Ruler · 1904 – 1982

Fazal Elahi Chaudhry

Lived 1904 – 1982; politician. President of Pakistan (Pakistan), 1973 – 1978.

Wikidata's English label: Fazal Ilahi Chaudhry.

For the full story, the article on Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0); this page holds what the record says of the reign.

Lived: 1904 – 1982; 78 years
In office: 5 years; one reign
Lines: 1; Pakistan
Left it: resigned; the ruler's own article

President of Pakistan

Pakistan · the 5th of 17 dated reigns · 1956 – 2024

1 before

Ayub Khan1958 – 1969

Yahya Khan1969 – 1971

Zulfikar Ali Bhutto1971 – 1973

Fazal Elahi Chaudhry1973 – 1978

Muhammad Zia-ul-Haq1978 – 1988

Ghulam Ishaq Khan1988 – 1993

Wasim Sajjad1993

9 after

died in officeleft alive by a regular roadstill in officeending not on recordthis entry

Reigned 1973 – 1978 · 5 years · came to it aged 69

Came to it: appointed
Left it: resignedread from the ruler's own article

He was sworn in as the president on 14 August 1973, becoming the first ethnic Punjabi to hold the office.

Due to contentious relations with the Zia-led military government, he resigned from the presidency in September 1978, which was then assumed by Zia-ul-Haq.

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