Sikandar Hayat Khan (Azad Kashmir politician)

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Sardar Sikandar Hayat Khan
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Prime Minister of Azad Jammu and Kashmir
In office
17 June 1985 – 28 June 1990
Preceded byAbdul Hamid Khan
Succeeded byRaja Mummtaz Hussain Rathore
In office
25 July 2001 – 23 July 2006
Preceded byBarrister Sultan Mahmood
Succeeded bySardar Attique Ahmed Khan
President of Azad Jammu and Kashmir
In office
12 August 1991 – 11 May 1996
Preceded byAbdul Rasheed Abbasi
(Speaker Assembly / Acting)
Succeeded byAbdul Rasheed Abbasi
(Speaker Assembly / Acting)
In office
23 May 1996 – 11 August 1996
Preceded byAbdul Rasheed Abbasi
(Speaker Assembly / Acting)
Succeeded byRaja Mummtaz Hussain Rathore
(Speaker Assembly / Acting)
Personal details
Born (1934-06-01) 1 June 1934 (age 87)
Poonch, Jammu and Kashmir

Sardar Sikandar Hayat Khan (Urdu: سردار سِکندر حیات خان‎) (born 1 June 1934) is 2 times former Prime Minister[1] and 2 times President of Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AJK).[2] He is the longest-serving Prime Minister of AJK.

He was born into an eminent political family of Kashmir, the son of Sardar , famous for his role in one of the first major uprisings against the Dogra regime in 1931. His father led the protest against a tax on salt imposed by the Maharaja's regime.[3]

Education[]

Sardar Sikandar Hayat Khan received his early schooling in his native village of Karela in Fatehpur Thakiala, now in District Kotli, and in Poonch city. He went on to study at Gordon College (Rawalpindi), graduating in 1956 before going on to the University Law College in Lahore to obtain a law degree in 1958.[3]

Career[]

After formally joining the All Jammu and Kashmir Muslim Conference, he ran for membership in the Kotli council, a position he occupied for eight years, during which he was also elected the President of Bar Association, Kotli.[citation needed] In 1970, he was elected to the Azad Jammu & Kashmir Legislative Assembly and became the Revenue Minister in 1972.[3]

He returned to office from his constituency in every election held in Azad Kashmir between 1970 and 2001, barring the years when he was President of Azad Kashmir.[citation needed] His brother Sardar Muhammad Naeem Khan[4] served as a member from that area during that period.

He served as acting President of the Jammu & Kashmir Muslim Conference in the 1976–78 period and was elected President in 1978, a position he held until 1988. In 1985, he was elected Prime Minister of AJK and served until 1990. He headed the opposition in the Assembly until 1991, when he was elected President of AJK for a five-year term. On 25 July 2001, he was sworn in as Prime Minister of AJK for a second time, serving another five-year term. Khan initially retired from active politics in July 2006.[3] However, he later played a major role in introducing Pakistan Muslim League (N) in AJK for which he was given the position of Senior Vice President of PML-(N) in 2011.[5]

He quit PML-(N) in February 2021, instead joining the Muslim Conference as head of the party.[6]


Political offices
Preceded by
Abdul Hamid Khan 		Prime Minister of Azad Jammu and Kashmir
1985-1990 		Succeeded by
Raja Mummtaz Hussain Rathore
Preceded by
Sardar Mohammad Abdul Qayyum Khan 		President of Azad Jammu and Kashmir
1991–1996 		Succeeded by
Sardar Muhammad Ibrahim Khan
Preceded by
Barrister Sultan Mahmood 		Prime Minister of Azad Jammu and Kashmir
2001-2006 		Succeeded by
Sardar Attique Ahmed Khan

References[]

  1. ^ "Pakistan: Most of quake victims return to their native areas - Sikandar Hayat". 12 April 2006. Retrieved 5 April 2021.
  2. ^ Naqash, Tariq (13 February 2021). "Kashmiri leader Sikandar Hayat rejoins Muslim Conference". Dawn. Retrieved 5 April 2021.
  3. ^ Jump up to: a b c d Sharma, Surinder Kumar; ul Hassan, Yaqoob; Behuria, Ashok (2019). Pakistan Occupied Kashmir: Politics, Parties and Personalities (PDF). Manohar Parrikar Institute for Defence Studies and Analyses: Pentagon Press LLP. p. 213. ISBN 978-93-86618-67-2.
  4. ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 9 February 2012. Retrieved 10 July 2008.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  5. ^ Zaafir, Muhammad Saleh (28 July 2016). "Nawaz names Farooq Haider as AJK PM". The News. Retrieved 5 April 2021.
  6. ^ "Sardar Sikandar Hayat quits PML-N, joins Muslim Conference as supreme leader". Retrieved 5 April 2021.

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