Khan Abdul Hamid Khan (
Urdu
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: خان عبدالحمید خان, pronounced
">a:ɳ əbdʊl ɦəm'i:d xa:ɳ born 15 October 1907, date of death unknown) was a Pakistani
Azad Kashmir
Azad Jammu and Kashmir (), abbreviated as AJK and colloquially referred to as simply Azad Kashmir ( ), is a region administered by Pakistan as a nominally self-governing entitySee:
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i politician and jurist who served as the 1st
Prime Minister of Azad Kashmir
The prime minister of Azad Kashmir (Urdu: , romanized: Wazīr ē Aʿẓam lit. 'Grand Vizier', Urdu pronunciation: �əˈziːr-ˌeː ˈɑː.zəm is the chief executive of Azad Jammu and Kashmir region of Pakistan. The title of Prime Minister ...
from 1 June 1975 to 31 August 1977. He was succeeded by late Sikandar Hayat Khan (June 1985 to June 1990). He also served as
President of Azad Jammu and Kashmir
The president of Azad Kashmir (Urdu: , romanized: ''s̤adr-i Azād Kaṣhmīr'' lit. 'President of Azad Kashmir', Urdu pronunciation: ̤ə'dr-e: a:'za:d kə'ʂmi:r, officially the president of the State of Azad Jammu and Kashmir, is the const ...
from 7 August 1964 to 7 October 1969.
[https://ajkassembly.gok.pk/brief-history/]
Khan's older brother,
Abdul Qayyum Khan
Khan Abdul Qayyum Khan Kashmiri () (16 July 1901 – 23 October 1981) was a major figure in British Indian and later Pakistani politics, in particular in the North-West Frontier Province, where he served as the Chief Minister from 23 August 194 ...
, was a well known Pakistani politician who served as the
Chief Minister of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
The chief minister of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa is the head of government of the Pakistani province of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. The chief minister leads the legislative branch of the provincial government, and is elected by the Provincial Assembly. As lon ...
and
Interior Minister of Pakistan
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. He belonged to the
Swati tribe
Swatis () are people inhabiting the Hazara division in the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province of Pakistan. Of Dardic origins, Swatis originally spoke Dardic languages such as Gibri and Yadri and were native inhabitants of Swat valley. They were Pash ...
living in
Baramaulla.
References
1907 births
Year of death missing
Pakistani people of Kashmiri descent
Prime ministers of Azad Kashmir
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