Chaudhry Muhammad Ali

Chaudhry Muhammad Ali
4th Prime Minister of Pakistan
In office 12 August 1955 – 12 September 1956
Monarch	Elizabeth II (to March 1956)
President	Iskander Mirza (from March 1956)
Governor General	Malik Ghulam Muhammad Iskander Mirza (to March 1956)
Preceded by	Muhammad Ali Bogra
Succeeded by	Huseyn Shaheed Suhrawardy
2nd Minister of Treasure and Finance
In office 24 October 1951 – 11 August 1955
Prime Minister	Khawaja Nazimuddin Muhammad Ali Bogra
Preceded by	Malik Ghulam Muhammad
Succeeded by	Amjad Ali
Personal details
Born	15 July 1905(1905-07-15) Jalandhar, Punjab, British India
Died	2 December 1980(1980-12-02) (aged 75) Karachi, Sindh, Pakistan
Political party	Muslim League
Alma mater	University of the Punjab
Religion	Islam

Chaudhry Muhammad Ali (Punjabi, Urdu: چوہدری محمد علی; (July 15, 1905 - December 2, 1980) was a Pakistani statesman who served as the fourth Prime Minister of Pakistan from 1955 to 1956.

Early life

Ali was born in an Arain family in Jalandhar, he completed his education at Punjab University. Afterwards, he began working in the financial sector of Indian government, and was also one of the highest ranking Muslim civil servants in the British Raj. Prior to independence, Chaudhry Muhammad Ali worked with Haribhai M. Patel future Finance and Home Minister of India and Walter John Christie on the preparation and implementation of the crucial document The Administrative Consequences of Partition.^[1]

Upon the formation of Pakistan, Ali was made the Secretary General of the new nation and was instrumental to setting up a budget for the fledgling nation. In 1951 he was promoted to Finance Minister.

Prime minister

Further information: One Unit

Four years later, Chaudhry Muhammad Ali was made Prime Minister by Governor General of Pakistan Iskander Mirza in 1955, after the removal of Muhammad Ali Bogra. While Prime Minister, Ali's greatest achievement was the formation of a new constitution for Pakistan, one that made it a republic in 1956. The constitution was extremely famous across Pakistan, and intended to mix democracy and Islam.

Resignation

Despite this success, Chaudhry Muhammad Ali failed at healing rifts within his political party, the Muslim League. Splits within the party led to the formation of a new party, the Republican party. The new party claimed to hold the majority of seats in the National Assembly, while the Muslim League contested this and tried to have Ali check the Republican Party. Despite the demands of his own party, Ali would refuse claiming that as Prime Minister, the interests of the nation, and not of his party were primary to him. As the situation deteriorated, he resigned from both the position of Prime Minister, and from the Muslim League.

See also

• Category:Prime Ministers of Pakistan
• List of Prime Ministers of Pakistan
• Politics of Pakistan

References

1. ^ John Christie Morning Drum BACSA 1983 ISBN 0907799043 pp95-102

External links

• Chronicles Of Pakistan

Political offices
Preceded by Ghulam Muhammad	Minister of Finance 1951–1955	Succeeded by Amjad Ali
Preceded by Muhammad Ali Bogra	Prime Minister of Pakistan 1955–1956	Succeeded by Huseyn Shaheed Suhrawardy
Preceded by Ayub Khan	Defence Minister of Pakistan 1955–1956

Persondata
Name	Ali, Chaudhry Muhammad
Alternative names
Short description
Date of birth	15 July 1905
Place of birth	Jalandhar, Punjab, British India
Date of death	2 December 1980
Place of death	Karachi, Sindh, Pakistan