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Fazal Ilahi Chaudhry

1904 - 1982

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Fazal Ilahi Chaudhry (1 January 1904 – 2 June 1982) was a Pakistani politician and statesman who served as the fifth president of Pakistan from 1973 until his resignation in 1978 under chief martial law administrator Zia-ul-Haq's pressure following the 1977 coup d'état which overthrew Zulfikar Ali Bhutto's government. He was the first-legislatively elected president in the country's history, serving as a constitutional figurehead. Born in Kharian, Punjab, Chaudhry received his higher education at the Aligarh Muslim University and the University of the Punjab. He established his law firm in Lahore and further practised civil law. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Fazal Ilahi Chaudhry is the 13,032nd most popular politician (up from 13,207th in 2019), the 72nd most popular biography from Pakistan (down from 67th in 2019) and the 33rd most popular Pakistani Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Fazal Ilahi Chaudhry ranks 13,032 out of 19,576. Before him are King Shenjing of Zhou, Florence Green, Edwin Linkomies, Albert, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein, Margherita Maria Farnese, and Ernst Trygger. After him are Marie-Jean Hérault de Séchelles, Eero Mäntyranta, Jafar Sharif-Emami, Simon I of Kartli, Princess Nora of Liechtenstein, and John Wilkes.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1904, Fazal Ilahi Chaudhry ranks 195. Before him are Lili Damita, Nancy Mitford, Mykola Bazhan, Balys Dvarionas, Hans Furler, and Chishū Ryū. After him are Anton Yugov, François Marty, Subhadra Kumari Chauhan, Esmat Dowlatshahi, Rudolf Burkert, and Clarence Nash. Among people deceased in 1982, Fazal Ilahi Chaudhry ranks 161. Before him are Konrad Wolf, Gustav Heinrich Ralph von Koenigswald, Dominique Dunne, Seraphim Rose, Ed Hamm, and Ludwig Bieberbach. After him are Gábor Szabó, Harold Sakata, Douglas Bader, Haskell Curry, Antonio Guzmán Fernández, and Rachel Cohen-Kagan.

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In Pakistan

Among people born in Pakistan, Fazal Ilahi Chaudhry ranks 72 out of 217. Before him are Hamida Banu Begum (1527), Taxiles (-400), Tariq Ali (1943), Manoj Kumar (1937), Bilawal Bhutto Zardari (1988), and Shyama (1935). After him are Shah Mahmood Qureshi (1956), L. K. Advani (1927), Faiz Ahmad Faiz (1911), Fazlur Rahman Malik (1919), Sunil Dutt (1929), and Milkha Singh (1935).

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Among POLITICIANS In Pakistan

Among politicians born in Pakistan, Fazal Ilahi Chaudhry ranks 33. Before him are Yahya Khan (1914), Muhammad Tahir-ul-Qadri (1951), Muhammad Rafiq Tarar (1929), Farooq Leghari (1940), Taxiles (-400), and Bilawal Bhutto Zardari (1988). After him are Shah Mahmood Qureshi (1956), L. K. Advani (1927), J. B. Kripalani (1888), Duleep Singh (1838), Muhammad Mian Soomro (1950), and Maryam Nawaz (1973).

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