Hasan Hafeez Ahmed
| Hasan Hafeez Ahmed | |
|---|---|
| Chief of Naval Staff of Pakistan Navy | |
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In office 3 March 1972 – 9 March 1975 |
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| Preceded by | Muzaffar Hassan |
| Succeeded by | Mohammad Shariff |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
Muzaffar Hassan 1926 Multan, Punjab, British Indian Empire Present-day Pakistan |
| Died | 1975 (aged 48–49) Karachi, Sindh, Pakistan |
| Citizenship |
British Subject (1926–1947) Pakistan (1947–1975 |
| Awards |
 Hilal-i-Quaid-e-Azam Sitara-e-PakistanTamgha-e-Quaid-e-Azam (1965) |
| Military service | |
| Nickname(s) | H.H. Ahmed |
| Service/branch |
 Royal Indian Navy (1945–1947) Pakistan Navy (1947–71)
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| Years of service | 1945–1975 |
| Rank |
  Vice-Admiral
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| Unit | Navy Executive Branch |
| Commands |
Commander Coast (COMCOAST) Comdnt. Cadet College Petaro |
| Battles/wars | |
Indo-Pakistani War of 1965
Indo-Pakistani War of 1971
Vice-Admiral Hasan Hafeez Ahmed (Urdu:حسن حفيظ احمد ;b. 1926-8 March 1975), TQA, usually shortened to H.H. Ahmed, was a three-star rank admiral who served as the first Chief of Naval Staff (CNS) of Pakistan Navy from 1972 until his death in 1975.
Despite appointed to the four-star appointment, he was retained at the three-star rank and took over the command of the Navy from its Commander Vice-Admiral Muzaffar Hassan who was dismissed from the military service.
Hassan Hafeez Ahmad was born in Multan, Punjab, British India , in 1926. He was educated in a local school in Multan and was a contemporary of Mansoor Shah who would later joined the Pakistan Air Force in 1947.
After his high school graduation in 1943, he joined the Royal Indian Navy as a petty officer and participated in World War II on behalf of the Great Britain in 1944. In 1945, he joined the Britannia Royal Naval College in Dartmouth, England where he graduated in 1947. Upon returning to British India, he joined the Pakistan Navy and gained commissioned as Sub-Lieutenant. He continued his training with the Royal Navy and specialized in technical naval courses from the United Kingdom in 1947-49. It is known very little of his military service in Navy and his early life besides the military literature published on the combined military histories of India and Pakistan.
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