President Yahya Khan
| Yahya Khan | |
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| یحییٰ خان | |
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| 3rd President of Pakistan | |
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In office 25 March 1969 – 20 December 1971 |
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| Prime Minister | None (1969–71) Nurul Amin (1971) |
| Preceded by | Ayub Khan |
| Succeeded by | Zulfikar Ali Bhutto |
| Commander in Chief (Pakistan Army) | |
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In office 18 June 1966 – 20 December 1971 |
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| Deputy | General Abdul Hamid Khan |
| Preceded by | General Musa Khan |
| Succeeded by | Lt. General Gul Hassan |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
Agha Muhammad Yahya Khan 4 February 1917 Chakwal, Punjab, British India (now in Punjab, Pakistan) |
| Died | 10 August 1980 (aged 63) Rawalpindi, Pakistan |
| Resting place | Westridge |
| Nationality |
British Indian (1917–1947) Pakistan (1947–1980) |
| Political party | None |
| Alma mater |
Punjab University Indian Military Academy Command and General Staff College |
| Civilian awards |
 Nishane-e-Pakistan (withdrawn) Hilal-e-Pakistan (withdrawn).gif){kind=small} Neshan-e-Pahlavi
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| Military service | |
| Service/branch |
 British Indian Army Pakistan Army
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| Years of service | 1939–1971 |
| Rank |
  General
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| Unit | 4th battalion, 10th Baluch Regiment (S/No. PA–98) |
| Commands |
Deputy C-in-C of the army GOC 7th Division (Peshawar) 15th Division, Sialkot 14th Division, Dacca 105th Independent Brigade |
| Battles/wars | |
| Military awards |
 Hilal-e-Jurat (withdrawn)
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Agha Muhammad Yahya Khan (Urdu: آغا محمد یحییٰ خان; 4 February 1917 – 10 August 1980), widely known as Yahya Khan, NePl, was the third President of Pakistan, serving in this post from 25 March 1969 until turning over his presidency in December 1971. His presidency witnessed the breaking-up the unity of Pakistan from being the largest Muslim country in the world to economic and military collapse through a foreign intervention in 1971.
He participated in the Mediterranean theatre of World War II on behalf of Great Britain's British Indian Army, he opted for Pakistan and joined its military after the United Kingdom partitioned India in 1947, and helped in executing the covert infiltration in Indian Kashmir that sparked the war with India in 1965. After being controversially appointed to assume the army command, Yahya Khan took over the presidency and enforced martial law by suspending the constitution in 1969. Holding the nation's first nationwide elections in 1970, he delayed the power transition to Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman that inflamed the civil violent unrest in East-Pakistan and authorized the East Pakistani authorities to violently suppressed the rebellion while trying restoring the law and order in West-Pakistan.
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