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Fazal Ilahi Chaudhry
1982Jun, 2

Fazal Ilahi Chaudhry

Fazal Ilahi Chaudhry, Pakistani lawyer and politician, 5th President of Pakistan (b. 1904)
Fazal Elahi Chaudhry (Punjabi, Urdu: فضل الہی چودھری; 1 January 1904 – 2 June 1982), was a politician who served as the fifth president of Pakistan from 1973 until 1978, prior to the martial law led by Chief of Army Staff General Zia-ul-Haq. He also served as the Deputy Speaker of the National Assembly of Pakistan from 1965 to 1969 and the 8th Speaker of the National Assembly of Pakistan from 1972 to 1973.

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