Muhammad Zafarullah Khan
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Justice Sir Muhammad Zafarullah Khan |
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| محمد ظفر اللہ خان | |
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| Minister of Foreign Affairs of Pakistan | |
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In office 27 December 1947 – 24 October 1954 |
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| Prime Minister |
Liaquat Ali Khan Khawaja Nazimuddin Muhammad Ali Bogra |
| Preceded by | Liaquat Ali Khan |
| Succeeded by | Muhammad Ali Bogra |
| President of the International Court of Justice | |
| Deputy | Fouad Ammoun |
| Preceded by | José Bustamante y Rivero |
| Succeeded by | Manfred Lachs |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
6 February 1893 Sialkot, Punjab, British Raj (now Pakistan) |
| Died | 1 September 1985 (aged 92) Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan |
| Political party |
All-India Muslim League (Before 1947) Muslim League (1947–1958) |
| Alma mater |
Government College University, Lahore King's College London |
Chaudhry Sir Muhammad Zafarullah Khan KCSI (Urdu: محمد ظفر اللہ خان; 6 February 1893 – 1 September 1985) was a Pakistani jurist and diplomat who served as the first Foreign Minister of Pakistan and the first Muslim, Asian and the only Pakistani to preside over the UN General Assembly and the International Court of Justice.
Born in Sialkot, British India, Khan was educated as a lawyer at the GC University and the King's College London. Khan went on to serve as a member of Punjab Legislative Council between 1926 and 1931, and was a delegate in 1930, 1931, and 1932 to the Round Table Conferences on Indian reforms in London, England. He became a member of the All-India Muslim League which led the Pakistan movement and served as the league's president between 1931 and 1932. In 1935, he became the Minister of Railway of British India, and sat on the British Viceroy's Executive Council as its Muslim member from 1935 to 1941. In 1939 he travelled to Geneva to represent India at the League of Nations and in 1942 became the Agent-General of British India to China. In September 1941, Khan became a judge on the Federal Court of India and remained on the court until the partition of India.
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