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Shaista Suhrawardy Ikramullah
1915Jul, 22

Shaista Suhrawardy Ikramullah

Shaista Suhrawardy Ikramullah, Indian-Pakistani politician and diplomat (d. 2000)
Begum Shaista Suhrawardy Ikramullah (22 July 1915 – 11 December 2000) was a Bengali Pakistani politician from Bengal, diplomat and author. She was 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 was also a delegate to the United Nations.

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