Malik Ghulam Muhammad

Malik Ghulam Muhammad ( born April 20, 1895 in Lahore ( Punjab ) in British India, † September 12, 1956 also in Lahore (now Pakistan) ) was a Pakistani politician and Governor-General of his land from 1951 until 1955.

Life

Ghulam Muhammad studied at the Aligarh Muslim University and then worked in the accounting field. After the creation of Pakistan in 1947 he became the first Minister of Finance of the young Commonwealth country because of his professional experience. After the assassination of Prime Minister Liaquat Ali Khan in 1951, Khawaja Nazimuddin Premier and Ghulam Muhammad Governor General of Pakistan. In this position, he extended its control over the country, but his actions were challenged by Prime Minister Nazimuddin and Ghulam took the extraordinary powers of his office to dismiss the cabinet Nazimuddin and to market it legally valid. New Prime Minister Muhammad Ali Bogra was.

In 1954, the Pakistan National Assembly attempted to enforce a constitutional amendment to weaken the power of the Governor General. In response, Ghulam Muhammad dissolved it and also won the then strained Constitution. The Supreme Court approved the dismissal, although a respected judge issued a dissenting opinion on the record, and despite protests from members of the Assembly. For health reasons, Ghulam took special leave in 1955, after which dismissed him the acting Governor-General. He was succeeded by Iskander Mirza. The following year he died.

• Minister of Finance (Pakistan )
• Pakistani
• Born in 1895
• Died in 1956
• Man