bihar, India)
Died	20 December 1981(1981-12-20) (aged 71) Islamabad, Pakistan
Citizenship	British subject (1910–1947)  Pakistan (1947–1981)
Nationality	Bengali
Children	Iqbal Hameedur Rehman
Alma mater	University of Calcutta University of London Inns of Court School of Law
Profession	Jurist
Awards	Nishan-e-Imtiaz (1976) Hilal-i-Imtiaz (1974)

Chief Justice Hamoodur Rahman (Urdu: حمود الرحمن‬‎; 1 November 1910 – 20 December 1981), NI. HI, was a Pakistani jurist and an academic who served as the Chief Justice of Pakistan from 18 November 1968 till 31 October 1975.

Educated in law and trained as a jurist from the United Kingdom, he earned notability and international fame when he chaired the War Enquiry Commission to investigate the responsibility causes of the war with India that led the liberation of East Pakistan and provide insightful recommendations to prevent future armed foreign intervention. In addition, Rehman served as a law professor in the faculty of Karachi University and vice-chancellor of University of Dhaka while remaining active in promoting literacy across the country. After the independence of Bangladesh, Rehman's family retained Pakistan's citizenship and his son served as the Chief Justice of Islamabad High Court.