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Shaista Suhrawardy Ikramullah

1915 - 2000

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Begum Shaista Suhrawardy Ikramullah (22 July 1915 – 11 December 2000) was a Pakistani politician, diplomat and author. She joined the Pakistani foreign service in 1948, and was the country's first female civil servant, as well as the first Muslim woman to earn a PhD from the University of London. She was Pakistan's ambassador to Morocco from 1964 to 1967, and a delegate to the United Nations, calling for a more gender-inclusive language in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in 18 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 17 in 2024). Shaista Suhrawardy Ikramullah is the 17,577th most popular politician (down from 16,786th in 2024), the 981st most popular biography from India (down from 859th in 2019) and the 243rd most popular Indian Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Shaista Suhrawardy Ikramullah ranks 17,577 out of 19,576. Before her are Deb Fischer, Aulus Didius Gallus, Frank Church, Ursula Plassnik, Ioannis Palaiokrassas, and Trine Haltvik. After her are Juanita M. Kreps, Carlos Gutierrez, Ali Khalif Galaydh, Estes Kefauver, Charlot Salwai, and Mike Beebe.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1915, Shaista Suhrawardy Ikramullah ranks 285. Before her are Lona Andre, Khushwant Singh, George Perle, Malik Meraj Khalid, A. F. M. Ahsanuddin Chowdhury, and Joseph Galibardy. After her are Beyers Naudé, Robin Montgomerie-Charrington, Arthur Lowe, A. K. Hangal, Elizabeth Catlett, and Joyce Redman. Among people deceased in 2000, Shaista Suhrawardy Ikramullah ranks 351. Before her are Ann Doran, Alla Rakha, Jimmie Davis, James Grogan, Roger Verey, and Udham Singh. After her are José Miracca, Chidambaram Subramaniam, R. S. Thomas, Gloria Talbott, Rosemarie Frankland, and Mack Robinson.

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In India

Among people born in India, Shaista Suhrawardy Ikramullah ranks 982 out of 1,861. Before her are Nirmala Deshpande (1929), Harika Dronavalli (1991), Vani Jairam (1945), Paresh Rawal (1955), Sharda Sinha (1952), Udham Singh (1928), and Kapila Vatsyayan (1928). After her are Smita Patil (1955), Prem Nazir (1927), Aparna Sen (1945), Maneka Gandhi (1956), and S. J. Suryah (1968).

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Among POLITICIANS In India

Among politicians born in India, Shaista Suhrawardy Ikramullah ranks 243. Before her are Sumitra Mahajan (1943), Arvind Kejriwal (1968), Kanu Sanyal (1928), Bhanu Athaiya (1929), Mridula Sinha (1942), and Vasundhara Raje (1953). After her are Maneka Gandhi (1956), Leo Amery (1873), Arun Jaitley (1952), Chidambaram Subramaniam (1910), Varun Gandhi (1980), and Margaret Alva (1942).

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