Mohammad Ali Bogra | |
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Mohammad Ali Bogra (1909–1963)
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Prime Minister of Pakistan | |
In office 17 April 1953 – 12 August 1955 |
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Monarch | Queen Elizabeth II |
Governor General |
Iskander Mirza (7–12 August 1955) Malik Ghulam Muhammad (1953–55) |
Preceded by | Khawaja Nazimuddin |
Succeeded by | Muhammad Ali |
Minister of Foreign Affairs | |
In office 13 June 1962 – 23 January 1963 |
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President | Ayub Khan |
Preceded by | Manzur Qadir |
Succeeded by | Zulfikar Ali Bhutto |
In office 24 October 1954 – 12 August 1955 |
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Preceded by | M. Zafarullah Khan |
Succeeded by | Hamidul Huq Choudhury |
Minister of Defence | |
In office 17 April 1953 – 24 October 1954 |
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Preceded by | Khawaja Nazimuddin |
Succeeded by | General Ayub Khan |
Pakistan Ambassador to the United States | |
In office November 1955 – March 1959 |
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President | Iskander Mirza |
Preceded by | Syed Amjad Ali |
Succeeded by | Aziz Ahmed |
In office 27 February 1952 – 16 April 1953 |
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Governor General | Malik Ghulam |
Preceded by | A. H. Isphani |
Succeeded by | Amjad Ali |
High Commissioner of Pakistan to Canada | |
In office 1949–1952 |
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Governor General | Nazimuddin |
Pakistan Ambassador to Burma | |
In office 1948–1949 |
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Governor General |
Muhammad Ali Jinnah (1948) Nazimuddin (1948–1949) |
President of Pakistan Muslim League | |
In office 17 April 1953 – 12 August 1955 |
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Preceded by | Khawaja Nazimuddin |
Succeeded by | Muhammad Ali |
Personal details | |
Born |
Shahebzada Mohammad Ali Bogra 19 October 1909 Barisal, Bengal Presidency, British India (now in Bangladesh) |
Died | 23 January 1963 Dacca, East Pakistan, Pakistan (now Dhaka, Bangladesh) |
(aged 53)
Citizenship |
Indian (1909–1947) Pakistan (1947–1963) |
Nationality | Bengali |
Political party | Pakistan Muslim League |
Alma mater | University of Calcutta |
Cabinet | Ayub administration |
Website | Official website |
Sahibzada Mohammad Ali Bogra (Urdu: محمد علی بوگرہ, Bengali: মোহাম্মদ আলী বগুড়া); (19 October 1909 – 23 January 1963), also sometimes known as Mohammad Ali of Bogra, was an East-Pakistani politician, statesman, and a career diplomat who served as Prime Minister of Pakistan, appointed in this capacity in 1953 until he stepped down in 1955 in favor of Finance Minister Muhammad Ali.
After educating at the Presidency University in Calcutta, he started his political career on Muslim League's platform and joined the provincial cabinet of then-Chief Minister H. S. Suhrawardy in 1940s. After the independence of Pakistan as a result of Indian partition in 1947, he joined the Foreign ministry as a career diplomat and briefly tenured as Pakistan's ambassador to Burma (1948), Canada (1949–52), and twice served in the United States.