Iskandar Mirza
| Iskander Ali Mirza اسکندر مرزا ইস্কান্দার আলি মির্জা |
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Iskander Mirza (1899–69)
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| 1st President of Pakistan | |
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In office 23 March 1956 – 27 October 1958 |
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| Prime Minister |
Muhammad Ali (1955–56) H. S. Suhrawardy (1956–57) I. I. Chudrigar (1957) Feroze Khan(1957–58) |
| Preceded by | Republic proclaimed |
| Succeeded by | Ayub Khan |
| 4th Governor-General of Pakistan | |
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In office 6 October 1955 – 23 March 1956 (Acting 7 August 1955 – 6 October 1955) |
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| Monarch | Elizabeth II |
| Prime Minister | Muhammad Ali |
| Preceded by | Sir Malik Ghulam |
| Succeeded by | Position abolished |
| Minister of Interior | |
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In office 24 October 1954 – 7 August 1955 |
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| Prime Minister | Muhammad Ali Bogra |
| Preceded by | Mushtaq Ahmed Gurmani |
| Succeeded by | Fazlul Huq |
| Governor of East Bengal | |
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In office 29 May 1954 – 23 October 1954 |
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| Governor General | Sir Malik Ghulam |
| Chief Minister | Nurul Amin |
| Preceded by | Khaliquzzaman |
| Succeeded by | Muh'd Shahabuddin (Acting) |
| Secretary of Defence | |
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In office 23 October 1947 – 6 May 1954 |
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| Prime Minister |
Liaquat Ali Khan (1947–51) Nazimuddin (1951-53) M.A. Bogra (1953–54) |
| Preceded by | State established |
| Succeeded by | Akhter Husain |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
Iskandar Ali Mirza 13 November 1899 Murshidabad, Bengal, British India (now in West Bengal, India) |
| Died | 13 November 1969 (aged 70) London, England, United Kingdom |
| Citizenship |
 British Subject (1899-1947) Pakistan (1947-1969)
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| Nationality | Bengali |
| Political party | Republican Party (1955–59) |
| Other political affiliations |
Muslim League (1950–55) |
| Alma mater |
University of Mumbai Royal Military Academy |
| Civilian awards |
_-_ribbon_bar.gif){kind=small} Nishan-i-Lmar.gif){kind=small} Nishan-e-Pahlvi Order of the Indian Empire
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| Military service | |
| Service/branch |
 British Indian Army
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| Years of service | 1920–46 |
| Rank |
  Major-General
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| Unit | Corps of Military Police |
| Battles/wars |
Waziristan War Indo-Pakistani War of 1947 |
| Military awards |
_Ribbon.png){kind=small} Order of the British Empire General Service Medal
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Iskander Ali Mirza (Urdu: اسکندر مرزا; Bengali: ইস্কান্দার আলি মির্জা; b. 13 November 1899 – 13 November 1969), CIE, OBE, was an East Pakistani politician who served as the first President of Pakistan, elected in this capacity in 1956 until being dismissed in 1958.
A great grandson of Mir Jafar, Mirza was educated at the University of Mumbai before attending the military academy in Sandhurst, United Kingdom. After a brief military service in the British Indian Army, he joined the Indian Political Service and spent majority of his career as a political agent in the Western region of the British India until elevated as joint secretary at the Ministry of Defence in 1946. After the independence of Pakistan as result of a Partition of India, Mirza joined was appointed as first Defence Secretary by Prime Minister Liaquat Ali Khan, only to oversaw the military efforts in first war with India in 1947, followed by failed secessionism in Balochistan in 1948. In 1954, he was appointed as Governor of East Bengal by Governor-General Sir Malik Ghulam to control the law and order sparked as a result of the popular language movement in 1952, and later elevated as Interior Minister in Bogra administration in 1955.
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