Muhammad Ayub Khan

Field Marshal Ayub Khan ایوب خان Hilal-e-Jurat
2nd President of Pakistan
In office 27 October 1958 – 25 March 1969
Preceded by	Iskander Mirza
Succeeded by	Yahya Khan
8th Prime Minister of Pakistan
In office 24 October 1958 – 28 October 1958
President	Iskander Mirza
Preceded by	Feroz Khan Noon
Succeeded by	Nurul Amin
Minister of Defence
In office 28 October 1958 – 21 October 1966
Preceded by	Ayub Khuhro
Succeeded by	Vice-Admiral Afzal Rahman Khan
In office 24 October 1954 – 11 August 1955
Prime Minister	Khawaja Nazimuddin Muhammad Ali Bogra
Preceded by	Muhammad Ali Bogra
Succeeded by	Chaudhry Muhammad Ali
Minister of the Interior
In office 23 March 1965 – 17 August 1965
Preceded by	K. Habibullah Khan
Succeeded by	Ali Akbar Khan
Commander in Chief of Pakistan Army
In office 16 January 1951 – 27 October 1958
Preceded by	General Douglas Gracey
Succeeded by	General Muhammad Musa
Personal details
Born	Mohammad Ayub Khan (1907-05-14)14 May 1907 Rehana, Haripur District of North-West Frontier Province, British Indian Empire (now in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan)
Died	19 April 1974(1974-04-19) (aged 66) Islamabad, Pakistan
Citizenship	British Indian Empire  Pakistan
Nationality	British Subject (1907–1947) Pakistani (1947–1974)
Political party	Convention Muslim League
Other political affiliations	Pakistan Muslim League
Children	Gohar Ayub Khan Akhtar Ayub Khan Begum Nasim Aurungzeb
Alma mater	Aligarh Muslim University Royal Military College, Sandhurst
Religion	Islam
Civilian awards	Nishane-e-Pakistan Hilal-e-Pakistan Order of the Crown
Military service
Service/branch	British Indian Army  Pakistan Army
Years of service	1928–1958
Rank	Field Marshal
Unit	1st Battalion (now 5th Punjab), 14th Punjab Regiment
Commands	Deputy Chief of Army Staff Adjutant General, Army GHQ GOC, Pakistan Eastern Command 14th Army Division, Dacca Waziristan Brigade, British Indian Army
Battles/wars	1936–39 Waziristan campaign World War II Burma Campaign Indo-Pak War of 1965
Military awards	Hilal-e-Jurat

Mohammed Ayub Khan (Urdu: محمد ایوب خان‎; May 14, 1907 – April 19, 1974), widely known as Ayub Khan, HPk, NPk, HJ, was a Pakistani politician and a five-star rank army general who served as the second President of Pakistan from 1958 until being forced into resignation amid a popular uprising in East-Pakistan in 1969. He is noted for being the first and only Field Marshal as well as the first martial law ruler who assumed the presidency after exiling President Iskander Mirza when the latter imposed the martial law against Feroze government in 1958.

Trained at British Sandhurst Military College, Ayub Khan fought in World War II as a Colonel in the British Indian Army. He opted for Pakistan and joined the military upon establishment as an aftermath of partition of British India in 1947. He served as chief of staff of Pakistan Eastern Command in East-Bengal and elevated as first native commander-in-chief of Pakistan Army in 1951 by then-Prime Minister Liaquat Ali Khan in a controversial promotion over several senior officers. From 1953–58, he served in the civilian government as Defence and Home Minister and supported Iskander Mirza's decision to imposed martial law against Prime Minister Feroze Khan's government in 1958 . Two weeks later, he took over the presidency from Mirza after the meltdown of civil-military relations between the military and the civilian President.

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